We are working on iSER for windows. We didn't try to run the Microsoft iSCSI initiator over IPoIB. I guess that it should work.
- ____________________________________________________________ Erez Zilber | 972-9-971-7689 Software Engineer, Storage Team Voltaire -- _The Grid Backbone_ __ www.voltaire.com <http://www.voltaire.com/> Axel Mertes wrote: > Hi All, > > I am new to this list, but following the IB Windows approach for about > three years already, with occasional contact to Erez and Marc and > other people involved. > > I need to make some decisions on storage system investments and would > like to know if it is possible to use iSCSI protocol via IPoIB on a > Windows XP 32 Bit client. On the long term we'd like to set Tiger > Technologies MetaLAN on top of it for control, but the lower layer > would have to be iSCSI. > > The point is that we still need to stay on 32 Bit edition for some > specialized HDTV broadcast video boards that aren't supporting Windows > XP 64 Bit. We investigate if there are alternatives, but yet none. > > So the only option for us going the IB route would be if iSCSI could > work, as SCSI RDMA is currently unavailable for XP (and is expected to > be unavailable in future too). > > As iSCSI runs on XP 32 bit edition via any Ethernet card I see > currently no reason why it should not work in conjunction with IB / > IPoIB. But I have no chance to test that yet on my own. > Anyone around had been testing this yet? > If yes, what kind of transfer speeds and latency is realistic then? > Could we transfer 500 to 800 MB/s into a single machine (sourcing from > several native IB storage target machines via an IB switch)? > Imagine video editing and several server systems that do at least 800 > MB/s sustained, each. > > Btw, is there some kind of "Jumbo Frame" setting for the IPoIB option > (given its a native 20 GBit IP network it'll be wise...) and if yes, > which is the largest block size supported / allowed? > > Please let me know! > > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen, > Best regards, > > Axel Mertes > Geschäftsführer/CTO > Tel: +49 69 978837-20 > Fax: +49 69 978837-22 > eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Magna Mana Production > Bildbearbeitung GmbH > Alexanderstraße 65 > 60489 Frankfurt am Main > Germany > Tel: +49 69 978837-0 > Fax: +49 69 978837-34 > eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > ofw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ofw
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