Re: Fwd: Re: Open-FCoE for Wheezy
On 12/10/2011 07:43 PM, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: On 12/10/2011 11:07 PM, Jack Morgan wrote: There is an effort to develop a software target along with the open-FCoE stack. This would help reduce some of the cost by removing the need for target and possible a switch. (back to back configuration: FCoE initiator to software target) You would still need a 10Gb adapter on both ends. There is already some support for this in opensuse, fedora and ubuntu. Yes, and these are special 10 GiB DCB Ethernet Adapters. I guess I'll push it to unstable. If there are issues reported, we'll see about its inclusion for the stable release, then. I'd suggest to do so, too. In the worst case it could be removed from testing before the release. As soon as there is a software target available I might be able to test the packages :) -- Bernd ZeimetzDebian GNU/Linux Developer http://bzed.dehttp://www.debian.org GPG Fingerprint: ECA1 E3F2 8E11 2432 D485 DD95 EB36 171A 6FF9 435F -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ee93e6c.7050...@bzed.de
Fwd: Re: Open-FCoE for Wheezy
Including debian-devel.. Original Message Subject:Re: Open-FCoE for Wheezy Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:31:01 +0530 From: Ritesh Raj Sarraf r...@debian.org Reply-To: r...@debian.org Organization: RESEARCHUT To: debian-rele...@lists.debian.org Any suggestions? It is a new and expensive technology and hasn't seen much adoption yet. On 12/02/2011 01:14 AM, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: Hello Release Team, Please provide me some Release readiness assistance for Open-FCoE's inclusion for Wheezy/Sid Open-FCoE [1], is a newer SAN technology to carry Fiber Channel traffic over Ethernet. The ethernet is generalized in the definition but in reality, a newer 10 GiB DCB Ethernet card is required for FCoE capabilities. Also to mention the refreshes required on the switch infrastructure. My initial hope was to get some access to FCoE hardware setup that I could spare for Debian. Unfortunately, for multiple reasons that didn't happen and I don't see having access to the hardware any time soon. Open-FCoE stack is currently in experimental. I have had no [bug] reports yet. Also the popcon stats is very low. The assistance I'm seeking from you is about its release readiness for Wheezy/Sid. Should I get these packages uploaded to Wheezy/Sid? There might not be many packaging errors, but with no real user testing in a production environment, I have no idea how the stack will behave. Should I go ahead with the inclusion of Open-FCoE into the Debian archive? [1] http://www.open-fcoe.org -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf | http://people.debian.org/~rrs Debian - The Universal Operating System ---BeginMessage--- On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 18:31:01 +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: Any suggestions? It is a new and expensive technology and hasn't seen much adoption yet. I think debian-devel would be a better place for your question. Cheers, Julien ---End Message--- signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Fwd: Re: Open-FCoE for Wheezy
There is an effort to develop a software target along with the open-FCoE stack. This would help reduce some of the cost by removing the need for target and possible a switch. (back to back configuration: FCoE initiator to software target) You would still need a 10Gb adapter on both ends. There is already some support for this in opensuse, fedora and ubuntu. Thanks, On 12/10/2011 03:59 AM, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: Including debian-devel.. Original Message Subject: Re: Open-FCoE for Wheezy Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:31:01 +0530 From: Ritesh Raj Sarraf r...@debian.org Reply-To: r...@debian.org Organization: RESEARCHUT To: debian-rele...@lists.debian.org Any suggestions? It is a new and expensive technology and hasn't seen much adoption yet. On 12/02/2011 01:14 AM, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: Hello Release Team, Please provide me some Release readiness assistance for Open-FCoE's inclusion for Wheezy/Sid Open-FCoE [1], is a newer SAN technology to carry Fiber Channel traffic over Ethernet. The ethernet is generalized in the definition but in reality, a newer 10 GiB DCB Ethernet card is required for FCoE capabilities. Also to mention the refreshes required on the switch infrastructure. My initial hope was to get some access to FCoE hardware setup that I could spare for Debian. Unfortunately, for multiple reasons that didn't happen and I don't see having access to the hardware any time soon. Open-FCoE stack is currently in experimental. I have had no [bug] reports yet. Also the popcon stats is very low. The assistance I'm seeking from you is about its release readiness for Wheezy/Sid. Should I get these packages uploaded to Wheezy/Sid? There might not be many packaging errors, but with no real user testing in a production environment, I have no idea how the stack will behave. Should I go ahead with the inclusion of Open-FCoE into the Debian archive? [1] http://www.open-fcoe.org -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf | http://people.debian.org/~rrs Debian - The Universal Operating System -- Jack Morgan signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Fwd: Re: Open-FCoE for Wheezy
On 12/10/2011 11:07 PM, Jack Morgan wrote: There is an effort to develop a software target along with the open-FCoE stack. This would help reduce some of the cost by removing the need for target and possible a switch. (back to back configuration: FCoE initiator to software target) You would still need a 10Gb adapter on both ends. There is already some support for this in opensuse, fedora and ubuntu. Yes, and these are special 10 GiB DCB Ethernet Adapters. I guess I'll push it to unstable. If there are issues reported, we'll see about its inclusion for the stable release, then. -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf | http://people.debian.org/~rrs Debian - The Universal Operating System signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
