RE: Dual star topology

2013-07-27 Thread Hefty, Sean
> This is still unclear. > From the README ( > http://git.openfabrics.org/git?p=~shefty/librdmacm.git;a=blob;f=README;h=e1f222 > 740144ed8f7d8bc935ea6643355b077bcd;hb=refs/heads/master > ) I can read: > "Using multiple interfaces > The librdmacm does support multiple interfaces." > > so, multipl

Re: Dual star topology

2013-07-27 Thread Gandalf Corvotempesta
2013/7/25 Hefty, Sean : > Currently, rsockets cannot fail over between local HCA ports. This is an > implementation restriction resulting from no automatic path migration support. This is still unclear. >From the README ( http://git.openfabrics.org/git?p=~shefty/librdmacm.git;a=blob;f=README;h=e

Re: Dual star topology

2013-07-26 Thread Gandalf Corvotempesta
2013/7/26 Hal Rosenstock : > Note that in terms of IPoIB bonding, I think it's an active/standby > rather than active/active model. Why? Can't I create an active/active bonded interface ? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majord...

Re: Dual star topology

2013-07-26 Thread Hal Rosenstock
On 7/26/2013 9:51 AM, Gandalf Corvotempesta wrote: > Ok, so, IPoIB across bonded ports on each host. > Multiple links between switches managed automatically by SM. > Will these multiple links be used in parallel by aggregating bandwidth > or just in case of failover ? How paths are routed is an in

Re: Dual star topology

2013-07-26 Thread Gandalf Corvotempesta
2013/7/26 Hal Rosenstock : > The SM reroutes based on links coming and going so if there are multiple > links between switches, this addresses the internal link failover scenario. Ok, so, IPoIB across bonded ports on each host. Multiple links between switches managed automatically by SM. Will thes

Re: Dual star topology

2013-07-26 Thread Hal Rosenstock
On 7/26/2013 8:20 AM, Gandalf Corvotempesta wrote: > 2013/7/26 Hal Rosenstock : >> There is support for IPoIB bonding. > > I'm talking about switch interconnection. How can I create bonding on > switches? The SM reroutes based on links coming and going so if there are multiple links between swit

Re: Dual star topology

2013-07-26 Thread Gandalf Corvotempesta
2013/7/26 Hal Rosenstock : > There is support for IPoIB bonding. I'm talking about switch interconnection. How can I create bonding on switches? Any recent benchmark about IPoIB ? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.ke

Re: Dual star topology

2013-07-26 Thread Hal Rosenstock
On 7/26/2013 3:22 AM, Gandalf Corvotempesta wrote: > 2013/7/25 Hefty, Sean : >> Currently, rsockets cannot fail over between local HCA ports. This is an >> implementation restriction resulting from no automatic path migration >> support. > > So, currently there is not way to have a fully redund

Re: Dual star topology

2013-07-26 Thread Gandalf Corvotempesta
2013/7/25 Hefty, Sean : > Currently, rsockets cannot fail over between local HCA ports. This is an > implementation restriction resulting from no automatic path migration support. So, currently there is not way to have a fully redundant IB network with dual-port HCA ? In case of IPoIB, how can

RE: Dual star topology

2013-07-25 Thread Hefty, Sean
> IPoIB is very slow, I prefere to try with rsockets and the preloader library. Currently, rsockets cannot fail over between local HCA ports. This is an implementation restriction resulting from no automatic path migration support. - Sean -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubsc

Re: Dual star topology

2013-07-24 Thread Hal Rosenstock
On 7/24/2013 4:56 PM, Gandalf Corvotempesta wrote: > 2013/7/24 Gandalf Corvotempesta : >> I have to configure ceph on these subnets and ceph doesn't allow to >> set multiple addresses for each service. > > Let me try to explain in a better way. > I would like to create a ceph cluster over an infin

Re: Dual star topology

2013-07-24 Thread Gandalf Corvotempesta
2013/7/24 Gandalf Corvotempesta : > I have to configure ceph on these subnets and ceph doesn't allow to > set multiple addresses for each service. Let me try to explain in a better way. I would like to create a ceph cluster over an infiniband network. Each server has a signle dual-port HBA. Ceph i

Re: Dual star topology

2013-07-24 Thread Hal Rosenstock
Hi Gandalf, On 7/24/2013 11:20 AM, Gandalf Corvotempesta wrote: > Hi to all > i'm probably OT but I don't know where to ask > I'm searching for some advice creating a dual-star topology to get > full path redundancy. > I have one dual-port DDR card on each server and two switches. > I'll connect o