[openib-general] [ANNOUNCE] Initial trunk checkin of ISER initiator

[Dan Bar Dov]

I just checked in a first version of iSCSI Extensions for RDMA 
Protocol (ISER) initiator under infiniband/ulp/iser. This 
implements the ISER datamover, a transport layer alternative to 
TCP/IP usable by iSCSI. This ISER transport has been tested with 
the open-iscsi opensource project, and against the Voltaire 
Fibre-Channel Router (FCR) and Voltaire's Native-IB storage kit.

All the iSCSI features including device management are available
seamlessly with the iSCSI/ISER initiator. ISER simply puts iSCSI 
on steroids.

The ISER implementation makes use of the openIB/kDAPL. Please note 
that several kDAPL patches that were submitted to the list are 
necessary for this implementation to work.


Dan Bar Dov
Infiniband Storage Solutions
www.voltaire.com
The Grid Interconnect Company