[openib-general] [RFC] IB address translation using ARP

[Caitlin Bestler]

On 10/9/05, Sean Hefty <sean.hefty at intel.com> wrote:
>
> >I think iWARP can be on top of TCP or SCTP. But why wouldn't it care ?
>
> I'm referring to the case that iWarp is running over TCP. I know that it
> can
> run over SCTP, but I'm not familiar with the details of that protocol.
> With
> TCP, this is an end-to-end connection, so layering iWarp over it, only the
> endpoints need to deal with it. I believe the same is true for SCTP.



The main impact of SCTP is that even the IP address can change
under the covers. So not only is their routing that is transparent
to the RDMA consumer, there is also selection of source/destination
IP addresses .
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