[openib-general] iSER details

[Yaron Haviv]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: openib-general-bounces at openib.org [mailto:openib-general-
> bounces at openib.org] On Behalf Of Hal Rosenstock
> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 6:31 AM
> To: Mohit Katiyar, Noida
> Cc: openib-general at openib.org
> Subject: Re: [openib-general] iSER details
> 
> On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 06:09, Mohit Katiyar, Noida wrote:
> > Can anyone tell me where can I find the specifications of iSER
> > protocol on Infiniband. I could not find any document which provides
> > specification specially according to Infiniband, all the doc were on
> > iWarp. If anyone can guide me in this
> 
> There are 2 relevant I-Ds:
> 
> iSCSI Extensions for RDMA Specification
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ips-iser-05.txt
> 

As Hal indicate the iSER-05 IETF draft already incorporates InfiniBand,
and already passed last call status.
There aren't many differenced between IB and iWarp, IBTA is also working
on the IP address mapping over InfiniBand that will be leveraged by
iSER/IB and NFS/RDMA, and few other clarifications/issues.

Note one key difference in the IETF draft is that IB negotiate the Login
over the RC connection, where in iWarp its over a TCP connection (and
than transition to RDMA RC).

Some more detailed material can be found on
http://www.haifa.il.ibm.com/satran/ips/iSER-in-an-IB-network-V9.pdf
It's a little old but many sections are still relevant 

Yaron