[ofa-general] [RFC] the never ending search for SA scalability

[Hal Rosenstock]

On 8/13/07, Sean Hefty <mshefty at ichips.intel.com> wrote:
> > In that mode, I suppose it also requires an admin to reset it when the
> > node for the ib_sa module fails.
>
> Not necessarily.  See C13-43.1.1:
>
> When a request for a particular MADHeader:MgmtClass has been redirected
> to another location, that location shall continue to service requests
> for the MADHeader:MgmtClass until either the location becomes inoperable
> for some reason or the requests are redirected again away from that
> location.
>
> Separately from admin or SA controlled redirection, the ib_sa module
> will need to determine when to fail back to the master SM/SA.  I would
> do this based on X number of retries/timeouts.

Yes, that was what I was getting at.

>
> - Sean
>