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<font size=3>At 06:37 AM 7/11/2005, James Lentini wrote:<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">On Tue, 5 Jul 2005, Michael
Krause wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">The intention was to allow one
to manage the fabric by having mapping functions from traditional IP
management applications to IB GID to minimize the amount of work to
enable IB within a solution.</blockquote><br>
I was unaware of this. What happened to the mapping functions? What did
the API look like and how was it going to be
implemented?</font></blockquote><br>
The IBTA specs are not API specifications. They define semantics
and wire protocols. As for what was envisioned which guided the
spec, most data center management applications understand a variety of
management objects that represent various IP based attributes. A
GID is close enough to an IPv6 address that many of these objects could
be easily modified via a plug-in such that the IB would have been easily
slid into the associated management applications. Investigations
occurred, e.g. in to providing the necessary plug ins for OpenView,
Tivoli, etc. This is one area where IB is insufficient in terms of
a viable ecosystem since there really isn't any way to manage IB in the
enterprise without requiring significant amounts of training and a new
tool chain to be deployed.<br><br>
Mike<br><br>
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