[openib-general] RE: Technical content of Sonoma Workshop Feb 5-8

[Head Bubba]

	Windows and Linux were required yesterday... 
	Since we will have both Mellanox and PathScale for a roundtable session, we should also add any enhancements we need to future HCA
	 and the firmware as well to the discussion - from a little SDP Proof of Concept we did at CSFB, we ended up needing a firmware upgrade
	As for SDP... 	
		At the roundtable we did not go into the gory details of the SDP Proof Of Concept we did at CSFB with Mellanox in which we
		 could dynamically change virtual lane being used, so I think at this we should get Mellanox to go over the details with us to get this
		 something done with SDP in OpenIB to have the real implementation it needs (for those not having the details, contact Nimrod).
		A better implementation of SDP is needed.  This is a good first step to get off of TCP/IP without code changes, but this has
		 also been problematic in our experience.  Additionally, it needs to be code better to deliver at near native performance /// 
		 we use SDP to eliminate TCP/IP issues, so IPoIB is not viable for us
	As for RDS, we should all see who has it aside from Bubba which everyone knows about, and whether or not we can get an end-user 
	 experience discussed
	We also would like to virtualize everything... the server, the desktop, the fabric, the storage, etc... to create a Virtual Resource Market (VRM)


-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Boas [mailto:bboas at llnl.gov]
Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 2:01 PM
To: Woodruff, Robert J
Cc: Matt Leininger; Steve Poole; Hal Rosenstock; Roland Dreier; Head
Bubba; Peter Krey; openib-promoters at openib.org;
openib-windows at openib.org; openib-general at openib.org
Subject: RE: Technical content of Sonoma Workshop Feb 5-8


Woody,

It'll be a longshot for the Pats to get to theSuperbowl this year, I 
think. But I hope!

Your list is a great start, but isn't each item you mention in the 
context of Release 1.0?

 From the Labs and Wall Street perspectives, the preference is to"tie 
a ribbon around" Rel 1.0 (both Windows and Linux) as soon as we can, 
and go to the next stage of the evolution of the stack.

So that means making the definition of the content of Rel 2.0 the 
main technical focus of the workshop.

OpenIB PathForward Phase 2, iWARP integration, QOS, improved OpenSM, 
and more ......

Perhaps Matt, Steve Poole, Hal, Roland, HB, Peter,and others will 
join in this discussion and express different opinions.....

Bill.

At 02:56 PM 12/23/2005, you wrote:
>I'll give it some thought and try to start a discussion on
>the list. Some ideas for a technical track that come to mind are:
>
>RDS - perhaps we could get someone from Oracle and Silverstorm
>to present something on this. There has been some discussion on
>the list, but not sure we have everyone aligned on what needs to
>be done for this.
>
>Core S/W update. where we are and where we are going moving forward.
>
>Generic RDMA support, what is there, what needs to be done.
>
>iSer update.
>
>SDP update, what needs to be done before it is ready to be pushed
>upstream.
>
>OpenMPI update
>
>OpenSM and diags update
>
>Linux distributor update, RedHat, Suse, ...
>
>New H/W support, Pathscale, IBM ?
>
>Why the Patriots didn't win another superbowl, can we give someone else
>a turn please...
>
>Were there any specific topics that the DOE folks would like to
>hear on the technical side ?
>
>I'll be OOP on vacation next week, but will probably
>be checking email and perhaps we can start a discussion on the list.
>
>woody
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bill Boas [mailto:bboas at llnl.gov]
>Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 12:02 PM
>To: Woodruff, Robert J
>Subject: RE: [openib-general] Please register for Sonoma Workshop
>
>No agenda yet, and definitely need help......I was planning to send
>out ideas... maybe you could start that process, please.
>
>At 01:42 PM 12/22/2005, you wrote:
> >
> >Hi Bill,
> >
> >Do you have a proposed agenda for this yet
> >or need any help in putting one together.
> >
> >Trying to determine who from my team should attend.
> >
> >woody
>
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