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

[Steve Poole]

Matt and I are working on a list of what the PF OpenIB project has 
paid for and what is in the queue. I have a document on what we will 
need for 12X-QDR IB and more of what we will need for iSCSI and the 
like. It is coming together. The original doc is 2 yrs old. :-(

Steve...

At 05:57 AM 12/27/2005, Head Bubba wrote:

>         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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