[openib-general] [RFC] IB address translation using ARP
Sean Hefty
mshefty at ichips.intel.com
Thu Sep 29 14:16:04 PDT 2005
Yaron Haviv wrote:
> 4. send an arp on the net device find destination MAC
>
> Note the destination IP in the ARP phase is either the REAL destination
> IP in case of a local subnet, or the IP router IP address in case of a
> gateway/router.
>
> 5. issue a path record between the source/dest GIDs (DGID taken from ARP
> Result IPoIB MAC)
In the case of gateway/router, isn't the returned GID for the router? How is
this used to establish a connection with the real destination?
- Sean
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