[openib-general] point to point connections

Hal Rosenstock halr at voltaire.com
Fri Mar 3 09:07:16 PST 2006


On Fri, 2006-03-03 at 12:03, Fabian Tillier wrote:
> On 3/3/06, Damaru <damaru at damaru.org> wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I am planning to setup an iSCSI target and an iSCSI initiator via
> > infiniband in point to point mode. is it possible with two linux
> > machines to connect in p2p ? what hardware and software do I need?
> 
> Yes, it is possible.  You'll need an HCA in each system, a cable to
> connect the two.  Beside the IB stack, you'll need to run OpenSM on
> one of the nodes to bring the ports active.

and use IPoIB underneath iSCSI. Is there an open source iSCSI target ?

Once there is an open source iSER target, you will be able to do this
with iSER too.

-- Hal

> - Fab
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