[openib-general] re RDS missing features

[Michael Krause]

Given this is an extension to Sockets, should it not also be reviewed by 
the Sockets owners?

What about the API itself?  Any plans to make this portable to other OS / 
endnodes or have a spec and associated wire protocol that is reviewed 
perhaps in the IETF so it is applicable to more than just Oracle?  It seems 
this really should be standardized within the IETF to gain broad adoption 
and insure it will be interoperable across all implementations not just 
OpenFabric's.



At 10:42 AM 5/1/2006, Ranjit Pandit wrote:
>On 5/1/06, Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz at voltaire.com> wrote:
>>Can you elaborate on each of the features, specifically the following
>>points are of interest to us:
>>
>>+1 so you running Oracle Loopback traffic over RDS sockets? if yes, what
>>the issue here?
>>the openib CMA supports listen/connect on loopback addresses (eg
>>127.0.0.1 or IPoIB local address)
>
>Yes.
>There is no issue. It's just next in line for me to implement.
>
>>
>>+2 by failover, are you referring to APM? that is failover between IB
>>pathes to/from the same HCA
>>over which the original connection/QP was established or you are talking
>>on failover between HCAs
>
>Failover within and across HCAs. APM does not work for failover across HCAs.

For OpenFabric, one would need to have this work across RNIC as well.  APM 
is not part of iWARP so can't be relied upon.



>>+3 is the no support for /proc like for RDS an issue to run crload or
>>demo Oracle (that is specific tuning
>>  and usage of non defaults is needed for any/optimal operation)
>
>No, this does not affect core functionality. You should be able to run
>Oracle or crload without this feature.
>
>That was a list of things that still need to be implemented for GA and
>not just demo
>
>>
>>Or.
>>
>>[openfabrics-ewg] Before we can start testing - we needto ensure that
>>RDS is fully ported.
>>
>>Pandit, Ranjit rpandit at silverstorm.com
>>
>>Following features are yet to be implemented in OpenFabric Rds:
>>
>>  1.     Failover
>>2.      Loopback connections
>>3.      support for /proc fs like Rds config, stats and info.
>>
>>
>>
>>Ranjit
>>
>>
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