[openib-general] IPOIB failover ?

[Richard Frank]

Supporting IPOIB fail over with the Bonding driver will work - we
currently use this for GE, etc. 


On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 14:27 +0300, Or Gerlitz wrote:
> Richard Frank wrote:
> > Does IPOIB in this stack support transparent fail over between ports and
> > across redundant HCAs using a "virtual IP" ?
> 
> I am working on a patch to the linux bonding driver which will allow it 
> to enslave also IPoIB devices for the active-backup mode. I will send an 
> RFC to netdev for review next week. Does this meets your needs?
> 
> Does by virtual IP you mean an ***alias address*** assigned at one point 
> of time to one ipoib device and in another point of time (eg during 
> fail-over) to a second ipoib device?  does this approach have any 
> advantage on the bonding approach?
> 
> Or.
> 
> 
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