[ofw] iSCSI via IPoIB on Windows XP 32 Bit clients?

[Erez Zilber]

We are working on iSER for windows. We didn't try to run the Microsoft
iSCSI initiator over IPoIB. I guess that it should work.


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Axel Mertes wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I am new to this list, but following the IB Windows approach for about
> three years already, with occasional contact to Erez and Marc and
> other people involved.
>
> I need to make some decisions on storage system investments and would
> like to know if it is possible to use iSCSI protocol via IPoIB on a
> Windows XP 32 Bit client. On the long term we'd like to set Tiger
> Technologies MetaLAN on top of it for control, but the lower layer
> would have to be iSCSI.
>
> The point is that we still need to stay on 32 Bit edition for some
> specialized HDTV broadcast video boards that aren't supporting Windows
> XP 64 Bit. We investigate if there are alternatives, but yet none.
>
> So the only option for us going the IB route would be if iSCSI could
> work, as SCSI RDMA is currently unavailable for XP (and is expected to
> be unavailable in future too).
>
> As iSCSI runs on XP 32 bit edition via any Ethernet card I see
> currently no reason why it should not work in conjunction with IB /
> IPoIB. But I have no chance to test that yet on my own.
> Anyone around had been testing this yet?
> If yes, what kind of transfer speeds and latency is realistic then?
> Could we transfer 500 to 800 MB/s into a single machine (sourcing from
> several native IB storage target machines via an IB switch)?
> Imagine video editing and several server systems that do at least 800
> MB/s sustained, each.
>
> Btw, is there some kind of "Jumbo Frame" setting for the IPoIB option
> (given its a native 20 GBit IP network it'll be wise...) and if yes,
> which is the largest block size supported / allowed?
>
> Please let me know!
>
>
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
> Best regards,
>
> Axel Mertes
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