Hallo Bill,
Just to support Aman's answer: we at CERN (myself, Pekka and Arie) are
very happy that the ipSCSI and SST ("stSCSI") efforts collaborate as
much as possible.
With Cambex's IBM connections (via your HBA's) and ipSCSI contacts, you
must know the Satran group from IBM Haifa. They visited us here at CERN
recently and we spoke then of our hope that ipSCSI and SST got closer
together.
Ben
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Aman Singla wrote:
>
> > Folks-
> > We are looking seriously at STP as a jumping off point to the ipSCSI
> > endeavor. Toward that end we would like to work with you on the
> > Linux/STP project. It will take a a little time to set up our test bed
> > and get the same kernel up that you are using. I gather also that you
> > have twiked a NIC driver, so I think we should use that net card as well
> > (which one is it?).
>
> Though the Linux/STP code will work on most ethernet and/or IP devices
> without any modification of the driver/NIC (by simulating most STP
> reqd. functionality in s/w), we've been principally interested in
> enhancing GbE for STP. Toward this end, we've modified the
> GbE driver and the firmware to a limited extent. The NIC we're using
> for our purpose is the Tigon-2 based alteon GbE NIC.
>
> A group at CERN is also very interested in running SCSI over STP,
> and I'm CCing them on this email to introduce your intentions to
> each other.
>
> In the future, it might be useful to have such discussion on the
> stp mailing list (stp@xxxxxxxxxxx) to have everyone participate in
> the discussion and be aware of work happening in this dimension.
>
> thanks,
>
> :a
>
> >
> > After that stage, I will be happy to share the work load with you on
> > pushing it forward.
> >
> > Our near term goal is to get a iSCSI like system up on IP or TCP/IP
> > to study perfomance issues with general traffic on the same net.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bill Main
> > Cambex Corporation
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