Subject: Re: [Ipoverib] Comments on Channel Adapter MIB (fwd)

From: Bill Swortwood <[email-masked]>
Date: 22 Jul 2002 15:32:17 -0600

You really want to use the SystemImageGuid for that (1.1 pre-release
version of the specification, or those 64 undefined bits adjacent to
the 1.0 vol 1 spec variants)

The IBTA intended the NodeGUID to refer to the CA to port relationship
for channel adapters. 

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> From:    Larry Butler <[email-masked]>
> To:      [email-masked], "[email-masked]'" <[email-masked]>
> Subject: [Ipoverib] Comments on Channel Adapter MIB
> Date:    Mon, 22 Jul 2002 10:36:48 -0700
> 
> Dear IPOIB WG,
> 
> I have a few comments about the IPoverIB Channel Adapter MIB.
> 
> Since there may be multiple channel adapters within a node, I'd like to
> suggest that the MIB be modified to support multiple channel adapters.
> 
> On the ibCaNodeGuid object within the ibCaGeneralInfo group, it seems to me
> that the scope of this object is not within a channel adapter, but rather
> within the node. From a practical perspective, I realize that a node GUID is
> burned into to each Channel Adapter by the manufacturer, but when a node has
> multiple channel adapters, I assume that the node should resolve them to a
> single node GUID. Perhaps I am wrong?
> 
> On the ibCaPortGuid object within the ibCaGeneralInfo group, since there may
> be multiple ports per channel adapter, I am uncertain to which port this
> object is referencing. Perhaps there should be a table of port GUIDs?
> 
> When referencing a channel adapter port, it would be very nice to be able to
> correlate the port with an ifIndex number. Why? Because SNMP management
> systems view ports from an interface (ifIndex) perspective. This would
> provide a relationship between the IPoIB CA MIB and IPoIB IF MIB.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Larry Butler
> Manager, Embedded Software Development
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> ACTION:draft-ietf-ipoib-channel-adapter-mib-02.txt
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> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
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> This draft is a work item of the IP over InfiniBand Working Group of the
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> 
> 	Title		: Definitions of Managed Objects for Infiniband
> Channel 
>                           Adapters (CA)
> 	Author(s)	: S. Harnedy
> 	Filename	: draft-ietf-ipoib-channel-adapter-mib-02.txt
> 	Pages		: 20
> 	Date		: 28-Jun-02
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> In particular, it defines objects for managing InfiniBand Channel 
> Adapters (CA).
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