[Lustre-discuss] LNET over multiple NICs

[Isaac Huang]

On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 04:23:37PM +0100, Alexander Oltu wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:29:00 +0100
> Sébastien Buisson wrote:
> 
> 
> > 
> > In your case, I think it would mean:
> > routes="gni0 xxx.xxx.110.xxx at tcp0 \
> >          gni1 xxx.xxx.111.xxx at tcp1"
> > 
> 
> Looks like this can be a workaround before multi-net routing will be
> possible. I can just add gni1 to all nodes.
> 
> Does anyone know how to add additional network to LNET without
> reloading kernel module?

Currently it can't be done without reloading the kernel modules.
However, the LNet Dynamic Control project is close to completion,
which makes it possible to do something similar to ifdown/ifup without
reloading kernel modules.

- Isaac