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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Hello, </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: en-us" lang=EN-US><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I have
a big problem finding an example how to setup a lustre-router.
</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: en-us" lang=EN-US><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Maybe
someone can direct me to the right direction.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: en-us" lang=EN-US><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Inside
the server room we have a lustre storage system with 1 combined MDS/OSS node and
3 OSS nodes. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: en-us" lang=EN-US><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Around
100 compute nodes connect to this lustre storage over IB. So right now all lnet
communication is done </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: en-us" lang=EN-US><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">over
IB. We have to connect now a small number of workstations outside the server
room to the lustre storage system. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: en-us" lang=EN-US><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I
would prefer to do this with a lustre router, instead of enabling communication
for the whole system over IB and TCP.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<DIV><FONT
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server
room
# </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New">#
+---------+
#</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New"># | MDS/OSS
|
#</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New">#
+---------+
#</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New"># | OSS
|\
#
+-------------+</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New"># +---------+
\
#
| workstation |</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New"># | OSS |
\
#
/+-------------+</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New"># +---------+
\+-----------+ +--------+
# +------------+/</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New"># | OSS
| | IB-switch |--IB--| router |--TCP--| TCP-switch |
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New"># +---------+
/+-----------+ +--------+
# +------------+\</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT
face="Courier New">#
/
#
\+-------------+</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New"># +---------+
/
#
| workstation |</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New"># | clients
|/
#
+-------------+</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New">#
+---------+
#</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT
face="Courier New">#
#</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT
face="Courier New">##################################################</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>Markus Kirsch</DIV>
<DIV>Consulting</DIV>
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