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Posted by on March 11, 2008, 11:47 pm
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How is myrinet different from ethernet standard ? Is myrinet
propreitory ?
Does it follow the same protocol ? Can NICs work interchangeably in
both the standards ?
It would be great if somebody helps me out on the differences between
the two .
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Posted by Michelot on March 12, 2008, 5:55 am
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Bonjour,
> It would be great if somebody helps me out on the differences between
> the two .
...and, if possible, about the compatibity between 10 Gbit/s Ethernet
and Myrinet.
Best regards,
Michelot
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Posted by Rick Jones on March 12, 2008, 2:19 pm
If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options > > It would be great if somebody helps me out on the differences between
> > the two .
> ...and, if possible, about the compatibity between 10 Gbit/s Ethernet
> and Myrinet.
I suspect the best source would be:
http://www.myricom.com/
Where I think you will find that _myrinet_ is a proprietary networking
technology that is not directly compatiable with 10Gbit/s Ethernet,
and that Myricom also offer 10 Gigabit Ethernet products.
rick jones
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Posted by Michelot on March 13, 2008, 8:28 am
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> http://www.myricom.com/
Thanks for the link, I should have known it.
"...these Myri-10G protocol-offload Network Interface Cards (NICs)
deliver excellent performance at minimal cost, and are fully compliant
with Ethernet standards".
What I'm understanding is that.
The word offload seems important, and not easy to translate in French.
The Myri-10G is using the same PHY protocol than Ethernet (the same
physical level). But, the level-2 protocol is not "MAC 802.3" (MAC
Ethernet).
"MAC 802.3" and "level-2 Myri-10G" are sharing the same "PHY Ethernet"
protocols, that are the 10GBase-CX4 and the 10GBase-R family.
There is the same thing with IBM FICON protocol avec Fibre Channel.
The physical level for FICON is same as the physical level of FC, but
the frame level is different.
So, the equipments that interpret the level 2 have to be differencied.
A Myri-10G switch is not an Ethernet switch. But we can transport a
Myri-10G wavelength as a 10GBase-R wavelength.
It is my understanding at this moment.
Best regards,
Michelot
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Posted by glen herrmannsfeldt on March 13, 2008, 10:41 am
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(snip)
> The word offload seems important, and not easy to translate in French.
> The Myri-10G is using the same PHY protocol than Ethernet (the same
> physical level). But, the level-2 protocol is not "MAC 802.3" (MAC
> Ethernet).
Offload in the case of computer hardware usually means it performs
some function that is normally (or previously) done in software.
In the past, some NICs would do the TCP checksum calculation
such that the TCP/IP software didn't have to do it.
As networks get faster it is harder for software to keep up.
-- glen
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