Infiniband between HPUX & Linux - possible?

[tech1214]

The documentation for the HPUX IB4x-00 driver seems pretty clear when it says, "HP requires all systems in the fabric to use both the same HP-UX OS software version, and the same HP-UX Fabric Clustering System for InfiniBand software version..."

BUT I was hoping that in real life the requirements were not so stringent and that I could expect a heterogeneous cluster of PA-RISC systems running HPUX, and x86 systems running linux to communicate over IB. I would be looking first for IPoIB and second for RDMA.

If it matters, the PA systems would have to use the 4X SDR PCI-X boards rather than the newer 4X DDR PCIe boards.

Is this just a pipe dream?

[Tim Nelson]

I do not think you will find too many people using inifiband anymore.

Maybe in the old days before 10/100/1000 ethernet.

Suprised they are still selling the interfaces.

Maybe I just hang with the wrong crowd :)