From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yann Droneaud Subject: Re: Fwd: IPoIB and STP Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2014 17:42:21 +0100 Message-ID: <1388680941.22995.41.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-rdma-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Gandalf Corvotempesta Cc: "linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" List-Id: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org Hi, Le samedi 28 d=C3=A9cembre 2013 =C3=A0 12:08 +0100, Gandalf Corvotempes= ta a =C3=A9crit : > Hi, > i'm trying to configure a redundant IPoIB network. > Obviously, IB switches doesn't talk IP and so doesn't have STP suppor= t. >=20 Beware, you're mixing L3 and L2. STP, Spanning Tree Protocol (IEEE 802.1D), is a component of Ethernet, which is Layer-2/Link layer. It does not involve IP, which is Layer-3/Network layer. IP is not bound to Ethernet, indeed. Regards. --=20 Yann Droneaud OPTEYA -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" i= n the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html