ESX 3.5 and Intel I/OAT and/or Jumbo Frame?!?!?!

[CiscoKid]

...Anyone know if they are supported with this release?

[kimono]

/kimono/

[CiscoKid]

Is there an official release date for 3.5?

[Dave_Mishchenko]

A lot of people are saying December 2007, but I haven't seen anything official.

Jumbo frame support - http://www.vmware.com/products/vi/whatsnew.html

[CiscoKid]

Kimono, do you have any support documentation that states that IOAT will be included but flagged as experimental? Thanks.

[kimono]

I thought I saw it on the what's new page - either I got it confused with Infini Band, or there's something I'm not allowed to tell you.

/kimono/

[doubleH]

before everyone gets all giddy about jumbo frames support...make sure your switch can handle jumbo's and flow control at the same time. this is a known issue with some procurve switches and performance actually decreases if both are enabled at the same time.

[Anders]

Hi.

Intel IOAT will be experimentally supported.

Currently I am not sure about Jumbo frames + iSCSI, but Jumbo frames from GOS is there.

- Anders

[CiscoKid]

I must not be looking at the same documentation about the Intel I/OAT...can you help me find where it states that VMware will be experimentally supporting Intel's I/OAT?

[Anders]

Sorry, this is on the post-VMworld updates on 3.5/3i that we're doing now.

As always things might change before GA date, even dropping features if QA feels it's not ready.

- Anders

[virtualdud3]

Are you referring to jumbo frames with the iSCSI software initiator?

Correct me if I am wrong, but aren't jumbo frames currently supported with a hardware iSCSI initiator?

[Anders]

Are you referring to jumbo frames with the iSCSI software initiator?

Correct me if I am wrong, but aren't jumbo frames currently supported with a hardware iSCSI initiator?

Yes, iSCSI plus jumbo frame seems to be no go.

- Anders