[LU-13642] lnetctl: Allow IP specification

• Type: Bug
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Priority: Minor
• Severity: 3
• Assignee: Frank Sehr
• Reporter: Amir Shehata (Inactive)

Description

Allow adding network interfaces with specific IP addresses. It is possible that an interface can have multiple IP addresses assigned to it. Since the IP address is explicitly used to describe an LNet NID, we should allow specifying network interfaces via their IP addresses. Linux routing can route packets based on their source IP addresses differently. It is potentially possible that routing can be setup such that Lustre traffic can be routed different from other application traffic, even though both are originating from the same interface.

Issue Links

• is related to: LU-17967 Configuring an o2ib NI using lnetctl net add --nid causes memory leak
• is related to: LU-17914 lnetctl net set command issues false error
• is related to: LU-18417 Finish IPv6 support
• is related to: LU-10391 LNET: Support IPv6