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* [rdma cm kernel module](http://pkg-ofed.alioth.debian.org/howto/infiniband-howto-4.html#ss4.4)
* [user space rdmacm library - librdmacm](https://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/rdmacm)
+### rdma-cm in >= GlusterFs 3.4 ###
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+Following is the impact of http://review.gluster.org/#change,149.
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+New userspace packages needed:
+librdmacm
+librdmacm-devel
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### Limitations ###
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* Because of bug [890502](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=890502), we've to probe the peer on an IPoIB address. This imposes a restriction that all volumes created in the future have to communicate over IPoIB address (irrespective of whether they use gluster's tcp or rdma transport).
* Currently client has independence to choose b/w tcp and rdma transports while communicating with the server (by creating volumes with **transport-type tcp,rdma**). This independence was a by-product of our ability to use the tcp/ip channel - transports with *option transport-type tcp* - for rdma connection establishment handshake too. However, with new requirement of IPoIB address for connection establishment, we loose this independence (till we bring in [multi-network support](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=765437) - where a brick can be identified by a set of ip-addresses and we can choose different pairs of ip-addresses for communication based on our requirements - in glusterd).