1. Reliable Server Pooling Sockets API Presenter: Aron Silverton Email: Aron.J.Silverton@Motorola.com IETF 61 Washington, D.C. 2004-11-08

2. RSerPool API2 Overview Goal –Sockets-like API for RSerPool (rsp_socket) –Mimics UNIX sockets API Retain familiar programming model (uses ‘rsp_’ prefix) Change semantics accordingly –Consider for Working Group document Scope –Data I/O functions –Socket utility functions –RSerPool utility functions

3. 2004-11-08RSerPool API3 Status Initial draft created Submitted to IETF 2004-11-08 Draft covers: –Function prototypes, structures and usage –Includes echo server and client example Current open work items –API usage –Structure definitions (not covered in this presentation) –Function parameters (not covered in this presentation)

4. 2004-11-08RSerPool API4 Data I/O Functions Calls providing send/receive functionality Functions: –rsp_sendmsg() – Similar to sendmsg() Supports ‘send message by Pool Handle’ and ‘send message by PE Handle’ –rsp_recvmsg() – Similar to recvmsg() –Others may be defined later

5. 2004-11-08RSerPool API5 Socket Utility Functions Calls providing basic functionality for: –Controlling RSerPool HA sockets –Getting information about active sockets Functions: –rsp_initialize() – initializes the RSerPool stack –rsp_socket() – sets up ASAP resources and returns a socket FD –rsp_bind() – binds the HA socket to all desired addresses and the standard port numbers Supports multi-homing

6. 2004-11-08RSerPool API6 Socket Utility Functions (cont.) Functions: –rsp_connect() – proposed hybrid ‘bind’ can be used to pre-fetch information related to a specified Pool Handle and store locally Could also be separate from rsp_bind() and called subsequently if so desired –rsp_close() – closes the specified socket and releases corresponding ASAP resources –rsp_cleanup() – cleans up resources established by rsp_initialize()

7. 2004-11-08RSerPool API7 RSerPool Utility Functions Calls for performing various RSerPool functions Functions: –rsp_register() – registers a PE as a member of a specified pool –rsp_deregister() – removes or deregisters a PE from a specified pool –rsp_getPoolInfo() – returns information, e.g., PE list, Pool Policy, etc., about a specified pool to the caller

8. 2004-11-08RSerPool API8 RSerPool Utility Functions (cont.) Functions: –rsp_reportFailure() – used by a PU or PE to report an unreachable PE in a pool –rsp_notify() – used to pass select RSerPool and lower layer events back to the HA sockets user Could be modeled after sctp_notify() –rsp_forceFailover() – provides functionality to allow an RSerPool user to trigger a failover (if the upper layer is handling failure detection) Needed functionality, but perhaps not in its own call

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