December 2003
Intermediate to advanced
458 pages
9h 3m
English
book
Deploying Linux on IBM eServer pSeries Clusters
by Dino Quintero, Prabhakar Attaluri, Tomas Baublys, Xinghong He, Chin Yau Lee, Francois Thomas
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7.2. Myrinet
Myrinet is the brand name for all network products from Myricom Inc.; see:
The products range from PCI- and PCI-X based network adapters, switches, cables, to software support such as device drivers and middleware. In this section, we describe the installation of Myrinet products, from the device driver to message passing interface library.
7.2.1. Myrinet hardware
Table 7-1 lists characteristics of the latest Myrinet adapters, the single-ported D-card (M3F-PCIXD-2), and the dual-ported E-card (M3F-PCIXE-2), which are supported on pSeries running Linux (ppc64).
| Adapters | PCI-X width and speed | Number of Ports | Interface processor speed | Device drivers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M3F-PCIXD-2 ... |