Book description
This IBM Redbooks publication will illustrate the installation procedures of InfiniBand on the IBM System p5 with Linux and AIX 5L. InfiniBand adapters, switches, and network management software will be described in this publication. The IBM HPC stack will be tested with InfiniBand (Parallel Environment, LoadLeveler, GPFS, ESSL, and Parallel ESSL). Communication protocols such as MPI and LAPI will be tested and observations will be illustrated in this book.
This book is the complete guide on how to implement InfiniBand on the IBM System p5. It is targeted at all IT professionals looking to understand what is behind the InfiniBand technologies, how to deploy it, and what is the IBM solution incorporating this technology.
Table of contents
- Notices
- Preface
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Part 1: InfiniBand architecture
- Chapter 1: Introduction
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Chapter 2: Introduction to InfiniBand technology
- A technical introduction to InfiniBand
- Markets
- Application clustering
- I/O architectures: fabric versus bus
- InfiniBand technical overview
- InfiniBand layers (1/2)
- InfiniBand layers (2/2)
- InfiniBand architecture
- InfiniBand components
- InfiniBand support for the Direct Access Programming Library (DAPL)
- Adapter sharing
- Summary
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Chapter 3: InfiniBand hardware overview and implementation
- Limitations and considerations
- Features and benefits of InfiniBand on System p
- Hardware requirements
- Hardware Management Console (HMC)
- Supported System p servers
- Supported host channel adapters (HCA) (1/2)
- Supported host channel adapters (HCA) (2/2)
- Logical partitioning (LPAR)
- Cisco InfiniBand switches
- InfiniBand cables
- Management server
- IBM Network Manager (IBM NM) (1/3)
- IBM Network Manager (IBM NM) (2/3)
- IBM Network Manager (IBM NM) (3/3)
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Part 2: Implementation
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Chapter 4: InfiniBand on AIX 5L
- InfiniBand on AIX (1/3)
- InfiniBand on AIX (2/3)
- InfiniBand on AIX (3/3)
- InfiniBand on System p5 running AIX (1/2)
- InfiniBand on System p5 running AIX (2/2)
- Test cluster layout and description
- Installation and configuration of the AIX CSM Management server (1/2)
- Installation and configuration of the AIX CSM Management server (2/2)
- Installation and configuration of AIX nodes (1/6)
- Installation and configuration of AIX nodes (2/6)
- Installation and configuration of AIX nodes (3/6)
- Installation and configuration of AIX nodes (4/6)
- Installation and configuration of AIX nodes (5/6)
- Installation and configuration of AIX nodes (6/6)
- GPFS installation and configuration (1/2)
- GPFS installation and configuration (2/2)
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Chapter 5: IBM System p cluster with InfiniBand and SUSE SLES 9
- InfiniBand considerations for SLES 9 (1/3)
- InfiniBand considerations for SLES 9 (2/3)
- InfiniBand considerations for SLES 9 (3/3)
- Introduction of cluster software components for SLES 9 (1/3)
- Introduction of cluster software components for SLES 9 (2/3)
- Introduction of cluster software components for SLES 9 (3/3)
- Installation and configuration (1/8)
- Installation and configuration (2/8)
- Installation and configuration (3/8)
- Installation and configuration (4/8)
- Installation and configuration (5/8)
- Installation and configuration (6/8)
- Installation and configuration (7/8)
- Installation and configuration (8/8)
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Chapter 4: InfiniBand on AIX 5L
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Part 3: Support
- Chapter 6: Problem determination
- Chapter 7: Best practices
- Chapter 8: Monitoring tools for InfiniBand adapter
- Part 4: Appendixes
- Abbreviations and acronyms
- Related publications
- Index (1/2)
- Index (2/2)
- Back cover
Product information
- Title: Implementing InfiniBand on IBM System p
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2007
- Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
- ISBN: 9780738486512
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