Chapter 17. RC Transport Service

The Previous Chapter

The IBA specification defines a number of mechanisms to prevent various types of unauthorized access. The previous chapter provided a detailed description of the protection mechanisms (other than the memory protection mechanisms):

  • Preventing unauthorized access to UD QPs with PDs.

  • Partition keys (P_Keys).

  • Management keys (M_Keys).

  • The Subnet Management key (SM_Key).

  • Reliable Datagram Domains (RDDs).

  • Queue keys (Q_Keys).

  • Baseboard Management keys (B_Keys).

The previous chapter concluded the part of the book that focused on the protection mechanisms (i.e., Part 3).

This Chapter

This chapter provides a detailed description of the RC transport service.

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