InfiniBand Network Architecture

QP State before Any Messages Are Transferred

Connection Established and QPs Fully Configured

This discussion assumes that the following series of actions have already been accomplished:

1. The local HCA RC QP was created (see “QP Creation” on page 236) and connected to a local HCA port that it will use to send and receive messages between itself and a RC QP in a remote CA (see “RC/UC Connection Establishment” on page 186).

2. The CMs associated with the HCA and the remote CA have exchanged REQ, REP, and RTU messages.

3. Both QPs are fully configured and in the fully operational RTS state (see “Ready to Send State” on page 247).

Current QP State

The two QPs have been configured with the information detailed in Table 17-2 on this page.

Table 17-2. Initial ...