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InfiniBand Network Architecture
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InfiniBand Network Architecture

by Tom Shanley, MindShare, Inc.
October 2002
Intermediate to advanced
1280 pages
24h 35m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Chapter 28. Detailed Description of MADs

The Previous Chapter

The previous chapter provided a detailed descripion of the Subnet Management Interface (SMI). It included:

  • Purpose of the SMI (QP0).

  • The SMI on a CA and a router.

  • The SMI on switches.

  • Detailed switch handling of SMPs.

  • Detailed CA or router handling of SMPs.

  • SM accessing an attribute in its local device.

  • SM can reside in a switch.

  • SMI is a privileged resource.

  • SMI only communicates with other SMIs.

  • The port states in which SMPs can be sent and received.

  • SMPs never leave the subnet.

  • Setting up an HCA port's SMI.

  • How the SM sends a message and handles a response.

  • An SMP's source and destination.

  • The SMI and the Q_Key.

  • The SMI and partitions.

  • Additional reference material.

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