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1 – Introduction Software Components

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Software Components

The software provided with the InfiniPath Interconnect product consists of:

■InfiniPath driver (including OpenFabrics)

■InfiniPath ethernet emulation

■InfiniPath libraries

■InfiniPath utilities, configuration, and support tools

■InfiniPath MPI

■InfiniPath MPI benchmarks

■OpenFabrics protocols, including Subnet Management Agent

■OpenFabrics libraries and utilities

OpenFabrics kernel module support is now built and installed as part of the InfiniPath RPM install. The InfiniPath release 2.0 runs on the same code base as OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) version 1.1. It also includes the OpenFabrics

1.1-based library and utility RPMs. InfiniBand protocols are interoperable between InfiniPath 2.0 and OFED 1.1.

This release provides support for the following protocols:

■IPoIB (TCP/IP networking)

■SDP (Sockets Direct Protocol)

■OpenSM

■UD (Unreliable Datagram)

■RC (Reliable Connection)

■UC (Unreliable Connection)

■SRQ (Shared Receive Queue)

■uDAPL (user Direct Access Provider Library)

This release includes a technology preview of:

■SRP (SCSI RDMA Protocol)

Future releases will provide support for:

■iSER (iSCSI Extensions for RDMA) No support is provided for RD.

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