Sun Microsystems PCI manual InfiniBand Transport Framework, InfiniBand Management Framework

InfiniBand Transport Framework

IBTF is the Solaris implementation of the InfiniBand Transport Layer (IBTL). IBTF consists of InfiniBand Device Manager (IBDM), InfiniBand Communications Manager (IBCM) and an InfiniBand Nexus driver. The Nexus driver along with IBDM creates and manages InfiniBand devices. The following devices are supported:

■IB I/O controller (IOC) devices

■IB pseudo devices

■IB service devices

■HCA, port, virtual physical point of attachment (VPPA) service devices

See ib(4) and ib(7d) for details.

IBCM provides a transport layer abstraction to IB clients to set up reliable connected channels along with service, multicast, and path lookup-related functionality. See ibcm(7d) for details.

InfiniBand Management Framework

IBMF is a complementary component to IBTF that enables IB clients to provide and access management services over the IB fabrics. It has two logical components. One component deals with sending and receiving management data to any type of management entity. The other component deals with sending and receiving management data to the Subnet Administrator (SA) only. Since every IB client needs to send and receive management data to the SA, IBMF provides functions that specifically handle the SA interaction.

Tavor HCA Driver

The Tavor HCA driver controls the Tavor hardware and enables the transfer of data over the IB wire. This driver interfaces with the IBTF and provides an implementation of Channel Interfaces that are defined by IBTF. It also enables management applications and agents to access the IB fabric.

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