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82 Implementing Cisco InfiniBand on IBM BladeCenter

Figure 5-1 BCH high speed InfiniBand Switch Module GUI

The topics that we discuss in this chapter are:

򐂰 5.1, “Configuring IPoIB on a Linux host” on page 82

򐂰 5.2, “Configuring the IPoIB on a Windows host” on page 88

5.1 Configuring IPoIB on a Linux host

This section covers the step-by-step procedure of installing the InfiniBand host drivers and

configuring IPoIB on the blade servers running Linux.

5.1.1 Installing the OFED drivers

OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) is open source software, from the OpenFabrics

Alliance, for RDMA fabric technologies that works independent of the multiple underlying

networking layers. The OpenFabrics Alliance provides tools, communications, and resources

for vendors and developers to create, refine, and publish standard open source software

stacks for RDMA-capable data center and high-performance computing fabrics.

The OpenFabrics Alliance is comprised of technology vendors and user organizations.

The goal of OFED is to drive industry-standard solutions to the market based on InfiniBand

interconnect technology and a common software stack. OFED is supported by all major

InfiniBand vendors, and it provides a common InfiniBand stack for customers. For more

information about OFED, go to:

http://www.openfabrics.org/

5.1.2 Cisco InfiniBand host drivers

This section describes the procedure to install the Cisco OFED InfiniBand Host Drivers on the

blade with RHEL 5 operating system. Cisco provides two versions of InfiniBand host drivers:

򐂰 Cisco OFED Driver

򐂰 SRP Host Drivers

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