Title :
Evaluation of a subnet management mechanism for InfiniBand networks
Author :
Bermudez, Aurelio ; Casado, Rafael ; Quiles, Francisco J. ; Pinkston, Timothy M. ; Duato, José
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete
Abstract :
The InfiniBand architecture is a high-performance network technology for the interconnection of processor nodes and I/O devices using a point-to-point switch-based fabric. The InfiniBand specification defines a basic management infrastructure that is responsible for subnet configuration, activation, and fault tolerance. Subnet management entities and functions are described, but the specifications do not impose any particular implementation. We present and analyze a complete subnet management mechanism for this architecture. We allow to anticipate future directions to obtain efficient management protocols
Keywords :
computer network management; fault tolerant computing; multiprocessor interconnection networks; parallel architectures; protocols; InfiniBand architecture; InfiniBand networks; fault tolerance; management infrastructure; point-to-point switch-based fabric; subnet configuration; subnet management mechanism; Computer network management; Computer science; Distributed computing; Engineering management; Fabrics; Network topology; Packet switching; Protocols; Switches; Technology management;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel Processing, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kaohsiung
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2017-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICPP.2003.1240572
