Organization of This Book

The book is organized as follows:

  • Part 1: Introductory Topics. A comprehensive overview of the InfiniBand technology can be gained from this part of the book. The reader who does not need a comprehensive understanding of all the tortuous detail can just read this part.

  • Part 2: QP Creation and Operation.

  • Part 3: Protection Mechanisms.

  • Part 4: Detailed Description of the Transport Services.

  • Part 5: Link and Physical Layer Descriptions.

  • Part 6: The SM and the SA.

  • Part 7: General Services.

  • Appendix: Contains the glossary of terms.

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