InfiniBand Network Architecture

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Chapter 1. Basic Terms and Concepts

This Chapter

This chapter provides:

Advantages of the InfiniBand network architecture.
An introduction to basic terminology.
Packet addressing basics.
The basic roles of channel adapters, routers, switches, and repeaters.
An introduction to message passing.

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The next chapter introduces the concept of device attributes, managers, management agents (MAs), and management datagrams (MADs).

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