Chapter 32. The GSI
The Previous Chapter
The previous chapter provided a detailed description of how the SM discovers devices during startup, as well as how it issues attribute accesses to devices that have not yet been assigned LID addresses. It covered:
Who performs discovery?
How packets are normally routed (when all devices have already been assigned LIDs).
Packet routing during discovery (before LIDs have been assigned).
Accessing device attributes when the path to the device is only partially configured.
This Chapter
This chapter provides a detailed description of the General Services Interface (GSI, aka QP1). It is provided at this point in the book because the SA is accessed via the GSI and the next chapter covers the SA. Specifically, ...
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