InfiniBand is an industry-standard high-speed, packet-based
interconnect for node-to-node communications. InfiniBand provides
higher speed and lower network latency and uses less CPU than other
industry standard protocols, such as Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet.
The software suite for InfiniBand is delivered on the IB4X-00 bundle
with the driver files libib_subsys.a and libib_tvr.a.
Summary
of Change |
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What’s
New for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v1 September 2005?
Support is provided for the Network Interfaces and Network
Services Configuration. InfiniBand information is displayed in the
Network Interfaces Configuration (NIC) tool.
Support is added for nwmgr.
Impact |
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InfiniBand offers customers high-performance technical and
commercial application clustering and is the mid-to-high end cluster
interconnect for the HP-UX port of TruClusters.
Compatibility |
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InfiniBand is compatible with rx2600, rx5600, rx4640, rx7620,
rx8620, and Itanium®-based
Superdome.
Performance |
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InfiniBand provides higher speed and lower network latency
and uses less CPU than other industry standard protocols, such as
Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet.
Documentation |
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The InfiniBand product documentation is available at http://www.docs.hp.com in the Networking & Communication section.
Obsolescence |
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Not applicable.
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