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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>SilverStorm Technologies is planning to be
interoperable and we are in the process of testing the OFED release candidate
with our gateways.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Bob-<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
openfabrics-ewg-bounces@openib.org [mailto:openfabrics-ewg-bounces@openib.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Sujal Das<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, May 08, 2006 6:42 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> openfabrics-ewg@openib.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [openfabrics-ewg]
OFED 1.0 release criteria</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Scott (Cisco) and Bob (SliverStorm):
Please let us know if your respective SRP gateways will be qualified for the
OFED 1.0 release. Provide details of what will be qualified and
supported.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
openfabrics-ewg-bounces@openib.org [mailto:openfabrics-ewg-bounces@openib.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b><st1:PersonName w:st="on">Tziporet
Koren</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, May 08, 2006 7:31 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> openfabrics-ewg@openib.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [openfabrics-ewg] OFED
1.0 release criteria</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hi
All,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Since
a request for release criteria was raised</span></font> <font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I prepared this
first proposal and I would like to</span></font> <font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>review it in the meeting today.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Tziporet</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>============================================================================================</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold'>OpenFabrics</span></font> </u></b><b><u><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Enterprise
Distribution (OFED) 1.0 release criteria:</span></font></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
release criteria are composed from the following:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Bugs
and limitations</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Systems
supported</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Performance</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Testing</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In
each section there</span></font> <font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>are</span></font> <font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>different criteria according
to the component categories definition:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>1. </span></font> </b><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>Basic</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>: GA components that installed in typical
installation.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>2. </span></font> </b><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>Add-on</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>: Components that are optional and one should choose
them specifically.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>3. </span></font> </b><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>Technology preview</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>: Components that their quality
level is not GA, but can be used by customers for technology development</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold'>1. Bugs and limitations:</span></font></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
criteria for limitations and known bugs should be defined according to each
component category:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Basic:
no high and showstopper bugs</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Add-on:
no showstopper bugs</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Technology
preview: passing basic tests (each component owner should define what are these
tests)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>In addition the install and build scripts should be clean since it is
most important that in first interface of the customer with IB will be smooth.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold'>2. Systems Supported</span></font></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>There
are three different categories in the system setting:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></font><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>CPU
architecture</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></font><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Infiniband
HW (HCAs and switches) </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></font><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Operating
system.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Each
component of OFED should support the systems in this way:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Basic:
supporting all systems</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Add-on:
supporting the systems defined by the component owner </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Technology
preview: supporting the systems defined by the component owner</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Note:
Owners please send me the list of components you support</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>2.1. CPU Architectures:</span></font>
</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>a) </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>x86_32</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>b) </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>x84_64
(Intel; AMD)</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>c) </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ia64</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>d) </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>PPC64
(Power5, Power6)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>2.2 Infiniband HW:</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>a) </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>HCAs: </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Mellanox:
both DDR and SDR are supported<br>
FW burned should be the last official released by Mellanox:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>i. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>InfiniHost
III Lx: fw-25204-1.0.800</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ii. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>InfiniHost
III Ex: fw-25218-5.1.400 and fw-25208-4.7.600</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>iii. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>InfiniHost:
fw-23108-3.4.000</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>iv. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>InfiniScale
III - fw-47396-0.8.4</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>v. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>InfiniScale
- fw-43132-5.6.0</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>II. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Qlogic:
Please send the list of your HCAs</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>b) </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Switches:
(each vendor should send the list)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Cisco:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>II. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Voltaire:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>III. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SilverStorm:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>IV. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Flextronix:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>2.3. Linux distributors and kernels </span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>a) </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Redhat:
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>a. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>AS EL4
up2 and up3; </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>b. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Fedora
C4 (2.6.11-1.1369_FC4)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>b) </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Novel:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>a. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SLES10
beta 10</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>b. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SuSE
Pro 10 (kernel 2.6.13-15-smp)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>c) </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>kernel.org:
2.6.16.x</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold'>3. Performance requirements:</span></font></u></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
performance</span></font> <font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>(latency and bandwidth)</span></font> <font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>of OFED 1.0 should
be at least as gen1</span></font> <font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>software stacks</span></font> <font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>available or
better.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
performance benchmark for each ULP:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Basic
verbs – performance tests</span></font> <font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>from OpenFabrics (send, RDMA
read/write latency & BW)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>IPoIB
– netperf</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>MPI
– Pallas</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SDP
– iperf</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SRP</span></font>
<font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>–</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> iometer</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>iSER
– iometer</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold'>4. Testing</span></font></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Minimum
cluster size to be tested:<br>
Need at least 128 nodes cluster – not clear to me if any company has such
a cluster</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Long
runs: The final release should run at least 72</span></font> <font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(maybe higher?)</span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>hours
without any failure.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3. </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Storage
target tested:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>a) </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Engenio
target</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>b) </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Cisco
& SST – please add more target systems</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>c) </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Voltaire
– please add iSER target</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>Other criteria:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> (not clear to me if these are must for
1.0 release)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1.
Scalability requirements </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>b) </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SM:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>a) </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Bringup
a subnet with 1,000 nodes in 2 minutes</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>b) </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SM
should not be a bottle neck in any application running (IPoIB)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>c) </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>MPI:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>a) </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>MPI
runner – should be able to launch thousands of processes (say 50,000) in
a bounded time manner.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>b) </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Memory
consumption – should be able to run many processes on the same node (for
now, 8 processes is the upper limit with the Opteron machines), in a many node
(thousands of nodes) installation.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>c) </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sending
HUGE messages in collectives - MPI should not fail for limited physical memory.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2.
Documentation requirements</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>a) </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Product
brief – who is the owner for this?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>b) </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>README
& Installation guide</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>c) </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Release
notes</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>d) </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Troubleshooting</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>e) </span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>FAQ</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3.</span></font> <font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
Specifications compliance: </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>a)</span></font><font size=1><span style='font-size:
7.5pt'> </span></font> <font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Verbs &
management: InfiniBand Architecture Specification, Volume 1, Release 1.2</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>b)</span></font><font size=1><span style='font-size:
7.5pt'> </span></font> <font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>IPoIB:</span></font>
<a href="http://www.ietf.org"><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>www.ietf.org</span></font></a><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>:
draft-ietf-ipoib-architecture-04 and draft-ietf-ipoib-ip-over-infiniband-07</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>c)</span></font><font size=1><span style='font-size:
7.5pt'> </span></font> <font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SDP: Annex
A4” of the InfiniBand Architecture Specification, Volume 1, Release 1.2</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>d)</span></font><font size=1><span style='font-size:
7.5pt'> </span></font> <font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SRP: SCSI RDMA
Protocol-2 (SRP-2), Doc. no. T10/1524-D. (</span></font><a
href="http://www.t10.org/ftp/t10/drafts/srp2/srp2r00a.pdf"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>www.t10.org/ftp/t10/drafts/srp2/srp2r00a.pdf</span></font></a><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>).</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>e)</span></font><font size=1><span style='font-size:
7.5pt'> </span></font> <font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>MPI:</span></font> <a
href="http://www.mpi-forum.org/docs/mpi-11-html/mpi-report.html"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>www.mpi-forum.org/docs/mpi-11-html/mpi-report.html</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>f)</span></font><font size=1><span style='font-size:
7.5pt'> </span></font> <font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>iSER:</span></font>
<a href="http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-hufferd-iser-ib-01.pdf"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-hufferd-iser-ib-01.pdf</span></font></a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>g)</span></font><font size=1><span style='font-size:
7.5pt'> </span></font> <font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>RDS: SS can you
provide info</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:1.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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