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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hi All,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>We have prepared OFED 1.0 RC6.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Release location:
https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.0/ofed/releases</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>File: OFED-1.0-rc6.tgz</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Note: This release is the code
freeze release for OFED 1.0. Only showstopper bugs will be fixed.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>BUILD_ID:</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OFED-1.0-rc6</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>openib-1.0 (REV=7772)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'># User space</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.0/src/userspace</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'># Kernel space</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.0/ofed/tags/rc6/linux-kernel</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Git:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ref: refs/heads/for-2.6.17</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>commit d9ec5ad24ce80b7ef69a0717363db661d13aada5</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'># MPI</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>mpi_osu-0.9.7-mlx2.1.0.tgz</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>openmpi-1.1b1-1.src.rpm</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>mpitests-1.0-0.src.rpm </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>OSes:</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> * RH EL4 up2:
2.6.9-22.ELsmp</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> * RH EL4 up3:
2.6.9-34.ELsmp</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> * Fedora C4:
2.6.11-1.1369_FC4</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> * SLES10 RC2: 2.6.16.16-1.6-smp</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> * SUSE 10 Pro:
2.6.13-15-smp</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> * kernel.org:
2.6.16.x</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Systems:</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> * x86_64</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> * x86</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> * ia64</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> * ppc64</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Main changes from
RC5:</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><span dir=LTR><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SDP – libsdp implementation of
RFC proposed by Eitan Zahavi; bug fixes in kernel module. See details below.</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><span dir=LTR><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SRP – bug fixes</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><span dir=LTR><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Open MPI – new package based
on 1.1b1-1</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><span dir=LTR><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OSU-MPI – See details below.</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><span dir=LTR><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>iSER: Enhanced to support SLES 10
RC1.</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;text-autospace:
none'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>6.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><span dir=LTR><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>IPoIB default configuration changed:</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;text-autospace:
none'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>a.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><span dir=LTR><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>IPoIB configuration at install time
is now optional.</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>b.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><span dir=LTR><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The default configuration of IPoIB
interfaces (if performed at install time) is DHCP; it can be changed
during interactive installation.</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>c.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><span dir=LTR><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>For unattended installation one can
give a new configuration file. See the example below.</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><span dir=LTR><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Bug Fixes.</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Package
limitations:</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><span dir=LTR><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>The ipath driver
does not compile/load on most systems. To be fixed in final release.</span></font></b></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <br>
Meanwhile, one must work with custom build and not choose ipath driver, or
change in the conf file: ib_ipath=n.<br>
I attached a reference ofed-no_ipath.conf file. <br>
Once Qlogic fixes the backport patches I will publish them on the release page
so any one interested can use them with this release.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><span dir=LTR><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>iSER is working on SuSE SLES 10 RC1
only</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>IPoIB configuration file example:</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>If you are going to install OFED
on a 32 node cluster and want to use static IPoIB configuration based
on Ethernet device configuration follow instructions below:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Assume that the Ethernet IP
addresses (eth0 interfaces) of the cluster are: 10.0.0.1 - 10.0.0.32</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>and you want to assign to ib0 IP
addresses in the range: 192.168.0.1 - 192.168.0.32</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>and to ib1 IP addresses in the range:
172.16.0.1 - 172.16.0.32</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Then create the file ofed_net.conf
with the following lines:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>LAN_INTERFACE_ib0=eth0<br>
IPADDR_ib0=192.168.'*'.'*'<br>
NETMASK_ib0=255.255.0.0<br>
NETWORK_ib0=192.168.0.0<br>
BROADCAST_ib0=192.168.255.255<br>
ONBOOT_ib0=1<br>
LAN_INTERFACE_ib1=eth0<br>
IPADDR_ib1=172.16.'*'.'*'<br>
NETMASK_ib1=255.255.0.0<br>
NETWORK_ib1=172.16.0.0<br>
BROADCAST_ib1=172.16.255.255<br>
ONBOOT_ib1=1</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Note: ‘*’ will be
replaced by the corresponding octal from the eth0 IP address.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Assuming that you already have OFED
configuration file (ofed.conf) with selected packages (created by running
OFED-1.0/install.sh)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Run: ./install.sh
-c ofed.conf -net ofed_net.conf</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>OSU MPI:</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><span dir=LTR><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Added mpi_alltoall fine tuning
parameters</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><span dir=LTR><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Added default
configuration/documentation file $MPIHOME/etc/mvapich.conf</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><span dir=LTR><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Added shell configuration
files $MPIHOME/etc/mvapich.csh , $MPIHOME/etc/mvapich.csh</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><span dir=LTR><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Default MTU was changed back to 2K
for InfiniHost III Ex and InfiniHost III Lx HCAs. For InfiniHost card recommended
value is:<br>
VIADEV_DEFAULT_MTU=MTU1024</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;
font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;
font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>SDP Details: </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>libsdp enhancements
according to the RFC:</span></font></p>
<ol start=1 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>New config syntax (please see
libsdp.conf)</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>With no config or empty config
use SIMPLE_LIBSDP mode</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Support listening on both tcp
and sdp</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Support trying both connections
(first SDP then TCP)</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Support IPv4 embedded in IPv6
(also convert back address)</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Comprehensive verbosity logging</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>BNF based config parser</span></font></li>
</ol>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Current SDP
limitations:</span></font></p>
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none'><font size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><span dir=LTR><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SDP currently does not support
sending/receiving out of band data (MSG_OOB).</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;text-autospace:
none'><font size=3 color=navy face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;color:navy'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><span dir=LTR><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Generally, SDP supports only
SOL_SOCKET socket options.</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;text-autospace:
none'><font size=3 color=navy face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;color:navy'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><span dir=LTR><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The following options can be set but
actual support is missing:</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;text-autospace:
none'><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>o<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><span dir=LTR><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SO_KEEPALIVE - no keepalives are
sent</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;text-autospace:
none'><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>o<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><span dir=LTR><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SO_OOBINLINE - out of band data is
not supported</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;text-autospace:
none'><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>o<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><span dir=LTR><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SDP currently supports setting the
following SOL_TCP socket options:</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;text-autospace:
none'><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>o<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><span dir=LTR><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>TCP_NODELAY, TCP_CORK - but actual
support for these options is still missing</span></font></span></p>
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none'><font size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span></font><font
size=1><span style='font-size:7.0pt'>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>SDP currently does not handle Zcopy mode messages correctly and does not
set MaxAdverts properly in HH/HAH messages.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>OFED components
tested by Mellanox:</span></font></b></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Verbs over mthca</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>IPoIB</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OpenSM</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OSU-MPI</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SRP</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SDP</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>IB administration utils
(ibutils)</span></font></li>
</ul>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Please send us any issues you
encounter and/or test results.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thanks</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Tziporet & Vlad</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>Tziporet
Koren</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>Software
Director</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Mellanox Technologies</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>mailto: <a
href="mailto:tziporet@mellanox.co.il"><font color=black><span style='color:
windowtext'>tziporet@mellanox.co.il</span></font></a><br>
Tel +972-4-9097200, ext 380</span></font></p>
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