[ofa-general] Re: [query] addressing the the IB switches using LID.

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Mon, 2007-05-14 at 07:54, Keshetti Mahesh wrote:
> In the case of a IB switch which is not running an IB subnet manager
> is there any 
> requirement of LID. 
> I mean, is there any situation where an IB switch will be addressed
> directly 
> (using LID) by SM or any other node after the subnet initialization is
> complete?

This is purely SM policy. IBA does not dictate this and leaves it up to
the SM in question as to whether it uses LID routing or direct routing
to "talk" with nodes (including switches). Clearly, initialization
requires direct routing.

-- Hal

> -Mahesh
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