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

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Mon, 2007-05-14 at 08:35, Keshetti Mahesh wrote:
>         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.
> what is the policy of current implementation of subnet manager 
> i.e. openSM?

OpenSM currently uses DR except in the case of polling standby SMs but
to rely on this is prone to errors and is non compliant with IBA.

-- Hal

> -Mahesh
> 
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