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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>There appear to be 2 groups within OpenIB thinking about
different approaches to preparing the code for Release 1.0. One group is
thinking about downstreaming it to RedHat and Novell, another group seems to be
thinking about separate releases from some IB suppliers than others.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Lets remind ourselves of the purposes OpenIB was created and
what all of the member companies have just re-affirmed in the Board meeting
last Friday (by approving the re-worked By-laws). The principles are, I
believe: (if there are misstatements below, lets discus openly)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>1)<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OpenIB
develops open source code creating a software stack. OpenIB (now OpenFabrics
Alliance) is a corporation with Bylaws that all members should obey if they
want the corporation to continue to function. It will only survive if, in
general, all members self interests are served simultaneously with each member’s
own self interest.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>2)<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OpenIB members
by a 2/3rds vote of the members have to approve the content of that stack
through the Proposal process described section 12 of the Bylaws. It is not up
to a single member or group of members to decide on their own what is or is not
in the OpenIB stack. This is deliberate to prevent one or more members gaining
competitive advantage through the OpenIB stack over other members.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>3)<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OpenIB downstreams
kernel code to kernel.org<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>4)<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OpenIB code
is distributed to end customers (like <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Wall
St.</st1:address></st1:Street>, labs, etc) and to mid tier customers of
OpenIB (Oracle, IBM, Sun, Dell, LNXI etc.) via Linux distributions such as RedHat
and Novell.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>5)<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>End
customers told the IB companies in February 2004 and in December 2005 at Credit
Suisse (HSIR meeting) that they wanted ONE OpenIB stack that runs on every IB
vendors hardware, that interoperates with all other IB vendors h/w and s/w, is
used by all mid-tier suppliers and that it comes with their Linux distribution.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I realize that so far in OpenIB’s evolution we have
not worked out the issue of how to support end-customers while following these
principles for the release process. But that, I suggest, is not a valid reason
for breaking these principles. We should be able to deal with “Release”
as one process and “Support” as another process – though of
course there will be linkage between them but they are not the same process.
The way do ne is not necessarily the way to do the other.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>This email is an appeal to the two groups to work together,
not to work separately, and to work on solving these issues for the membership as
a whole, not just their own company, or a select group. Please bring to the
Board a proposal that serves all the membership.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Here’s what one group seems to be thinking (edited to
remove “I”):<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>“Here is a first cut
at the set of components (protocols, drivers, userspace bits) that we think we
should be supporting in 1.0. Please look over it and let us know if we
are missing anything.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>HCA support (both kernel
driver and userspace verbs components):<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
* ehca<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
* ipath<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
* mthca<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>IB protocols:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
* IPoIB<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
* RC<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
* SDP<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
* SRQ<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
* UC<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
* UD<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Userland software:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
* libibverbs<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
* libsdp<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
* opensm<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>As far as we can tell, most
of the rest of OpenIB userland (libibcm, libibat, libibmad, etc) is logically
part of OpenSM, can be treated as such (I think Doug is already doing this with
his Red Hat spec files) and is unlikely to be used by other applications.
Am I way off?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Components that we don't
know what to do about, and will likely want to drop unless someone can vouch
for them:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
* iSER<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
* SRP<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
* uDAPL”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Here’s what the other
group suggested:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>“Openib
Commercial Grade Release 1.0 release criteria</span></font></u><font size=2
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D(["mb","<span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">a)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">RH: AS EL4 up3;\nFedora C4 last update , and maybe FC5</span></font></p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">b)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">SuSE: SuSE 10 last\nupdate (open – SLES10 beta)</span></font></p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">c)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\"><a href\u003d\"http://kernel.org\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\">kernel.org</a>: the\nlatest that is available when generating rc1. In 1.0 it will probably be 2.6.16\n(might be 2.6.17).</span></font></p>\n\n<p><font size\u003d\"3\" face\u003d\"Times New Roman\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:12.0pt\"> </span></font></p>\n\n<p><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">3)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font>\n<font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">Packaging\nand installation</span></font></p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">a)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">The openib release\nwill be packages in one tarball for both kernel and user-level.</span></font></p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">b)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\">",1]
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</script></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>a)</span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>RH: AS EL4 up3;
Fedora C4 last update , and maybe FC5</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SuSE: SuSE 10 last
update (open – SLES10 beta)</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://kernel.org" target="_blank">kernel.org</a>: the latest that is
available when generating rc1. In 1.0 it will probably be 2.6.16 (might be
2.6.17).</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3)</span></font><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Packaging and
installation</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The openib release
will be packages in one tarball for both kernel and user-level.</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> <script>
<!--
D(["mb","<span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">One install script\nwill support full installation. The install will support typical and custom\ncomponents</span></font></p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">I will send a different document with install\ndefinition to be reviewed and agreed between all.</span></font></p>\n\n<p><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">4)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font>\n<font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">HCA\nand Switch Support:</span></font></p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">a)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">HCAs: InfiniHost,\nInfiniHost III Ex (both modes: with memory and MemFree), InfiniHost III Lx</span></font>\n</p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">b)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">Switches: Need to\nsupport all vendors’ production switches – each vendor should send\nthe list.</span></font> </p>\n\n<p><font size\u003d\"3\" face\u003d\"Times New Roman\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:12.0pt\"> </span></font></p>\n\n<p><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">5)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font>\n<font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">Switch\nManagement Interoperability testing</span></font> </p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">a)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">",1]
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</script></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>One install script will support full installation. The
install will support typical and custom components</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I will send a different document with install definition
to be reviewed and agreed between all.</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4)</span></font><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>HCA and Switch
Support:</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>HCAs: InfiniHost,
InfiniHost III Ex (both modes: with memory and MemFree), InfiniHost III Lx</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Switches: Need to
support all vendors’ production switches – each vendor should send
the list.</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5)</span></font><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Switch Management
Interoperability testing</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> <script>
<!--
D(["mb","Follow the\nCIWG-OpenIB HCA-OEM Switch Interop Test Plan</span></font></p>\n\n<p><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">6)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font>\n<font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">Feature\nset per ULP:</span></font> </p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">a)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">Will be defined\nlater with each ULP maintainer. </span></font></p>\n\n<p><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">7)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font>\n<font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">Minimum\ncluster size to be tested</span></font> </p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">a)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">Need at least 128\nnodes cluster, bigger is better<font color\u003d\"navy\"><span style\u003d\"color:navy\">.</span></font></span></font></p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:1.0in\"><font size\u003d\"3\" face\u003d\"Times New Roman\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:12.0pt\"> </span></font></p>\n\n<p><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">8)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font>\n<font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">Scalability\nrequirements</span></font> </p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">a)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">SM:</span>",1]
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</script></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Follow the CIWG-OpenIB HCA-OEM Switch Interop Test Plan</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6)</span></font><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Feature set per
ULP:</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Will be defined
later with each ULP maintainer. </span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7)</span></font><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Minimum cluster
size to be tested</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Need at least 128
nodes cluster, bigger is better<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>.</span></font></span></font> <font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8)</span></font><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Scalability
requirements</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SM: <script>
<!--
D(["mb","</font></p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:1.0in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">i)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">Bringup a\nsubnet with 1,000 nodes in 2 minutes</span></font></p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:1.0in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">ii)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">SM should not be a\nbottle neck in any application running (IPoIB)</span></font></p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">b)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">MPI:</span></font></p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:1.0in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">i)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">MPI runner\n– should be able to launch thousands of processes (say 50,000) in a\nbounded time manner.</span></font></p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:1.0in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">ii)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">Memory consumption\n– should be able to run many processes on the same node (for now, 8\nprocesses is the upper limit with the Opteron machines), in a many node\n(thousands of nodes) installation.</span></font></p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:1.0in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">iii)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\">",1]
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</script></span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>i)</span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </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><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ii)</span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </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><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>MPI:</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>i)</span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </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><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ii)</span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </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><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>iii)</span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> <script>
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D(["mb","<span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">Sending HUGE\nmessages in collectives - MPI should not fail for limited physical memory.</span></font></p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:1.5in\"><font size\u003d\"3\" face\u003d\"Times New Roman\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:12.0pt\"> </span></font></p>\n\n<p><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">9)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font>\n<font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">Performance\nrequirements:</span></font><br>\n<font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">First\nwe need to agree on the performance benchmark for each ULP:</span></font></p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">a)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">Basic verbs<font color\u003d\"navy\"><span style\u003d\"color:navy\"> –</span></font> performance tests in\nopenib (send, RDMA read/write latency & BW)</span></font></p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">b)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">IPoIB –\nnetperf</span></font></p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">c)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">MPI – Pallas</span></font></p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">d)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">SDP – iperf</span></font></p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\">",1]
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</script></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> <font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9)</span></font><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Performance
requirements:</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><br>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>First we need to agree on the performance benchmark for each ULP:</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Basic verbs<font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> –</span></font> performance tests in
openib (send, RDMA read/write latency & BW)</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>IPoIB –
netperf</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>MPI – Pallas</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SDP – iperf</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><script>
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</script></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>e)</span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SRP</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </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><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>f) iSER</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>– iometer</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10)</span></font><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Documentation
requirements</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Product brief</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Installation guide</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>User guide</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><script>
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D(["mb","d)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">Release notes</span></font>\n</p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">e)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">Troubleshooting</span></font></p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">f) Test Plan and Test Report </span></font></p>\n\n<p><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">11)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">Storage target test\nrequirements</span></font> </p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">a)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">Engenio target\n– Mellanox will be responsible of verification</span></font></p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">b)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">Cisco & SST\n– please add more target systems</span></font></p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:1.5in\"><font size\u003d\"3\" face\u003d\"Times New Roman\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:12.0pt\"> </span></font></p>\n\n<p><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">12)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">Firmware and\nHardware versions to be tested</span></font> </p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\">",1]
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font-family:Arial'>d)</span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Release notes</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Troubleshooting</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>f) Test Plan and Test Report </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11)</span></font><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Storage target test
requirements</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Engenio target
– Mellanox will be responsible of verification</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </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> <font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Firmware and
Hardware versions to be tested</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</script></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>a)</span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Both DDR and SDR
modes should be supported.</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>FW burned should be
the last official released by Mellanox<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>:</span></font></span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>i)</span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </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><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ii)</span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </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 (both will be released in 2 weeks)</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>iii)</span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>InfiniHost:
fw-23108-3.4.000</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>iv)</span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>InfiniScale III - fw-47396-0.8.3</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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D(["mb","<font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">v)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">InfiniScale -\nfw-43132-5.5.0</span></font></p>\n\n<p><font size\u003d\"3\" face\u003d\"Times New Roman\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:12.0pt\"> </span></font></p>\n\n<p><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">13)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">Specifications\ncompliance:</span></font> </p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">a)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">Verbs & management:\nInfiniBand Architecture Specification, Volume 1, Release 1.2</span></font> </p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">b)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">IPoIB:\n<a href\u003d\"http://www.ietf.org\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\">www.ietf.org</a>: draft-ietf-ipoib-architecture<WBR>-04 and\ndraft-ietf-ipoib-ip-over<WBR>-infiniband-07</span></font> </p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">c)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">SDP: Annex\nA4” of the InfiniBand Architecture Specification, Volume 1, Release 1.2</span></font>\n</p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">d)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\">",1]
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</script></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>v)</span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>InfiniScale -
fw-43132-5.5.0</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>13)</span></font><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Specifications
compliance:</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </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><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>IPoIB: <a
href="http://www.ietf.org" target="_blank">www.ietf.org</a>:
draft-ietf-ipoib-architecture<wbr>-04 and draft-ietf-ipoib-ip-over<wbr>-infiniband-07</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </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><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> <script>
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D(["mb"," </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">SRP: SCSI RDMA\nProtocol-2 (SRP-2), Doc. no. T10/1524-D.\n(<a href\u003d\"http://www.t10.org/ftp/t10/drafts/srp2/srp2r00a.pdf\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\">www.t10.org/ftp/t10/drafts<WBR>/srp2/srp2r00a.pdf</a>).</span></font> </p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">e)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">MPI:\n<a href\u003d\"http://www.mpi-forum.org/docs/mpi-11-html/mpi-report.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\">www.mpi-forum.org/docs/mpi-11<WBR>-html/mpi-report.html</a></span></font></p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">f)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">iSER:</span></font>\n<a href\u003d\"http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-hufferd-iser-ib-01.pdf\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">www.ietf.org/internet-drafts<WBR>/draft-hufferd-iser-ib-01.pdf</span></font></a>\n</p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">g)</span></font><font size\u003d\"1\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:7.5pt\"> </span></font> <font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">RDS: SS can you\nprovide info</span></font></p>\n\n<p style\u003d\"margin-left:1.5in\"><font size\u003d\"3\" face\u003d\"Times New Roman\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:12.0pt\"> </span></font></p>\n\n<p><font size\u003d\"3\" face\u003d\"Times New Roman\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:12.0pt\"> </span></font></p>\n\n<p><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial\">",1]
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style='font-family:Arial'> </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. (<a
href="http://www.t10.org/ftp/t10/drafts/srp2/srp2r00a.pdf" target="_blank">www.t10.org/ftp/t10/drafts<wbr>/srp2/srp2r00a.pdf</a>).</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>MPI: <a
href="http://www.mpi-forum.org/docs/mpi-11-html/mpi-report.html" target="_blank">www.mpi-forum.org/docs/mpi-11<wbr>-html/mpi-report.html</a></span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>iSER:</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> <a
href="http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-hufferd-iser-ib-01.pdf"
target="_blank"><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.ietf.org/internet-drafts<wbr>/draft-hufferd-iser-ib-01.pdf</span></font></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></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 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>RDS: SS can you
provide info</span></font> <font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><script>
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</script></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The following two items are very important for the SW stack
QA but not gating for starting the release process.</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1)</span></font><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ISV test
requirements – coverage for all ULPs</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2) </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Database test
requirements</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Cisco,
SS and Voltaire should define those, since they already have test beds for
commercial applications and databases.”</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:1.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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