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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125493617-28022006><FONT face=Arial 
size=2>We need: </FONT></SPAN></DIV><FONT face="Courier New"><FONT size=2><SPAN 
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color=#000000>             *</FONT> 
</FONT></SPAN>iSER<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
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* SRP<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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* uDAPL</SPAN></FONT></P>
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class=125493617-28022006>to build system solutions.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p><SPAN 
class=125493617-28022006>Rick</SPAN></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> openib-promoters-bounces@openib.org 
[mailto:openib-promoters-bounces@openib.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Bill 
Boas<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 27, 2006 10:49 PM<BR><B>To:</B> 
openib-promoters@openib.org; openib-general@openib.org<BR><B>Cc:</B> 
chetm@us.ibm.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Openib-promoters] Need for ONE OpenIB 
Release process that allmembers can agree to and that follows OpenIB 
Bylaws<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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 face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal 
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><FONT 
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN 
style="mso-list: Ignore">1)<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN 
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">       
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><FONT 
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN 
style="mso-list: Ignore">2)<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN 
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">       
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><FONT 
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN 
style="mso-list: Ignore">3)<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN 
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">       
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">OpenIB downstreams kernel code to 
kernel.org<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal 
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><FONT 
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN 
style="mso-list: Ignore">4)<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN 
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">       
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><FONT 
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN 
style="mso-list: Ignore">5)<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN 
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">       
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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 face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Here’s what one group seems to be 
thinking (edited to remove “I”):<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">HCA support (both kernel 
driver and userspace verbs components):<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">      
* ehca<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">      
* ipath<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">      
* mthca<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">IB 
protocols:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">      
* IPoIB<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">      
* RC<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">      
* SDP<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">      
* SRQ<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">      
* UC<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">      
* UD<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Userland 
software:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">      
* libibverbs<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">      
* libsdp<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">      
* opensm<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">      
* iSER<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">      
* SRP<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">      
* uDAPL”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Here’s what the other group 
suggested:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><U><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“Openib Commercial Grade Release 1.0 
release criteria</SPAN></FONT></U><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">             
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">a)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
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face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">x86_32 
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">b)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=1><SPAN 
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face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">x84_64 (Nocona, 
Opteron)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> 
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<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">c)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=1><SPAN 
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face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ia64</SPAN></FONT><FONT 
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">d)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
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face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">2)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
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face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Linux distributors and 
kernels</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> 
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
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face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
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update (open – SLES10 beta)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN 
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">c)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=1><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">      </SPAN></FONT><FONT 
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">3)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=1><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">      </SPAN></FONT><FONT 
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Packaging and 
installation</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">a)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
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face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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>
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installation. The install will support typical and custom 
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<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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 
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Support:</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN 
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<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">a)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
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face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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"> 
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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"> 
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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 face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">6)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=1><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">      </SPAN></FONT><FONT 
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Feature set per 
ULP:</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> 
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">a)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=1><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">      </SPAN></FONT><FONT 
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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 face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">7)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=1><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">      </SPAN></FONT><FONT 
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">a)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=1><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">      </SPAN></FONT><FONT 
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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 face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">8)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=1><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">      </SPAN></FONT><FONT 
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Scalability 
requirements</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> 
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">a)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=1><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">      </SPAN></FONT><FONT 
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">SM:
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">i)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=1><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">        </SPAN></FONT><FONT 
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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: 1in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ii)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=1><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">      </SPAN></FONT><FONT 
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">b)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=1><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">      </SPAN></FONT><FONT 
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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: 1in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">i)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=1><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">        </SPAN></FONT><FONT 
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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: 1in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ii)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=1><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">      </SPAN></FONT><FONT 
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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: 1in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">iii)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=1><SPAN 
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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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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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 face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">9)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=1><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">      </SPAN></FONT><FONT 
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Performance 
requirements:</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">a)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=1><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">      </SPAN></FONT><FONT 
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">b)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=1><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">      </SPAN></FONT><FONT 
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">c)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=1><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">      </SPAN></FONT><FONT 
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">MPI – 
Pallas</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">d)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=1><SPAN 
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face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">SDP – 
iperf</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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fw-25218-5.1.400 and fw-25208-4.7.600 (both will be released in 2 
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face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Specifications 
compliance:</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> 
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">a)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=1><SPAN 
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face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">b)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=1><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">      </SPAN></FONT><FONT 
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">c)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=1><SPAN 
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face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">SDP: Annex A4” of the 
InfiniBand Architecture Specification, Volume 1, Release 1.2</SPAN></FONT><FONT 
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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 
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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 
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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: 10pt">www.ietf.org/internet-drafts<WBR>/draft-hufferd-iser-ib-01.pdf</SPAN></FONT></A> 
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">RDS: SS can you provide 
info</SPAN></FONT> <FONT face=Arial><SPAN 
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cisco, SS and Voltaire should define 
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