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<DIV><SPAN class=229310814-28022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Bill, 

This is the first that I have heard of the desire for some to drop SRP and 

iSER.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>

<DIV><SPAN class=229310814-28022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 

size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>

<DIV><SPAN class=229310814-28022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>These 

are our storage protocols and the defined standard methods to run SCSI over IB 

to native IB storage (or any other RDMA based wire).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>

<DIV><SPAN class=229310814-28022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 

size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>

<DIV><SPAN class=229310814-28022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Active 

testing is going on with feedback being given back to the developers on these 

drivers.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>

<DIV><SPAN class=229310814-28022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 

size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>

<DIV><SPAN class=229310814-28022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 

size=2>Storage is a major part of the promise of IB, RDMA, and Unified 

wire.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>

<DIV><SPAN class=229310814-28022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 

size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>

<DIV><SPAN class=229310814-28022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>We 

can't be looking at dropping it now.  It was late getting into the gen 2 

stack, but now that it is in, storage vendors are ramping up on 

it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>

<DIV><SPAN class=229310814-28022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 

size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>

<DIV><SPAN class=229310814-28022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 

size=2>Bret</FONT></SPAN></DIV>

<DIV><SPAN class=229310814-28022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 

size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>

<DIV><SPAN class=229310814-28022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 

size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 

size=2></FONT><BR>

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<HR tabIndex=-1>

<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> Tuesday, February 28, 2006 12:49 AM<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>

<DIV></DIV>

<DIV class=Section1>

<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>

<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">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 

style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(res://ietag.dll/#34/#1001); BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x" 

tabIndex=0 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>

<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">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>

<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">Here’s what one group seems to be 

thinking (edited to remove “I”):<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="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>

<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN 

style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">      

* ipath<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'">      

* 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>

<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'">      

* IPoIB<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'">      

* RC<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'">      

* SDP<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'">      

* 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>

<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN 

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>

<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'">      

* iSER<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'">      

* 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>

<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><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 

size=1><SPAN 

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face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 

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Opteron)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 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">PPC64 (Power5, Power6) 

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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Linux distributors and 

kernels</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> 

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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"><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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face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 

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installation</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN 

style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>

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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">The openib release will 

be packages in one tarball for both kernel and user-level.</SPAN></FONT><FONT 

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components</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN 

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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I will send a different document 

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all.</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><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">HCA and Switch 

Support:</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">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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face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 

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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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face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial 

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Switch Interop Test Plan</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN 

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<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>

<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">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 

style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">     </SPAN></FONT><FONT 

face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">

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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>

<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">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>

<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN 

style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">d)</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">SDP – 

iperf</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN 

style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>

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