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Hal Rosenstock wrote:
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On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Michael Oevermann
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:michael.oevermann@tu-berlin.de"><michael.oevermann@tu-berlin.de></a> wrote:</pre>
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2) As far as I understand, I need the opensm subnet manager. Can I run this
manager on the head node (which has
no IB NIC)
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An IB NIC (HCA) is needed to run OpenSM or any host based SM.
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Some IB switches also have an SM built in, but you may not have a
choice of switches. Basically, like Hal said, the SM must be connected
to the IB fabric.<br>
-Cameron<br>
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