[openib-general] [PATCH] osm: Added FatTree routing to the osm manual
Yevgeny Kliteynik
kliteyn at dev.mellanox.co.il
Tue Dec 19 13:43:48 PST 2006
Added FatTree routing to the osm manual
Signed-off-by: Yevgeny Kliteynik <kliteyn at dev.mellanox.co.il>
---
osm/man/opensm.8 | 8 +++++++-
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/osm/man/opensm.8 b/osm/man/opensm.8
index 316232d..225918d 100644
--- a/osm/man/opensm.8
+++ b/osm/man/opensm.8
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ Examples:
.SH ROUTING
.PP
-OpenSM offers two routing engines:
+OpenSM offers three routing engines:
1. Min Hop Algorithm - based on the minimum hops to each node where the
path length is optimized.
@@ -401,6 +401,12 @@ node, but it is constrained to ranking r
if the subnet is not a pure Fat Tree, and deadlock may occur due to a
loop in the subnet.
+3. Fat Tree Unicast routing algorithm - this algorithm optimizes routing
+for congestion-free "shift" communication pattern.
+It should be chosen if a subnet is a symmetrical Fat Trees of various types,
+not just K-ary-N-Trees: non-constant K, not fully staffed, any CBB ratio.
+Similar to UPDN, Fat Tree routing is constrained to ranking rules.
+
OpenSM also supports a file method which can load routes from a table. See
\'Modular Routing Engine\' for more information on this.
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