[ofa-general] RE: [ewg] RE: OFED 1.2 beta blocking bugs

[Diego Guella]

From: "Roland Dreier" <rdreier at cisco.com>
> Of course not all managed switches necessarily have an embedded SM,
> just as managed ethernet switches have different feature sets (L2
> vs. L3, etc).  In fact I was trying to tie this into the earlier
> thread and say that the advantages of having a managed switch go
> beyond having an SM, and it is useful to have a managed switch even if
> you don't want an embedded SM.

I am particularly interested in managed switches, but I don't have 
understood exactly what the definition of "managed" is.
Can someone enlight me?

And, another question, this switch:
Flextronics F-X430047: 24-port 4x DDR managed infiniband switch
has an embedded SM?



Thanks



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