[ofa-general] [query] addressing the the IB switches using LID.

[Dotan Barak]

Keshetti Mahesh wrote:
> In the case of a IB switch which is not running an IB subnet manager 
> is there any
> requirement of LID.
> I mean, is there any situation where an IB switch will be addressed 
> directly
> (using LID) by SM or any other node after the subnet initialization is 
> complete?
>
IB switches are not transparent and every IB switch should get a LID
(at least one port of the switch is connected to the subnet).

It doesn't matter if the SM is being executed on this switch or not.


Dotan