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Course Catalog > Storage Networking > IO Bus

Course 322: Infiniband Fundamentals

Course #:	322
Course Type:	On-site & Public
Duration:	2 days
Price:	$1,499

Description

This course introduces the technical fundamentals of the InfiniBand architecture and features. Attendees will gain a working knowledge of the architecture and structure of InfiniBand.

InfiniBand, a switched fabric architecture with up to 30 Gigabits per second!, will consolidate the interconnects in a data center and will become the industry's next I/O standard.

Objectives

The course discuss InfiniBand Architecture fundamentals, including:

InfiniBand Management
Putting InfiniBand Architecture to Practice
Protocol Layers
Physical Layer Interface
Link Layer
Network Layer
Transport Layer and more...

Course Outline

Introduction

Today's high bandwidth servers and communications devices
Applications within data centers
Throughput and Latency
Reliability and Availability
Cost

Infiniband Architecture

InfiniBand Architecture Overview
InfiniBand Architectural Components
Fabric, Channel Adapters, Switches & Routers, Protocol Stack and Layer Functions, and Management Functions
Comparison to Existing Technologies
InfiniBand-Enabled Applications and the Data Center of the Future

Architectural Details

Topologies & Components
Communications Stack

IBA (Infiniband Architecture) Components

Links & Repeaters
Channel Adapters
Switches
Routers
Management Components

IBA Features

Queue Pairs
Types of Service
Keys
Virtual Memory Addresses
Protection Domains
Partitions
Virtual Lanes
Quality of Service
Injection Rate Control
Addressing
Multicast
Channel & Memory Semantics
IBA Transport Services

IBA Layered Architecture

Physical Layer
Link Layer
Network Layer
Transport Layer
Upper Layer Protocols
Subnet Management
General Services

IBA Transaction Flow

IBA Management Infrastructure
Management Interfaces
Subnet Management Interface
General Service Interface

Data Packet Format

Packet Types
Data Packet Format
Raw Packet Format

Physical Layer Interface and Link Layer

Services provided by the Physical Layer.
Interface between physical and Link Layers
Link Layer
State Machine Conventions
Link States
CRCs and Flow Control
IBA and Raw Packet Multicast
Subnet Multipathing
Error detection and handling

Network Layer

Packet Routing
Global Fabric Characteristics
Global Route Header
Global Route Header Usage

Transport Interface

Transport Interface
Transport Services
Transport Characteristics
Transport Functions, Headers, Reliable
Base Transport Header
Extended Transport Headers
Transport Functions
Transaction Ordering
Packet Transport Header Validation
Reliable Service
Unreliable Service
Error detection and handling
Header and Data Field Source
Service Mechanisms

Software Transport Interface and Management

Managing HCA Resources
Resource States
Automatic Path Migration
Multicast Services
Memory Management
Partitioning
Error Handling Semantics and Mechanisms
Software Management Model
Subnet Management
Subnet Administration
Performance Management
General Services

Communication Management

Establishment
Automatic Path Migration
Service Types
Communication Management Messages
Message Field Details
Alternate Path Management

Management Model

Managers, Agents, and Interfaces
Management Datagrams
MAD Processing
Subnet Management Model
Subnet Management Class
Subnet Management Agent
Subnet Manager
Subnet Administration

Channel Adapters, Switches and Routers

Common Functional Requirements
Host Channel Adapter
Target Channel Adapter
Switch Functional Requirements
Router Functional Requirements

Infinibad Products

The Marketplace
Vendors
Trends

Who Should Attend

Whether you're a hardware or software engineer, programmer, manager, technical marketing and sales professional , or test engineer, you'll find this course gives you the solid understanding you need to grasp the Infiniband concepts.

Prerequisites

Previous experience with Fibre Channel, IP, networking or storage is preferred.

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