Fabric Manager Users Guide, Version 6.1, Revision A - QLogic

3 Fabric Manager
Configuration
This chapter uses the InfiniBand Architecture Standard terms in Table 3-1.
Table 3-1. InfiniBand Terms
Term
Endnode
Host
Subnet
Port
Definition
An endnode is any node that contains a Channel Adapter and thus it
has multiple queue pairs and is permitted to establish connections,
end to end context, and generate messages. Also referred to as Host
Channel Adapter or Target Channel Adapter, two specific types of
endnodes.
One or more Host Channel Adapters governed by a single memory/CPU
complex.
A set of InfiniBand Architecture Ports, and associated Links, that have
a common Subnet ID and are managed by a common Subnet Manager.
Location on a Channel Adapter or Switch to which a link connects.
There may be multiple Ports on a single Channel Adapter each with
different context information that must be maintained.
Switches/switch elements contain more than one port by definition.
Configuring the QLogic Fabric Manager
This section describes how to configure a host or embedded Fabric Manager and
subnet.
The Fabric Manager configuration file, qlogic_fm.xml, defines the following:
• QLogic Fabric Manager management entities to be run on this QLogic
Fabric Manager host or chassis for each subnet to which the host is
attached (by definition a chassis is only connected to one subnet)
• Operational parameters for the fabric, such as routing and time-outs
• vFabrics TM to be configured
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