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Infiniband network without an infiniband switch

  • 1.  Infiniband network without an infiniband switch

    Posted Wed May 14, 2014 05:21 AM

    Originally posted by: TimGilson


    Is it possible to use a POWER server with an HCA adapter to create an internal infiniband network without using an external infiniband switch?  We would just use a 12X cable to loopback the two interfaces on the HCA card and then create ICM and iba0 devices on each LPAR within the machine and set up the HCA on the HMC.

     

    Tim