InfiniBand
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InfiniBand is a high-speed, low-latency communications standard commonly used as the interconnect fabric in supercomputers and large-scale data centers.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
communications standard
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computer network technology → high-speed interconnect → interconnect fabric → |
| abbreviation |
IB
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| addressingScheme |
globally unique identifiers
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local identifiers → |
| canCarry |
IP over InfiniBand
→
MPI traffic → storage protocols → |
| competesWith |
Ethernet
→
NVLink (for some use cases) → Omni-Path → |
| designedFor |
cluster computing
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data center interconnects → high-performance computing → |
| governedBy |
InfiniBand Architecture Specification
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| hasComponent |
InfiniBand router
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InfiniBand switch → host channel adapter → target channel adapter → |
| hasGeneration |
Double Data Rate
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Enhanced Data Rate → Fourteen Data Rate → HDR200 → High Data Rate → NDR → Quad Data Rate → Single Data Rate → XDR → |
| keyProperty |
high bandwidth
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low latency → remote direct memory access support → |
| layerModel |
link layer
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network layer → transport layer → |
| majorVendor |
HPE (via switches and adapters)
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Intel (historically) → Mellanox Technologies → NVIDIA → |
| managementInterface |
Subnet Administration
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Subnet Manager → |
| physicalMedium |
copper cable
→
optical fiber → |
| reliabilityMechanism |
end-to-end acknowledgments
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end-to-end credit-based flow control → link-level retransmission → |
| standardizedBy |
InfiniBand Trade Association
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| supportsFeature |
RDMA
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adaptive routing → collective offload (SHARP on some implementations) → hardware-based reliability → kernel bypass → link-level flow control → multicast → partitioning → quality of service → virtual lanes → zero-copy networking → |
| supportsLinkWidth |
12X
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1X → 4X → 8X → |
| supportsSpeedClass |
DDR
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EDR → FDR → HDR → NDR → QDR → SDR → XDR → |
| supportsTopology |
point-to-point connection
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switched fabric → |
| supportsTransport |
raw datagram
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reliable connection → reliable datagram → unreliable connection → unreliable datagram → |
| supportsVirtualization |
SR-IOV
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multi-host adapters → |
| usedAs |
system area network
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| usedFor |
AI and machine learning clusters
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database clustering → distributed storage systems → low-latency trading infrastructure → message passing interface applications → |
| usedIn |
HPC clusters
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cloud computing infrastructure → large-scale data centers → storage networks → supercomputers → |
Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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InfiniBand
("InfiniBand Architecture Specification")
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governedBy |
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Pleiades
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|
interconnect |
|
Solaris
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supports |
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Mellanox Technologies
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technology |
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NVMe over Fabrics
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transportIncludes |