IP over InfiniBand
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IP over InfiniBand is a networking technology that enables standard Internet Protocol (IP) traffic to run over high-speed InfiniBand fabrics, allowing IP-based applications to leverage InfiniBand’s low latency and high bandwidth.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IP encapsulation mechanism
ⓘ
networking technology ⓘ |
| allows |
IP-based applications to run over InfiniBand
ⓘ
use of TCP over InfiniBand ⓘ use of UDP over InfiniBand ⓘ |
| benefit |
higher throughput compared to traditional Ethernet IP
ⓘ
reduced latency compared to traditional Ethernet IP ⓘ |
| category |
IP networking
ⓘ
InfiniBand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | standard IP applications ⓘ |
| definedIn |
IETF RFC 4390
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IETF RFC 4391 NERFINISHED ⓘ IETF RFC 4392 NERFINISHED ⓘ IETF RFC 4393 NERFINISHED ⓘ IETF RFC 4394 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enables |
integration of InfiniBand into IP-based infrastructures
ⓘ
transmission of IP traffic over InfiniBand ⓘ |
| encapsulates | IP packets in InfiniBand frames ⓘ |
| goal | to allow seamless IP usage over InfiniBand fabrics ⓘ |
| implementedIn |
Linux kernel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
various InfiniBand vendor drivers ⓘ |
| leverages |
InfiniBand high bandwidth
ⓘ
InfiniBand low latency ⓘ |
| provides | IP connectivity over InfiniBand ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
IP over Ethernet
ⓘ
RDMA over InfiniBand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requires |
IPoIB driver support in the operating system
ⓘ
IPoIB-capable host channel adapters ⓘ |
| runsOn | InfiniBand fabric NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
Internet Engineering Task Force
ⓘ
surface form:
IETF
|
| supports |
ARP over InfiniBand
ⓘ
IPv4 ⓘ IPv6 NERFINISHED ⓘ ND for IPv6 over InfiniBand ⓘ link-layer address resolution over InfiniBand ⓘ multicast traffic ⓘ neighbor discovery over InfiniBand ⓘ subnetting over InfiniBand fabrics ⓘ unicast traffic ⓘ |
| transportType | lossless fabric ⓘ |
| usedIn |
data center networks
ⓘ
high-performance computing clusters ⓘ storage networks ⓘ |
| uses |
InfiniBand Global Identifiers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
InfiniBand link-layer addressing ⓘ InfiniBand multicast groups NERFINISHED ⓘ InfiniBand queue pairs ⓘ |
| usesProtocol | Internet Protocol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
InfiniBand