Preface; Intended Audience; Intel ® Omni-Path Documentation Library - Intel Omni-Path Switch 100 Series Installation Manual

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Preface—Intel Omni-Path Fabric

Preface

This manual is part of the documentation set for the Intel
OP Fabric), which is an end-to-end solution consisting of Intel
Interfaces (HFIs), Intel
development tools.
The Intel
network solution that is designed to cost-effectively meet the growth, density, and
reliability requirements of large-scale HPC clusters.
Both the Intel
Protocol (IP) traffic over the fabric, or IPoFabric. In this document, however, it may
also be referred to as IP over IB or IPoIB. From a software point of view, IPoFabric
behaves the same way as IPoIB, and in fact uses an ib_ipoib driver to send IP traffic
over the ib0/ib1 ports.

Intended Audience

The intended audience for the Intel
administrators and other qualified personnel.
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Intel Omni-Path Documentation Library
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Intel Omni-Path publications are available at the following URLs:
• Intel
http://www.intel.com/omnipath/SwitchPublications
• Intel
documents)
http://www.intel.com/omnipath/FabricSoftwarePublications
• Drivers and Software (including Release Notes)
http://www.intel.com/omnipath/Downloads
Use the tasks listed in this table to find the corresponding Intel
document.
Task
Key:
Shading indicates the URL to use for accessing the particular document.
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• Intel Omni-Path Switches Installation, User, and Reference Guides:
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• Intel Omni-Path Software Installation, User, and Reference Guides (includes HFI documents):
http://www.intel.com/omnipath/FabricSoftwarePublications
• Drivers, Software, and Firmware (including Release Notes):
June 2019
Doc. No.: H76456, Rev.: 10.0
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Omni-Path switches, and fabric management and
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OP Fabric delivers the next generation, High-Performance Computing (HPC)
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OP Fabric and standard InfiniBand* (IB) are able to send Internet
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Omni-Path Switches Installation, User, and Reference Guides
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Omni-Path Software Installation, User, and Reference Guides (includes HFI
Document Title
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Omni-Path (Intel OP) document set is network
Description
http://www.intel.com/omnipath/SwitchPublications
(no shading)
http://www.intel.com/omnipath/Downloads
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Intel
Omni-Path Fabric (Intel
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Omni-Path Host Fabric
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