Preface; How This Book Is Organized - Sun Microsystems PCI Installation Manual

Preface

The Sun™ Dual Port 4x IB Host Channel Adapter PCI-X Installation and User's
Guide provides installation instructions for the Sun Dual Port 4x IB Host Channel
Adapter PCI-X card. This manual includes an overview of the adapter, supported
platforms, cable information, and related documentation.
These instructions are designed for system administrators with experience installing
network hardware and software.
Note – The Sun Dual Port 4x IB Host Channel Adapter PCI-X card is an InfiniBand
(IB) host channel adapter (HCA) card. The adapter is referred to as IB-HCA in this
manual.

How This Book Is Organized

The manual is organized as follows:
Chapter 1 provides a description of the adapter.
Chapter 2 details how to install the adapter card and cables, and how to verify the
installation.
Chapter 3 contains information for configuring Internet Protocol over InfiniBand
(IPoIB).
Chapter 4 gives an overview of the InfiniBand software.
Appendix A contains information on the InfiniBand cable and connector pin outs.
Appendix B provides an overview of the SunVTS™ diagnostic software and the
ibhcatest test. The appendix also includes some troubleshooting tasks.
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