Using InfiniBand Devices (Overview/Tasks)

InfiniBand (IB) is a new I/O technology based on switch fabrics introduced in the Solaris 10 release. It provides high bandwidth, low latency interconnect for attaching I/O devices to hosts and for host-to-host communication.

This is a list of the overview information in this chapter.

• Overview of InfiniBand Devices

• Dynamically Reconfiguring IB Devices (cfgadm)

For information on the procedures associated with using IB devices, see the following:

• Dynamically Reconfiguring IB Devices (Task Map)

• Using the uDAPL Application Interface With InfiniBand Devices

For general information about dynamic reconfiguration and hot-plugging, see Chapter 6, Dynamically Configuring Devices (Tasks).