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Cisco SFS InfiniBand Host Drivers User Guide for Linux
OL-12309-01
Preface
This preface describes who should read the Cisco SFS InfiniBand Host Drivers User Guide for Linux,
how it is organized, and its document conventions. It includes the following sections:
• Audience, page vii
• Organization, page vii
• Conventions, page viii
• Root and Non-root Conventions in Examples, page ix
• Related Documentation, page ix
• Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines, page ix
Audience
The intended audience is the administrator responsible for installing, configuring, and managing host
drivers and host card adapters. This administrator should have experience administering similar
networking or storage equipment.
Organization
This publication is organized as follows:
Chapter Title Description
Chapter 1 About Host Drivers Describes the Cisco commercial host driver.
Chapter 2 Installing Host Drivers Describes the installation of host drivers.
Chapter 3 IP over IB Protocol Describes how to configure IPoIB to run IP
traffic over an IB network.
Chapter 4 SCSI RDMA Protocol Describes how to configure SRP.
Chapter 5 Sockets Direct Protocol Describes how to configure and run SDP.
Chapter 6 uDAPL Describes how to build and configure
uDAPL.
Chapter 7 MVAPICH MPI Describes the setup and configuration
information for MVAPICH MPI.