System and method for correlating fabric-level group membership with subnet-level partition membership in a high-performance computing environment

A system of correlating fabric-level group membership with subnet-level group membership within a network fabric, comprising:

• a computer including one or more microprocessors;
• a fabric manager within the network fabric;
• and
• a fabric manager database associated with the fabric manager;
• wherein a resource domain is created within the network fabric, wherein the resource domain is a logical grouping of fabric resources;
• wherein a first partition key (P_Key) of a plurality of P_Keys is assigned to an admin partition in a subnet of the network fabric;
• wherein a second P_Key is assigned to a first data partition within the resource domain;
• wherein a third P_Key is assigned to a second data partition within the resource domain;
• wherein a relationship between the admin partition and the first and second data partitions is stored within fabric manager database;
• and
• wherein, based upon said relationship, a member of the admin partition has access rights to the first and second data partitions.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions thereon for correlating fabric-level group membership with subnet-level group membership within a network fabric, which when read and executed cause a computer to perform steps comprising:

• providing a computer including one or more microprocessors;
• providing, within the network fabric, a fabric manager associated with a fabric manager database;
• creating a resource domain within the network fabric, wherein the resource domain is a logical grouping of fabric resources;
• assigning a first partition key (P_Key) of a plurality of P_Keys to an admin partition in a subnet of the network fabric;
• assigning a second P_Key to a first data partition within the resource domain;
• assigning a third P_Key to a second data partition within the resource domain;
• and
• storing, within fabric manager database, a relationship between the admin partition and the first and second data partitions;
• wherein, based upon said relationship, a member of the admin partition has access rights to the first and second data partitions.