Configuration mechanisms in a switchless network
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsLior Chen, Gregory Etelson, Constantine Gavrilov
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Abstract
A processor initiates an execution of a network driver in a first node comprising a master node of a plurality of nodes in a switchless network. The network driver configures the plurality of nodes and service level in the switchless network by transmitting management datagrams from the master node, wherein the management datagrams include an attribute that allows the management datagrams to be propagated among the plurality of nodes of the switchless network without being terminated at host channel adapters of the plurality of nodes.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- initiating, by a processor, execution of a network driver in a first node comprising a master node of a plurality of nodes in a switchless network;
- and
- configuring, by the network driver, the plurality of nodes and service level in the switchless network by transmitting management datagrams from the master node, wherein the management datagrams include an attribute that allows the management datagrams to be propagated among the plurality of nodes of the switchless network without being terminated at host channel adapters of the plurality of nodes.
A system comprising a master node that is configured to communicate with a plurality of nodes in a switchless network, the system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor performs operations, the operations comprising:
- initiating execution of a network driver in the master node in the switchless network;
- and
- configuring, by the network driver, the plurality of nodes and service level in the switchless network by transmitting management datagrams from the master node, wherein the management datagrams include an attribute that allows the management datagrams to be propagated among the plurality of nodes of the switchless network without being terminated at host channel adapters of the plurality of nodes.
A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code configured to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- initiating an execution of a network driver in a first node comprising a master node of a plurality of nodes in a switchless network;
- and
- configuring, by the network driver, the plurality of nodes and service level in the switchless network by transmitting management datagrams from the master node, wherein the management datagrams include an attribute that allows the management datagrams to be propagated among the plurality of nodes of the switchless network without being terminated at host channel adapters of the plurality of nodes.
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