User Manual

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Local Port The IB port of the HCA through which IBDIAG tools connect
to the IB fabric.
Master Subnet Man-
ager
The Subnet Manager that is authoritative, that has the refer-
ence configuration information for the subnet. See Subnet
Manager.
Multicast Forward-
ing Tables
A table that exists in every switch providing the list of ports to
forward received multicast packet. The table is organized by
MLID.
Network Interface
Card (NIC)
A network adapter card that plugs into the PCI Express slot
and provides one or more ports to an Ethernet network.
Standby Subnet Man-
ager
A Subnet Manager that is currently quiescent, and not in the
role of a Master Subnet Manager, by agency of the master SM.
See Subnet Manager.
Subnet Administra-
tor (SA)
An application (normally part of the Subnet Manager) that
implements the interface for querying and manipulating subnet
management data.
Subnet Manager
(SM)
One of several entities involved in the configuration and con-
trol of the an IB fabric.
Unicast Linear For-
warding Tables
(LFT)
A table that exists in every switch providing the port through
which packets should be sent to each LID.
Virtual Protocol
Interconnet (VPI)
A Mellanox Technologies technology that allows Mellanox
channel adapter devices (ConnectX®) to simultaneously con
-
nect to an InfiniBand subnet and a 10GigE subnet (each subnet
connects to one of the adpater ports)
Table 3 - Glossary (Sheet 2 of 2)