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The QLogic 12300 InfiniBand switch supports the following management methods:

QLogic InfiniBand Fabric Suite 6.0

Command line interface

Optional external server-based InfiniBand compliant subnet manager

Optional embedded fabric management

IBTA compliant SMA,PMA, and BMA

Chassis management GUI

SNMP support

Access methods:

10/100 Ethernet Base-T

Serial port (RS-232 with DB9)

The following LEDs are located on QLogic 12200 InfiniBand switches:

One per InfiniBand port

Two for InfiniBand switch status

The following LEDs are located on QLogic 12300 InfiniBand switches:

One per InfiniBand port

One for 10/100 Ethernet interface

Two for InfiniBand switch status

QLogic InfiniBand Fabric Suite 6.0

InfiniBand Fabric Suite 6.0 is a new fabric management software product that enables high fabric

performance. It incorporates Virtual Fabrics configurations with application-specific Class-of-Service (CoS),

Adaptive Routing and Dispersive Routing, performance-enhanced versions of vendor-specific MPI

libraries, and support for torus and mesh network topologies.

Features of IFS 6.0 include:

QLogic Virtual Fabrics - lets you set a Class-of-Service level for each application running on the

fabric to ensure the appropriate bandwidth

QLogic Adaptive Routing - monitors the fabric and ensures that traffic is routed down the most

efficient path thereby eliminating bottlenecks

QLogic Dispersive Routing - balances the traffic load on the fabric using QLogic Performance

Scaled Messaging (PSM) to ensure high performance

MPI Library Support - supports the widely used Message Passing Interface (MPI) libraries to ensure

efficient utilization

Advanced Topology Support - enables the use of Torus and Mesh topologies for application

environments

For more information, see the white paper "Enabling Efficient Performance at Scale: QLogic IFS 6.0"

available from:

http://www.qlogic.com/NewsAndEvents/Documents/QLogic%20IFSV6%20InterSect360.pdf

Supported System x and BladeCenter servers, adapters, and cables

The QLogic 12200 and 12300 InfiniBand switches support IBM Intelligent Cluster nodes with InfiniBand

adapters installed in the System x or BladeCenter servers. The tables below show core solution

components from the IBM Intelligent Cluster Component Guide Release 10A.

QLogic 12200 and 12300 InfiniBand Edge Switches for the IBM Intelligent Cluster and IBM iDataPlex