InfiniBand Software for Oracle Solaris 10

InfiniBand is a network architecture for the large-scale interconnection of computing and I/O nodes through a high-speed switched fabric. To operate InfiniBand on a Sun server, you need an InfiniBand HCA (the adapter) and an InfiniBand software stack.

InfiniBand software is bundled with the Oracle Solaris 10 OS. The package containing the device driver for the adapter is SUNWhermon. The driver name is hermon.

For details about InfiniBand software supported in Oracle Solaris 10 releases, refer to the following documents in the Solaris 10 Release and Installation Collection available at http://docs.sun.com:

• Solaris 10 What's New

• Solaris 10 Release Notes

• Solaris 10 Package List

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  Note - You must use the SUNWhermon package that is available in the Oracle Solaris 10 10/09 OS and subsequent Oracle Solaris releases with this adapter.

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The InfiniBand software stack, consisting of the upper-layer protocols and transport framework, is included in all of the Solaris software groups described in the Solaris Installation Guide. The SUNWhermon package is included in the Entire+OEM, Entire, and Developer software groups. If you are not using any of these groups, you must explicitly add the SUNWhermon package during initial installation. If you are not installing software, use the pkgadd(1) utility to add the package prior to using the adapter.

Related Information

• Download the Firmware Flash Update Tool for IB-HCAs (Oracle Solaris 10)

• Verify the Installation (Oracle Solaris)

• Update the Firmware (Oracle Solaris)

• InfiniBand Devices on the Oracle Solaris 10 OS