In the Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Switch 36 Command Reference for Firmware Version 2.1, the p_key parameter is incorrectly described as the partition key with valid values of 1 to 7fff or default. The correct description is that the p_key parameter is the 15-bits partition key plus the membership bit as the most significant bit, an when combined, makes a 16 bit parameter with a valid value of 1 to ffff or default.