InfiniBand Technology and Usage Update

The InfiniBand new speeds beyond QDR are FDR, EDR HDR and NDR. FDR solutions were introduced to the market in mid-2011. EDR specification was updated to provide (26Gb/s per lane) or 100Gb/s data rate per 4x EDR port. The roadmap details 1x, 4x, 8x and 12x EDR and FDR, incorporating new link level singling of 64/66 encoding and new reliability mechanism (Forward Error Correction). The newly defined link speeds, reliability mechanisms and transport are designed to keep the rate of performance increase in line with systems-level performance increases. The session will provide a detailed review on the new InfiniBand speeds, features and roadmap as well as new RDMA based developments such as Microsoft SMB3 and software accelerations based on a newly concept of co-design architecture.

Learning Objectives

Detailed understanding of the new InfiniBand capabilities
View into InfiniBand roadmap (2015-2016)
Usage of RDMA for storage acceleration
Taking advantage of RDMA – examples (SMB3)