Fabric-agnostic RDMA with OpenFabrics enterprise distribution: promises, challenges, and future direction

ABSTRACT

The OpenFabrics Alliance develops transport-agnostic open-source software for InfiniBand and Ethernet fabrics. The first release of this software was just released, supported by a growing community of HPC vendors, research institutions, and Linux distributions, and promises to provide a core foundation for future RDMA development for accelerating applications using next-generation fabrics.The meeting will consist of:1. Technical Leads of the OpenFabrics Enterprise Working group presenting the history and currente status of OpenFabrics. 2. Discuss potential direction for OpenFabrics, soliciting input from real-world end users. 3. Opportunity for HPC researchers and end users to directly discuss how to use RDMA and OpenFabrics to optimize application performance.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  D. Software
  D.4 OPERATING SYSTEMS
      D.4.7 Organization and Design
          Subjects: Distributed systems

Additional Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
      C.2.4 Distributed Systems
      C.2.5 Local and Wide-Area Networks
          Subjects: Ethernet (e.g., CSMA/CD)

  D. Software
  D.4 OPERATING SYSTEMS
      D.4.4 Communications Management

General Terms:
Design, Management, Theory