QLogic QDR InfiniBand Solutions for IBM iDataPlex

InfiniBand® is an industry-standard, high-speed interconnect mainly used in the area of high performance computing where very low latencies and a high throughput are required. During recent years, the InfiniBand technology has entered additional markets such as digital media or enterprise backends that host large clustered systems.

This IBM® Redpaper publication introduces the new Quad Data Rate (QDR) InfiniBand products from QLogic® and other vendors that are supported on the IBM iDataPlex™ large-scale computing solution.

Introduction
InfiniBand speed terminology
InfiniBand connectors and cables
InfiniBand versus 10 Gbps Ethernet
QDR HCAs and switches
QLogic InfiniBand Fabric Suite
Value of InfiniBand across applications
The team that wrote this paper