Part 3: Protection Mechanisms
The Previous Part
Part 2 began the portion of the book that provides detailed information about the InfiniBand technology. Part 2 provided a detailed description of the creation, management, and the basic operation of the various types of Queue Pairs. Part 2 consisted of the following chapters:
Chapter 12—QP Verbs and QP State Machine.
Chapter 13—WRs, WQEs, and CQEs.
Chapter 14—Asynchronous Events and Errors.
This Part
Part 3 introduces memory management, memory protection, and the various other protection mechanisms available in the InfiniBand environment. Part 3 consists of the following chapters:
Chapter 15—Memory Protection.
Chapter 16—Other Protection Mechanisms.
The Next Part
Part 4 provides a detailed description of the four IBA transport services as well as the Raw IPv6 and Raw EtherType services. In addition, it also provides a detailed description of UD Multicasting, Automatic Path Migration, and Static Rate Control. Part 4 consists of the following chapters:
Chapter 17—RC Transport Service.
Chapter 18—UC Transport Service.
Chapter 19—RD Transport Service.
Chapter 20—UD Transport Service.
Chapter 21—Raw Transport Service Types.
Chapter 22—Multicasting.
Chapter 23—Automatic Path Migration.
Chapter 24—Static Rate Control.