How Packets Are Normally Routed

Table 31-1 on page 873 illustrates the content of a LID-routed SMP's data payload. After LIDs have been assigned to all ports on CAs and routers and to port 0 on each switch, the port that originates an SMP packet specifies:

  • the LID of the destination port in the packet's DLID field and

  • its own LID in the packet's SLID field (in case a response is required).

Switches then forward the packet from source to destination by consulting their forwarding tables (which the Master SM set up after it had completed discovery).

This is referred to as a LID-routed SMP.

Table 31-1. LID-Routed SMP MAD Format
Dword Byte 0Byte 1Byte 2Byte 3
0Base MAD HeaderBase Version = 01hManagement Class = SubnClass Version = 01hRSM Method (see Table 27-1 on page 774)
1Status is only meaningful in response packets. See Table 27-2 on page 776.Not used
2Transaction ID
3
4SM AttributeIDReserved
5AttributeModifier
6SMP- specific fieldsM_Key
7
8–1532 bytes Reserved
16–3164 bytes of SMP Data—Attribute content on a SubnGetResp() or a SubnTrap(Notice)
32–6364 bytes Reserved

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