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Open Fabrics BOF Supercomputing 2008

Open Fabrics BOF Supercomputing 2008. Tziporet Koren, Gilad Shainer, Yiftah Shahar, Bob Woodruff, Betsy Zeller. Agenda. Introduction – 5 minutes OFA objectives and goals Open Fabrics Linux Update (15 – minutes) OFED 1.3, 1.3.1, 1.4 releases OFED 1.5 plans and roadmap

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Open Fabrics BOF Supercomputing 2008

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  1. Open Fabrics BOFSupercomputing 2008 Tziporet Koren, Gilad Shainer, Yiftah Shahar, Bob Woodruff, Betsy Zeller

  2. Agenda • Introduction – 5 minutes • OFA objectives and goals • Open Fabrics Linux Update (15 – minutes) • OFED 1.3, 1.3.1, 1.4 releases • OFED 1.5 plans and roadmap • Open Fabrics Windows Update (15 – minutes) • WinOF 2.0 release • WinOF 2.1 plans and roadmap • Open Discussion – 25 minutes

  3. Open Fabrics BOF - Introduction • Open Fabrics “The mission of the OpenFabrics Alliance (OFA) is to develop, distribute and promote a unified, transport-independent, open-source software stack for RDMA-capable fabrics and networks, including InfiniBand and Ethernet “ • Support for both Microsoft Windows and Linux • Development happens using a typical open source development model • Developer’s Working Group • code developed and reviewed using email lists • Validation and release by the Enterprise Working Group and the Windows Working Group • OFED – for Linux • WinOF – for Windows

  4. Open Fabrics BOF - Introduction • Open Fabrics – working groups (cont.) • XWG – Executive Working group • overall steering committee • IWG – Interoperability Working Group • Open Fabrics logo program • LWG – Legal Working Group • handles code licensing and other legal issues • MWG – Marketing Working Group • Promotes the work of the alliance and recruits new members • UWG – Users Working Group • define end user requirements

  5. Agenda • Introduction – 5 minutes • OFA objectives and goals • Open Fabrics Linux Update (15 – minutes) • OFED 1.3, 1.3.1, 1.4 releases • OFED 1.5 plans and roadmap • Open Fabrics Windows Update (15 – minutes) • WinOF 2.0 release • WinOF 2.1 plans and roadmap • Open Discussion – 25 minutes

  6. Linux: OFED Components OFA Development Add on • HCA/NIC Drivers • IB: IBM, Mellanox, QLogic • iWARP: Chelsio, NetEffects (now Intel) • Core: Verbs, mad, SMA, CMA, SA cache • IPoIB • SDP • SRP and SRP Target • iSER • RDS • Qlogic_VNIC • uDAPL • OSM • Diagnostic tools OFED 1.4 additions: • iSER Target • NFS-RDMA • Bonding module • Open iSCSI • MPI Components • MVAPICH • Open MPI • MVAPICH2 • Benchmark tests • Proprietary MPIs: Intel, HP, Platform mpi • Proprietary SMs: Cisco, Voltaire, Qlogic Tested with

  7. OFED Development Process Update • add Betsy’s slide on development process changes since Sonoma here

  8. OFED 1.3 and 1.3.1 • OFED 1.3 released on Feb 28 2008 • Improved performance and scalability • Quality of Service (QOS) support • New OpenSM routing algorithms • IPoIB connect mode – improved performance • MPI enhancements to improve scalability and reduce memory footprint • Enhanced diagnostic tools to improve network management • Support for additional hardware, added additional iWarp NIC drivers • Expanded interoperability with Storage and Networking hardware • uDAPL 2.0 • OFED 1.3.1 release on June 3 2008 • Added support for RedHat EL 5.2 and SLES 10 SP2 • fixed several critical bugs • Distro integration: • Red Hat AS 4.7 and RHEL 5.2, SLES10 SP2 • Used in Intel Cluster Ready Solutions

  9. OFED 1.4 • General Info • Released in Nov 2008 • Used in the Interoperability event in Nov 2008 • Features: • Kernel base 2.6.27 • VPI support: Eth and IB for ConnectX • NFS-RDMA – as technology preview • ISer Target • New BMME verbs (fast memory thru send queue (FRWR); Local invalidate send work requests; Read with invalidate) • IPoIB – LRO • RDS – GA with RDMA API • SDP – GA • uDAPL (socket CM for scalability; UD extensions)

  10. OFED 1.4 (cont.) • Features (cont) • OpenSM: Cashed routing; APM - disjoint paths; Path balancing for LMC + console diagnostics; OpenSM configuration unification; MGID to MLID mapping for IPv6 SNM; Routing engines chain; IBA 1.2.1 additions; Failover/Handover improvements • Congestion Control in ibutils • MPI: MVAPICH 1.1; MVAPICH2 1.2; OpenMPI 1.2.8 • Likely Distro Integration • Red Hat EL 5.4, SLES ?? • Used in Intel Cluster Ready Solutions

  11. OFED 1.4 OS Matrix • kernel.org: kernel 2.6.26 and 2.6.27 • Novell • SLES 10 • SLES 10 SP1 (up1) • SLES 10 SP2 • Redhat • RHEL 4 (up4, up5, up6, up7) • RHEL 5 (up1, up2) • OEL • OEL 5 • Free distros (with limited QA): • Open SuSE 10.3 • Fedora Core 9 • Ubuntu 6.06 (with RPM package installed) • CentOS 5.2 * new for OFED 1.4 in bold

  12. OFED 1.5 Plans • Preliminary Schedule • Feature Freeze: 3/1/09 • Alpha Release: 3/1/09 • Beta Release: 4/1/09 • RC1: 5/1/09 • RC2-RCx: About every 2 weeks as needed • Release: June 2009 • Features: • Kernel.org: 2.6.28 and 2.6.29 • Multiple Event Queues to support Multi-core CPUs • NFS/RDMA – GA • RDS support for iWarp • new versions of openmpi ? mvapich/mvapich2 ? • Add support/backports for RedHat EL 5.3 • more TBD…

  13. Agenda • Introduction – 5 minutes • OFA objectives and goals • Open Fabrics Linux Update (15 – minutes) • OFED 1.3, 1.3.1, 1.4 releases • OFED 1.5 plans and roadmap • Open Fabrics Windows Update (15 – minutes) • WinOF 2.0 release • WinOF 2.1 plans and roadmap • Open Discussion – 25 minutes

  14. Open Fabrics Windows Update • placeholder for WinOF 2.0 and future plans slides

  15. Agenda • Introduction – 5 minutes • OFA objectives and goals • Open Fabrics Linux Update (15 – minutes) • OFED 1.3, 1.3.1, 1.4 releases • OFED 1.5 plans and roadmap • Open Fabrics Windows Update (15 – minutes) • WinOF 2.0 release • WinOF 2.1 plans and roadmap • Open Discussion – 25 minutes

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