HPC Clusters Using InfiniBand on IBM Power Systems Servers

This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides information about the InfiniBand standard and how the standard has been implemented to support IBM High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters.

This book will help you understand, plan, implement, and manage InfiniBand using IBM servers and switches to form a high-bandwidth, low-latency communication network for applications.

This book presents the software and hardware components that must be brought together to form the management and application foundation. We cover cluster management, node installation, monitoring the infrastructure, and application support, such as IBM TWS LoadLeveler®, Parallel Environment, and various other AIX® and SUSE SLES tools.

This book is intended for IT architects, system designers, data center planners, and system administrators who must design, configure, and manage an InfiniBand infrastructure in an HPC cluster.