Re: [PLUG] Two node Infiniband connection hardware

[brent timothy saner <brent.saner@gmail.com>]

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On 09/15/2015 10:47 AM, K.S. Bhaskar wrote:
> Is it possible to make a two node Infiniband connection with Infiniband
> cards in the two servers and a cable between them, or is a switch always
> required? There are hints (e.g.,
> https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19787-01/819-2993/bhcfghcc/index.html and
> http://www.bussink.ch/?p=1183 suggesting it is possible), but I can't
> find anything definitive. Vendors of course want one to purchase a switch.
> 

- From what I'm finding, it *can* work as long as subnet managers are run
on both ends.

Source: http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=1145224
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