Welcome to python-rdma’s documentation!

Contents:

• 1. Foreword
  • 1.1. Comparison to the OFA C API
• 2. Installing
  • 2.1. For Development
    • 2.1.1. Test Suite
• 3. RDMA Module
  • 3.1. rdma.devices module
  • 3.2. RDMA Path
    • 3.2.1. IB Paths
    • 3.2.2. rdma.path module
  • 3.3. rdma.tools module
  • 3.4. Exceptions
  • 3.5. rdma module
• 4. InfiniBand Architecture (IBA) Definitions
  • 4.1. Structure Pretty Printer
  • 4.2. Component Mask Helper
  • 4.3. Word about Versions
  • 4.4. rdma.binstruct IBA Structure Helpers
  • 4.5. rdma.IBA_describe Convert values to descriptive strings
  • 4.6. rdma.IBA InfiniBand Architecture (IBA) definitions
    • 4.6.1. Node Type Constants
    • 4.6.2. General Constants
    • 4.6.3. LID Constants
    • 4.6.4. Partition Key Constants
    • 4.6.5. Well known QKEY Constants
    • 4.6.6. LRH LNH Header bits
    • 4.6.7. GID Constants
    • 4.6.8. PortInfo MTU Constants
    • 4.6.9. PortInfo Link Width Constants
    • 4.6.10. PortInfo Link Speed Constants
    • 4.6.11. PathRecord rate constants
    • 4.6.12. PortInfo Port State Constants
    • 4.6.13. PortInfo Physical Port State Constants
    • 4.6.14. MAD RPC Constants
    • 4.6.15. MAD Response Status Constants
    • 4.6.16. SUBNET_ADMIN Class Specific Status Codes
    • 4.6.17. MAD Class Constants
    • 4.6.18. RMPP Constants
    • 4.6.19. ClassPortInfo capabilityMask Constants
    • 4.6.20. PMA ClassPortInfo capabilityMask Constants
    • 4.6.21. PortInfo capabilityMask Constants
  • 4.7. rmda.IBA Binary Structures
    • 4.7.1. Communication Management (12)
    • 4.7.2. Generic MAD (13.4)
    • 4.7.3. RMPP (13.6)
    • 4.7.4. Subnet Management (14)
    • 4.7.5. Subnet Administration (15)
    • 4.7.6. Performance Management (16.1)
    • 4.7.7. Device Management (16.3)
    • 4.7.8. SNMP Tunneling (16.4)
    • 4.7.9. Vendor Specific Management (16.5)
    • 4.7.10. Miscellaneous IBA Structures
• 5. MAD RPC Processing
  • 5.1. rdma.madtransactor MAD RPC Mixin
  • 5.2. rdma.umad Userspace MAD Interface
  • 5.3. rdma.vmad Verbs MAD Interface
  • 5.4. rdma.sched Parallel MAD Scheduler
    • 5.4.1. What can be Yielded
  • 5.5. rdma.satransactor Automatic SubnGet to SubnAdmGet Conversion
• 6. IB Subnet Database
  • 6.1. rdma.subnet Store IB Subnet Data
  • 6.2. rdma.discovery Retrieve IB Subnet Data
• 7. Verbs Interface
  • 7.1. Verbs and rdma.path.IBPath
  • 7.2. Usage Examples
    • 7.2.1. UD QP Setup
    • 7.2.2. UD response path
    • 7.2.3. No CM QP Setup
    • 7.2.4. WC Error handling
    • 7.2.5. Completion Channels
    • 7.2.6. Memory
  • 7.3. rdma.vtools module
  • 7.4. rdma.ibverbs module
• 8. The ibtool Program
  • 8.1. Addressing
    • 8.1.1. End Port to Use
    • 8.1.2. Target End Port Address
  • 8.2. Error Handling
  • 8.3. Discovery
  • 8.4. Notable Differences
  • 8.5. New Commands
  • 8.6. Commands
• 9. Software License
• 10. Release Notes
  • 10.1. Version 0.2
  • 10.2. Version 0.1 Initial Release

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