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NAME

       ibacm - InfiniBand communication management assistant

SYNOPSIS

       #include <infiniband/ib_acm.h>

DESCRIPTION

       Used to resolve remote endpoint information before establishing communications over InfiniBand.

NOTES

       Th  IB  ACM  provides scalable address and route resolution services over InfiniBand.  It resolves system network names and IP addresses to
       InfiniBand path record data using efficient mechanisms, including caching of data.

       The IB ACM provides information needed to establish a connection, but does not implement the communication management  protocol.   It  pro-
       vides  services	similar  to  rdma_getaddrinfo,	rdma_resolve_addr, and rdma_resolve_route using IB multicast.  The IB ACM does not require
       IPoIB or use standard naming services, such as DNS, and limits network communication, especially with  the  IB  SA.   The  ib_acme  utility
       assists in verifying what options of the ibacm service may be usable for the current fabric topology.

       Client  interactions with the ibacm service are done over sockets through a standard TCP connection.  The librdmacm abstracts this interac-
       tion.

RETURN CODES

       == 0   success

       != 0   error

SEE ALSO

       ib_acme(1), ibacm(1)

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								    2012-03-01								  IBACM(7)