Technical Summary
InfiniBand is a high speed, channel based interconnect between
systems and devices.
This document presents an overview of the InfiniBand
architecture. It further describes the requirements and
guidelines for the transmission of IP over InfiniBand.
Discussions in this document are applicable to both IPv4 and
IPv6 unless explicitly specified. The encapsulation of IP over
fabrics are covered in [IPOIB_ENCAP] and [IPOIB_DHCP].
Working Group Summary
This document is a work item of the IPOIB WG.
Protocol Quality
This document was reviewed for the IESG by Margaret Wasserman.