UsNIC
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usNIC (user-space NIC) is Cisco's low-latency computer networking product for MPI over 10 Gigabit Ethernet in high-performance computing. It operates at the OSI model's data link layer (Ethernet frames) or the network layer (UDP packets)[1][2] to eliminate the overhead of TCP within a data center. usNIC is shipped as firmware (with associated device drivers) for Cisco's "VIC" (virtual interface card) series of converged network adapters, and support has been contributed to Open MPI.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "HPC in L3". 10 March 2014. http://blogs.cisco.com/performance/hpc-in-l3. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ↑ "HPC over UDP". 12 September 2014. http://blogs.cisco.com/performance/hpc-over-udp. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ↑ "Ultra low latency Ethernet (UCS "usNIC"): questions and answers". 17 July 2013. http://blogs.cisco.com/performance/ultra-low-latency-ethernet-questions-and-answers. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ↑ "libfabric support of usNIC in Open MPI". 17 November 2014. http://blogs.cisco.com/performance/libfabric-support-of-usnic-in-open-mpi. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
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