New InfiniBand Architecture Specifications Extend Virtualization Support

Today the InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA) announced two new InfiniBand Architecture Specification updates centered around interoperability, virtualization, and low latency. The new Volume 2 specification release expands interoperability and performance management functionality across the InfiniBand ecosystem for both high performance computing and enterprise data center networks. The Virtualization Annex extends support for multiple virtualized endpoints within InfiniBand hardware. Both of these publications will be essential to expanding the performance and scalability of future data centers.