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Refer to Olaf's LUG 2016/LAD 2016 PPT for more context.

Preferred Routers

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Client sets A and B are all configured on the same LNet network, example o2ib. The servers are on a different LNet network, o2ib2. But due to the underlying network topology it is more efficient to route traffic from Client set A over Router set A and Client set B over Router set B. The green links are wider than the red links. UDSPs can be configured on the clients to specify the preferred set of router NIDs.

Node Types

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, there is a need to select an interface based on the destination portal type.

TODO: This will need a new type of policy. However, I believe we might be crossing a gray area  here. LNet will need to have an "understanding" about portal types in a sense. Another suggested solution proposed by Andreas Dilger: Why not just configure the MDS with NID1 and the OSS with NID2, and the client won't even know that they are on the same node?

Reference Links

https://www.ece.tufts.edu/~karen/classes/final_presentation/Dragonfly_Topology_Long.pptx

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