R. Casado, A. Bermúdez, A. Robles-Gómez, O. Lysne, T. Skeie, Å. G. Solheim, and T. Sødring (2009)
Network Reconfiguration in High-Performance Interconnection Networks
In: Autonomic Computing and Networking, ed. by Mieso K. Denko, Laurence Tianruo Yang, Yan Zhang. Springer US, chap. 8, pp. 313-332. (ISBN: 978-0-387-89827-8)
High-performance interconnection networks like InfiniBand, ASI, Autonet andMyrinet have the property of link level flow control. As such alterating the routing function while the network is operational is a complex process, because the danger of packet deadlocks must be addressed. Over the last 5-6 years this problem has been addressed and solved by the research community. This chapter collects several proposals for updating a routing function in interconnection networks after the occurrence of a topological change. Both traditional and recent reconfiguration schemes are covered, and the selection includes both technology-dependant and generic techniques.
Paper accepted at ICC 2010
Invited talk by Kang Li 15. December
