SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT OF AN INFINIBAND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM AREA NETWORK

摘要

A method, system, and product in a data processing system are disclosed for providing centralized management of an InfiniBand distributed system-area network that includes multiple end nodes. A manager application is established in one of the end nodes. An agent application is established in one or more end nodes. Each agent application is independent from the manager application. The manager application maintains a current list of active agent applications and uses the list to manage the agent applications in the end nodes.