The Previous Chapter
The previous chapter provided a detailed description of automatic path migration, including possible reasons for migration, priming QPs or EECs for migration, and how a path migration is triggered.
This Chapter
This chapter introduces the problem for which Static Rate Control is the solution, and then provides a detailed description of how Static Rate Control works. This chapter concludes the part of the book that focuses on the transport service types (i.e., Part 4).
The Next Chapter
The next chapter provides a detailed description of the Link Layer. This includes:
Link Layer functional overview.
Link state machine.
Detailed description of LRH.
QoS within the subnet: SL and VLs.
Detailed description of VL arbitration.
Link-Level flow control.
Packet CRCs.
Intro to the packet delimiters.
Packet receive state machine.
Data packet check.
Link packet (Flow Control Packet) check.
Switch performs packet forwarding.
Overview of router port's link layer.