The HIPPI Protocol
Jim Bell, Ohio State University
Abstract
The High-Performance Peripheral Interface (HIPPI) protocol was designed to facilitate high-speed communications between very high-performance computers (such as supercomputers), and thereby to attempt to meet their I/O requirements.
This paper describes the HIPPI protocol in some depth, then surveys a few topics of advancement and extension of HIPPI.
Table Of Contents
- Abstract
- Overview of HIPPI
- HIPPI-PH (Physical Layer)
- HIPPI-FP (Framing Protocol)
- HIPPI-SC (Switch Control)
- Mapping HIPPI to Other Protcols
- HIPPI's Origin
- Current Topics in HIPPI
- Serial HIPPI
- High Speed SONET Extensions
- HIPPI Connection Management
- Real-world Uses of HIPPI
- Annotated Bibliography
- Glossary
List Of Figures
- Suite of HIPPI Protocol Documents
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