Sonoma Workshop 2008 Introduction Jim Ryan, ChairBill Boas, Vice-Chair

2 Logistics etc.  Agenda – let’s stick to times  One track this year but 5 rooms available for other sessions  This room – noisy doors  Outside – noise from side conversations  Slides – get them to Jeff Becker  Hotel, wireless issues  Anyhting else?

3 What is the OpenFabrics Alliance  An Alliance of Companies, Institutions and Customers working together to produce, release support and promote Open Source software to take advantage of the highest performance standard interconnect technology on servers, workstations and storage systems with widely used operating systems to improve applications where the business solution is enhanced with higher performance, lower latency and more efficient energy use.

4 Mutual Benefit  Self-Interest  Purposes of the OFA Non-Profit, Mutual Benefit Corporation  Develop OpenFabrics open source software for Linux, Windows and other O/S as members decide  Available for download and support as part of companies’ products and institutions’ infrastructure  Promote, educate and improve s/w’s capabilities  Do the mutual benefits exceed the self interest normally pursued in the cause of competition amongst technologies, operating systems, middleware, applications, companies, etc.?  If your answer is “No”, what do you recommend?  If your answer is “Yes”, what does the Alliance to continue to build? More members? Improve functions? Ideas from you?

5 How does the Alliance get things done at the Moment  All members are Board Members with a Vote  The Board has delegated its functions to an Executive Working Group that any member can participate in - Jim Ryan is Chair of the XWG, Johann George, Treasurer  Working Groups so far, that anyone can join, for:  Development – Linux and Windows  Integration, Testing, Release and Support  Linux – OFED  Windows WinOF  Interoperability Testing and Logo with UNH-IOL  Marketing – promotion, PR, events, recruiting, education  Legal – IP, code hygiene, licensing, contribution, By-laws, web site  Webmaster – Jeff Becker; Administrator – Daniela George

6 Purpose of the Workshop  Work together to improve the Alliance’s software  Learn from customers and potential users what we’ve done right/wrong and need to do next  Critically examine how we are doing things and how we can make improvements  Identify steps that can be taken with other organizations and technologies to improve OpenFabrics value, market acceptance and perception  Opportunity for any attendee to bring up any issue or subject they think is relevant

7 Working Group Chairs  XWG – Jim Ryan  DWG – Bob Woodruff  EWG – Gopal Hegde  WWG – Stan Smith  IWG – Tuan Phamdo  LWG – Carl Hensler  MWG – Thad Omura

8 Partners Organizations  IBTA  UNH-IOL  Ethernet Alliance

9 If these are Issues, what shall we do?  It is the same small group of volunteers running things as an “avocation”, should we get more formal  “OFED” has become the Brand, and its not temporary as planned  Is “WinOF” ready for prime time how do we promote it? Should we be trying to recruit Microsoft  “IB” is still the dominant technology driver  Is “iWARP” the only RDMA-over-Ethernet for OFA  Is a wider focus than HPC needed e.g Data Center?  More promotion and evangelism/education?