MYRINET

COMPUTER HARDWARE PRODUCTS FOR HIGH-SPEED NETWORKS USED IN COMPUTING CLUSTERS, NAMELY, HOST INTERFACES, ALSO KNOWN AS NETWORK INTERFACE CARDS, OR NICS, NETWORK SWITCHES, SWITCH LINE CARDS, AND NETWORK CABLES; TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED LOW-LEVEL OPERATING SOFTWARE AND FIRMWARE, NAMELY, DEVICE DRIVERS TO ALLOW ACCESS TO THE HOST INTERFACE FROM THE OPERATING SYSTEM AND USER PROGRAMS, FIRMWARE TO CONTROL THE OPERATION OF THE HOST INTERFACES, AND UTILITY PROGRAMS FOR MAPPING, DIAGNOSING, AND MONITORING THE NETWORK