A school-district InfiniBand lab needs first-time switch bring-up that matches other civic sites. What should staff apply?
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Short Explanation
You don't need a site-specific InfiniBand performance tuning profile for active jobs to set up a new classroom rack. Apply a golden InfiniBand initial-config template so every lab provisions the same civic way.
Full Explanation
School-district InfiniBand labs that must match other civic sites need a repeatable InfiniBand initial configuration and provisioning template—not a site-specific performance tuning profile for active jobs. A golden IB bring-up template captures SM settings, management addressing patterns, firmware/OS baseline steps, GUID handling, and validation checks so each classroom rack provisions the same municipal way and support staff can reproduce outcomes. A site-specific performance tuning profile for active jobs fails by concept: it tunes running workloads rather than performing first-time switch bring-up, so it does not establish SM settings, management addressing, or a reproducible civic baseline for the next classroom rack. Reusing a Spectrum BGP-EVPN Ethernet template unchanged on InfiniBand switches fails because EVPN/BGP constructs do not configure InfiniBand SM, PKeys, or IB port semantics; Ethernet templates applied blindly create false confidence and miss IB-required steps. An InfiniBand Subnet Manager failover policy for established fabrics fails by concept: it assumes an already-deployed fabric and addresses HA after bring-up, so it does not provide the initial configuration and provisioning needed to match other civic sites on a first-time classroom rack. Exam caveat: NCP-AIN expects standardized InfiniBand provisioning patterns; Ethernet fabric templates are not drop-in IB switch configs. Operational check: apply the IB initial-config template to a new classroom switch set, verify SM and management settings match the district gold file, save the applied config, and confirm a second lab rack can be brought up identically from the same template.