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Welcome to the Fundamentals of RDMA Programming Course!

Remote Direct Memory Access, RDMA, enables server-to-server data movement directly between application memory without any CPU involvement.

RDMA technology empowers advanced enterprise data centers and the world’s fastest supercomputers (HPC).

RDMA allows real CPU offloads and kernel bypass, and, as such, RDMA-based applications provide better utilization of network HW resources while increasing speed and lowering link latencies.

NVIDIA leads the interconnect industry with RDMA supported hardware and has paved the way for RDMA programming.

It has gained unique and extensive experience by accompanying the world’s leading HPC, storage, finance, and cloud companies in RDMA application development projects.

This online course offers an Innovative training experience, with short and focused videos, interactive quizzes and hands-on exercises needed to acquire the technical skills for programming RDMA-based applications.

This course provides application developers with the required knowledge and skills to start programming RDMA applications that run seamlessly over Ethernet (RoCE) and InfiniBand networks.

By the end of this course, you will be able to write and edit simple applications with RDMA.

Upon successfully passing the exam at the end of this course, you will be provided with a digital completion certificate that validates your training experience needed to acquire the technical skills for programming RDMA-based applications.

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RDMA Basics

In this module, you will learn what is RDMA and fundamental concepts such as memory zero copy and transport offloads.

Core RDMA

In this module you will be introduced to core RDMA components: RDMA verbs RDMA data-path RDMA memory management

RDMA Operations

In this module, you will learn how RDMA messages are sent and received. In addition, you will be introduced to RDMA atomic operations.

RDMA Code Examples

In this module, you will become familiar with essential code examples from the RDMA core GitHub repository.

RDMA Connection Management

In this module you will learn two methods to establish the initial RDMA connection between hosts - using TCP sockets or the RDMA connection manager.

RCpingpong

In this module, you will implement the knowledge acquired in this course, by using the RCpingpong program code.

Course Completion Quiz - The Fundamentals of RDMA Programming

It is highly recommended that you complete all the course activities before you begin the quiz. Good luck!

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Builds a strong foundation for beginners who want to learn Remote Direct Memory Access, RDMA, enabling server-to-server data movement directly between application memory without CPU involvement

Taught by NVIDIA Training, a recognized leader in hardware, and networking with experience accompanying leading HPC, storage, finance, and cloud companies in RDMA application development projects

Develops core RDMA skills, including RDMA verbs, RDMA data-path, and RDMA memory management

Provides real CPU offloads and kernel bypass, and, as such, RDMA-based applications provide better utilization of network HW resources while increasing speed and lowering link latencies

Useful for personal growth and development of those in enterprise data centers and supercomputers seeking to understand data movement directly between application memory without any CPU involvement

Offers hands-on labs and interactive materials to help students implement the knowledge acquired in this course

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Be better prepared before your course. Deepen your understanding during and after it. Supplement your coursework and achieve mastery of the topics covered in The Fundamentals of RDMA Programming with these activities:

Review C Programming

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The course assumes familiarity with C programming. Review the basics of C before starting the course.

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Read through notes from a previous C programming course
Complete practice problems

Create and Maintain a Glossary of RDMA Terms

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RDMA introduces many new terms and concepts. Creating a glossary will help in understanding and retaining terminology.

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Create a document or spreadsheet to store terms
Add new terms as you encounter them in the course

Practice Writing RDMA Code with Exercises

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The course provides example RDMA code but doesn't require writing any code. Complete the practice exercise to ensure understanding of course content.

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Implement core RDMA operations in a programming language of your choice
Optimize and troubleshoot your code for performance and efficiency

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Mentor a Peer on RDMA Concepts

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Mentoring others requires a deep understanding of the material. It also helps identify areas where you may need further study and reinforces concepts.

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Identify a peer to mentor
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High-Performance Computing Engineer

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Network Engineer

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Cloud Architect

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Security Engineer

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Artificial Intelligence Engineer

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Quantum Computing Engineer

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IT Manager

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