On 03:59 Thu 12 Jun     , Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> 
> Would you elaborate on the motivation behind the requirement to
> maintain/preserve the base LID routing ?

I see couple advantages:

1. Application which works on base LIDs only will not be affected by LMC
2. Changing LMC on a fabric will not change routing paths (when LIDs are
not reassigned)
3. Finally it does better balancing for secondary LIDs ("port
offsetting")

Sasha
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