Assembling Larger Topologies from Pair Connections

The basic building block in connection-oriented transports (such as RDMA, static TCP, or RUDP) is a pair connection, which carries two-way communication between two runtime transports across a network. You can assemble these basic parts into larger topologies, such as hub-and-spoke, or mesh.

  • Hub-and-Spoke
    The following diagram shows a hub-and-spoke topology for a server with many clients. Configure one listen end transport definition for the hub and one connect end transport definition for all the spokes. Start the hub application, then start the spoke applications.
  • Mesh from Pair Connections
    The following diagram shows a mesh with four vertices. Configure the six pair connections (edges) using four transport definitions:
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