Membership

Whether your organization sells, utilizes, or is considering implementing RDMA-based products, the OpenFabrics Alliance is the vehicle to help you gain a strategic edge in the marketplace and ensure that the technology evolves in a way that best suits your requirements. The OpenFabrics Alliance offers an unmatched opportunity for you to influence the future of RDMA fabric technologies. See what others have to say about the OpenFabrics Alliance.

Benefits of Membership

The OpenFabrics Alliance facilitates working relationships for you and your company with the developers, testers and end users in the RDMA community. Membership in the OFA ensures that you have accurate and timely technical information about OFED, as well as influence over the software stack, interoperability testing and promotional activities.

Membership in the OFA provides:

• Continuous visibility into the development status and release schedule of OpenFabrics Software
• Influence over the standards and functionality included in each new release of the OpenFabrics Software
• Publicity and marketing opportunities in conjunction with alliance activities at tradeshows, conferences and workshops
• Opportunities to certify the interoperability of your company’s products with the OpenFabrics software stack
• Access to industry thought leaders
• Networking opportunities with fellow OFA members
• You can tailor your membership according to one of our membership levels.

UPDATED BYLAWS: Download here.

GENERAL POLICIES OF THE OFA: Download here.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS POLICY: Download here.

Membership Levels

OFA's membership levels are tailored for levels of interest and involvement. Download the Membership Policy for details.

Promoter Member - $14,000 per year
Benefits: Organizations who join at this level will have a seat on the OFA’s Board of Directors. This allows the ability to strongly influence the outreach, programs, partnerships, conferences and marketing of the OFA and associated RDMA/Advanced Networks ecosystem. Other benefits include:

• Nominate an individual to serve as sole Chair, or Co-chair of any OFA Working Group.
• Participate as a Voting Member in any OFA Working Group in which the Promoter Member is a member in good standing, consistent with the policies and procedures adopted by that Working Group.
• Participate in the Fabric Software Development Platform (FSDP) program at no charge.
• Participate fully in all other activities and programs offered by the Alliance including, for example, marketing activities and any educational or other programs.
• Promoter members enjoy all rights and privileges granted to all other membership levels.

See the OFA Bylaws for more details about rights and responsibilities of Promoter Members.

Voting Member - $7,000 per year
Benefits: Voting Members will be able to vote on matters presented to an OFA Working Group to be resolved by a vote. An OFA Voting Member is not entitled to vote on matters before the Board of Directors. Voting Member benefits also include:

• Nominate an individual to serve as Co-chair of any OFA Working Group, provided that the other Co-chair seat is filled by a representative of a Promoter Member.
• Participate as a Voting Member in any OFA Working Group in which the OFA Voting Member is a member in good standing, consistent with the policies and procedures adopted by that Working Group.
• Participate fully in the Fabric Software Development Platform (FSDP) program at no charge.
• Participate fully in all other activities and programs offered by the Alliance including, for example, marketing activities and any educational or other programs.

Non-Voting Member - $3,500 per year
Benefits: Organizations who join at this level will be able to fully participate in the Fabric Software Development Platform (FDSP) program at no charge. Non-Voting members can  also fully participate in all other activities and programs offered by the Alliance including, for example, marketing activities and any educational or other programs.

Individual Members
Membership in this class is restricted to individuals with a bona fide need to participate in certain Alliance programs, specifically the Fabric Software Development Platform (FSDP) program. This membership class is offered at no cost; membership in the class is by application submitted to the Board of Directors. Individual Memberships are reviewed annually by the Board. The class is intended to support those with a specific need for access to the relevant Alliance program, such as upstream developers.