3.1.4 Higher-Layer Triggered Events
The protocol is initiated and subsequently driven by a series of higher-layer triggered events in the following categories:
Initiating a connection to a remote peer
Sending an outgoing upper-layer message
Registering a local buffer for peer RDMA access
Deregistering a previously registered local buffer
Performing an RDMA Write to a remote peer buffer
Performing an RDMA Read from a remote peer buffer
Querying the negotiated parameters of a connection
The following sections provide details on these events.