You need the following software entities (along with the hardware) for Qnet networking:
 Figure 1. Components of Qnet.
Figure 1. Components of Qnet. 
- io-pkt*
- Manager to provide support for dynamically loaded networking modules.
  
  
  
- devnp-*
- Managers that form an interface with the hardware. 
  
  
- lsm-qnet.so
- Native network manager to implement Qnet protocols.