infiniband drivers for vsphere sr-iov operation
Hi together, are there any drivers/ressources to try infiniband sr-iov together with vsphere 5.5. I would like to use InfiniBand within multiple VMs based on VMware vSphere 5.5 and Mellanox ConnectX-3...
View ArticleRe: How to configure Connectx-2 NIC's on Ubuntu with Cisco TopSpin 90 switch
Hey Hal,Firmware is at 2.9.1050:CA 'mlx4_0' CA type: MT26428 Number of ports: 2 Firmware version: 2.9.1050 Hardware version: b0 Node GUID: 0x0008f104039a72c8...
View ArticleError: mlnx-ofed-kernel-dkms installation failed!
Hi All, I'm having some problems getting MLNX OFED installed on my ubuntu box.It looks like a kernel issue, but I have checked compatability with this version of MLNX_OFED-2.4-1.0.4 and it supports...
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Re: How to configure Connectx-2 NIC's on Ubuntu with Cisco TopSpin 90 switch
ConnectX-2 firmware is more recent than latest on Mellanox support web page ;-) Did you get link with the IB cables when connecting port 1 to port 2 on the HCA ? I suspect some link negotiation...
View ArticleNeed help to recover switch Silverstorm 9024-CU24-ST2-DDR admin password
hi everybody, I brought an used infiniband switch silverstorm 9024, the problem i have for now is i cannot find admin password and don't know how to reset it. here is my story: 1, I used serial cable...
View ArticleRe: Need help to recover switch Silverstorm 9024-CU24-ST2-DDR admin password
hi, I fixed it. The problem comes from serial cable, change another serial cable, use terminal no problem at all.
View ArticleRe: Error: mlnx-ofed-kernel-dkms installation failed!
it might be because of the iser module failing to compile against DKMS on this distribution / kernel combo, Can you give Mellanox OFED 3.0 a try ? Mellanox Technologies: MLNX_OFED EULA
View Articlelatency ibping between two hosts
Hi, we have a setup with some compute nodes:Supermicro server with "Mellanox ConnectX-3 FDR Infiniband 56Gbps Controller" onboard (https://www.supermicro.com/products/system/2U/6028/SYS-6028TP-HTFR.cfm...
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Frequent TCP retransmissions with ConnectX-3 EN
Well maybe not that frequent (hundreds out of hundreds of thousands of packets) but I don't think I should see any in this (LAN) environment. So I am doing a packet capture on my switch and I am...
View ArticleUDA exception of ibv_reg_mr
Dear sirs, I encounter a problem when I use ROCE mode in Hadoop 2.2.0, the details is as follow (And english is not my mother lanugage, if some words unproper, please pardon ): CPU Intel(R)...
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HCA extended port counters
Are 64bit HCA port counters (ie. /sys/class/infiniband/ on linux systems) a feature specific to mellanox ? or is it more generic to OFED ? Do you know when extended port countes were introduced ?...
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Difference between ConnectX-3 and Connect-IB adapters
I am curious about the differences between the ConnectX-3 and Connect-IB cards. I understand that the Connect-IB cards use the mlx5 architecture vs. mlx4 on ConnectX-3, and have PCIe x16 connectors...
View ArticleHow do you backup the configuration of IB Melannox switch SX6036?
Hello, I would like to know how to backup the configuration of IB Melannox switch SX6036? Thank you. ggcc
View Articleunable to create QP with IBV_EXP_QPT_DC_INI
Hi, I was trying to run the "dcini" example provided with libibverbs-1.1.8, and getting the error of "failed to create qp".Any idea where to start to look into this error? Thanks in advance,
View ArticleDKMS support on non-ubuntu distros?
Hello, I'm building the OFED drivers for a RHEL derivative (Scientific Linux 6.6) and noticed there doesn't seem to be DKMS support mentioned anywhere in the documentation except in the listing of...
View ArticleRe: How do you backup the configuration of IB Melannox switch SX6036?
Do you have the User Manual of MLNX-OS? (see here Where can I find the MLNX-OS User Manual) Refer to the Configuration Management chapter. Most commands start with "configuration write ... " if you...
View ArticleRe: How do you backup the configuration of IB Melannox switch SX6036?
Hi Ophir, Thank you for your information. Sorry, I didn't post my question clearly. I should ask: How do you do you backup your Mellanox switch to a remote server? I have written a small script to...
View ArticleIs the MC2206310 available in 1 meter length?
Is the MC2206310 available in 1 meter length?
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