Re: SR-IOV issues with Mellanox CX-3 with RH6.4 KVM
Hi Rian: I'm happy to say that upgrading to a newer RH kernel, the VM is now working and I do see the Mellanox device from the VM. However, I have more questions. I have 4 VFS devices mapped on the...
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Re: VM Passthrough of MHQH19B-XTR
It's "LSI Logic Parallel". It is strange as I thought it should support CX-2 out of box but turns out not... Now the link is successfully established but I see there's a large latency, i.e. 600-2000ms...
View ArticleRe: ConnectX-3 EN SR-IOV guest driver for KVM
Thanks rian, that helps. I made the host to be Centos 6.4(basically RHEL 6.4) then installed OFED driver on it and with any guest it works with just default mlx4_en driver. Seems like driver...
View Article[SOLVED] ConnectX-3 EN SR-IOV guest driver for KVM
1. I was able to get the SR-IOV on the host(Debian Wheezy) to show Virtual Functions following:Mellanox OFED Driver Installation and Configuration for SR-IO2. Then opened virt-manager and assigned one...
View ArticleConnectX-3 EN SR-IOV: number of physical functions with OFED driver
I have SR-IOV working with both Mellanox ConnectX-3 and Intel 82599EB. I noticed a difference in the way SR-IOV driver works with both of them:Let x be the number of physical ports.Let y be the number...
View ArticleRe: Vmware ESXi 5.1 & ConnectX SRP Support
I was found ConnectX-1 firmware above 2.9.1000.I was also tested firmware 2.9.1100, 1200, 1309(?) for ConnectX-1 successfully...( It doesn't need disable disable Intel vt-D on BIOS!)
View ArticleRe: Vmware ESXi 5.1 & ConnectX SRP Support
What's your exact CX-1 HCA model?If your CX-1 HCA is original from Mellanox, I'll mask a firmware from raw image for you...
View ArticleHow can I control SRP connection with partition on 4036 switch?
I was leared vSphere VLAN with IPoIB partition configurations. But, SRP protocol resides in default partition 0x7ffff only. My all HCA is CX-2 2port configuration with 4036 QDR switch with vSphere...
View ArticleProblem with Windows SRP "Location Path" and "Target Number"
I'm running Windows 2008 R2 will all updates applied, WinOFED 3.2, with just Core Modules and SRP installed, and Mellanox all MHQH29C-XTR cards with latest firmware. I have the SAN policy set to...
View ArticleRe: My first time designing a board with a ConnectX-3 VPI chip. The Adapters...
Hi,How did you receive the datasheet in the first place? Through our customer portal? If so, then you can filter for the document by choosing ConnectX-3 as base silicon and Application note as the...
View ArticleRe: My first time designing a board with a ConnectX-3 VPI chip. The Adapters...
Hi Hani, Our Mellanox contact is slow to respond. I can send you the thread if you’d like. No luck from the main mellanox web page searching for ConnectX-3 and Application note Ford
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Re: My first time designing a board with a ConnectX-3 VPI chip. The Adapters...
Hi Ford,Sorry for any inconvenience. Please note that we do not post datasheets or application notes on our public Web site. Access to IC collateral is through the customer portal. If you have a Design...
View ArticleRe: ConnectX-3 EN SR-IOV: number of physical functions with OFED driver
Yes, your observation is correct/expected. Intel driver defines a physical function per port.Mellanox driver defines physical function per card and views virtual functions being "copies" of physical...
View ArticleRe: ConnectX-3 EN SR-IOV: number of physical functions with OFED driver
Thanks andre for clearing this up.
View ArticleRe: Windows Server 2012 SRP protocol support?
Will this include support for Windows 2008 R2?
View ArticleMinimize congestion - Do I need UFM ?
I have a customer who will possibly move to an HPC solution with more than 300 nodes. One of his requirements is that the Infiniband switch must have a software management that has the ability to...
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Re: What's your fav IB Target ?
That's only IPoIB based iSCSI target.iSER can show a performance like SRP Target. iSER will be launch on end of this year or early of next year with vSphere new driver.
View Articleoccured delay time to using srp protocol when linux booting
HelloOur customer asked me delay time on using srp protocol. They were using SRP Protocol for Storage. This server did not occur delay time(linux start) before changed OS Version.The server display the...
View ArticleRe: Connect-X 3 cards on RHEL 5.3
Hey,I've looked it up, and I would recommend trying OFED 1.5.2, by the release notes it should support.Can be found in openfabrics.orgIf you want to read on that release:OFED_1.5.2_release_notesAlso a...
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