Re: Vmware ESXi 5.1 & ConnectX SRP Support
Sorry for the late reply, haven't got around to looking into Infiniband until just recently. My CX-1 HCA was originally a HP one: C:\>flint -d mt25418_pciconf0 query fullImage type: ConnectXFW...
View ArticleIssues with SRP and unexplainable "ibping" behaviour.
Hello everyone, I'm chasing a bit of assistance in troubleshooting SRP over an Infiniband setup which I have at home. Essentially I'm not seeing the disk I/O performance I was expecting between my SRP...
View ArticleRe: Issues with SRP and unexplainable "ibping" behaviour.
Actually, looking at the Level 2 debugs a bit further, it seems that the replies are indeed making their way back to the ibping client (ESXi), you can see this in the receive buffers and the hex dump,...
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And some additional information on the Mellanox VIBs installed on the ESXi 5.5 Server:~ # esxcli software vib list | egrep Mellanoxnet-ib-cm 1.8.2.0-1OEM.500.0.0.472560 Mellanox PartnerSupported...
View ArticleRe: MLNX_OFED_LINUX installtion Error: Error: The current MLNX_OFED_LINUX is...
Can you check this dir? # ls -l /dev/infiniband/total 0crw-rw---- 1 root root 231, 64 Jan 6 18:57 issm0crw-rw---- 1 root root 231, 65 Jan 6 18:57 issm1crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 10, 56 Dec 28 00:17...
View ArticleRe: MLNX_OFED_LINUX installtion Error: Error: The current MLNX_OFED_LINUX is...
Hi here is the output: # ls -l /dev/infiniband/total 0crw-rw-rw-. 1 root root 10, 56 Jan 1 10:33 rdma_cm and this: # cat /etc/udev/rules.d/90-ib.rulesKERNEL=="umad*", NAME="infiniband/%k"...
View ArticleRe: MLNX_OFED_LINUX installtion Error: Error: The current MLNX_OFED_LINUX is...
Stop openibdTurn debug on for udev. udevadm control --log-priority debugudevadm control --reload-rules Start openibd And search for 90-ib.rules in /var/log/messagesThese are logs when it works, but you...
View ArticleRe: ports active but LEDs not lighting up
Thanks for your advice. It's mechanical problem. The light guiding pipes that suppose to transmits light from LED on a switch mainboard to front panel indicators had been detached from the enclosure...
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Re: Upgrading 4036, media full
Hi inbusiness, As the text you just quoted, we have image 2.1 and try to upgrade to 3.0. I'm aware of the above steps that you outline, but since the available space is inadequate (above image) for...
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Re: Upgrading 4036, media full
4036's U-Boot systex is very unique. If you want set up some parameter don't use "=" If you setup server ip you must type below. server ip 192.168.0.1(NOT server ip = 192.168.0.1)If you use "=" that...
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In what order? >tftpboot server ip 10.0.21.15 ? Don’t work… can you check your syntax? tftpboot server ip 10.0.21.15 comes close, but dont start transfer but gives this output: tftpboot- boot...
View ArticleDoes VMA support SR-IOV?
Hi, I am trying VMA in a Linux kvm Virtual Machine, with SR-IOV, MLNX_OFED_LINUX-2.0-3.0.0 and fw 2.30.3000I have log_num_mgm_entry_size=-1 in modprobe but it doesn't seem to matter, because the value...
View ArticleRe: Upgrading 4036, media full
Hi!1. You must configure 4036's ip address, subnet mask, gateway.2. You must configure tftp server's ip address, too. then... If you in U-Boot console, you can find tftp boot command by help+enter...
View ArticleRe: XenServer support
Hello Fiat,following your word, I have tried to compile OFED v 1.5.4 into xenserver environment, but: - ./mlnx_add_kernel_support.sh stop with error: "kernel-ib was not created", but kernel_ib and...
View ArticleRe: XenServer support
It looks like you are trying to install OFED 1.5.3, not 1.5.4 If you are using connectx2/3 cards you can simply install OFED 2.0 If you are using the older 10Gb cards, you'll need to install 1.5.4....
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Dave, many thanks for your answer! Sorry, but I'm very confused with OFED version. I have downloaded from mellanox website a last available 1.5 and it are a 1.5.3 1.5.4 are unavailable. For version...
View ArticleRe: XenServer support
Yes, 2.0 from Mellanox site -> http://www.mellanox.com/page/products_dyn?product_family=26&mtag=linux_sw_drivers 1.5.4 is a little trickier to find, it is on the OFED site, you can find the...
View ArticleRe: el5.10 ofed build problem.
I'm having the same problem. Did you fix it yet? Thanks,Koji
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Re: mlnx-ofed-kernel installation failed!
Hi Andre, quick question, if im trying to use GPUDirect RMDA between two Nvidia Kepler K20c cards in two different machine, which infiniband driver should i use? Currently we are have ConnectX-3 FDR...
View Articlemultiport IB card pros
Hi, I am wondering if I should invest in single port or 2 port adapters.What are advantages of multiport IB cards?Do they offer something similar to any form of Ethernet Link Aggregation?Can you point...
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