Re: SR-IOV issues with Mellanox CX-3 with RH6.4 KVM
Hi Morgan, 1. Can you please perform the command 'ibdev2netdev' and post the output.2.A dual-port SR-IOV host adapter will presents itself as one device with two ports.
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Hi Rian: You are right, I am using dual-port host adapter root@ATCA-46XX@255-255-3:~# ibdev2netdevmlx4_0 port 1 ==> eth4 (Up)mlx4_0 port 2 ==> eth5 (Up) However, I don’t understand why 3 sets of...
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Re: Mellanox SX6036 with MC2207310-003 and ConnectX-3 MCX354AFCBT?
It should work, make sure you update switch software and HCA fw/drivers. It could be an oversight - list not updated after 3m optical introduced.You also can use 3m copper (p/n MC2207128-003), also...
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
View ArticleRe: 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 ArticleConnectX-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 ArticleRe: Windows Server 2012 SRP protocol support?
Will this include support for Windows 2008 R2?
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Minimize 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...
View ArticleRe: Connect-X 3 cards on RHEL 5.3
Hello Rian, So I took the MLNX_OFED_LINUX-1.5.3-4.0.42-rhel5.5-x86_64.iso and used the mlnx_add_kernel_support.sh to create an iso for RHEL 5.3. Seems to be working quite O.K for now. Now the next step...
View ArticleRe: Mellanox CX3 40G NIC Performance with KVM
Hi, Are you running the check on Ethernet or Infiniband fabric?What tool are you using to check this?How many streams did you use? Thanks,Rian
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