Re: Using ConnectX-2 VPI adapters for network workstation with 2 nodes.
It's pretty straight forward to get working. Software wise, CentOS comes with Infiniband drivers and utils that you install via yum: $ sudo yum groupinstall "Infiniband Support" When getting cards...
View ArticleMHGH28-XTC firmware 2.9.1000 non-functional with ESXi 5.1?
Yair Ifergan - Not sure who exactly to direct this to, but guessing you'd know. Some of the users in this new Community (ie Simon Lea and Charles Nguyen) are reporting MHGH28-XTC cards won't connect...
View ArticleRe: MHGH28-XTC firmware 2.9.1000 non-functional with ESXi 5.1?
Let me work internally with ppl on that. i am not sure what the answer is. hold on buddy!
View ArticleRe: Using ConnectX-2 VPI adapters for network workstation with 2 nodes.
I have decided to make some huge changes to my setup. I've found a very good deal on a bunch of Intel Xeon X5680 OEM CPUs and IBM Mellanox ConnectX-2 VPI single port cards on ebay so I decided to make...
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Re: SR-IOV on ESXi 5.1
ali, would you be able to provide guidance for option #b with VMware esxi? specifically known to work HCA/mainboard combo's, and which (if any) /etc/VMware/passthrough.map variables may need to be used...
View ArticleRe: Suggestions for *quiet* Infiniband switch?
How much is the SX6012? I thought that it wasn't coming out until July.
View ArticleRe: Suggestions for *quiet* Infiniband switch?
I got some pricing from my local Mellanox rep on the 6005 and 6012 a few weeks ago. MSRP SX6005: $6652MSRP SX6012: $9022 Online Street price is normally 60% of that.
View ArticleRe: Using ConnectX-2 VPI adapters for network workstation with 2 nodes.
It is going into a spare room I have in the house near the garage. I was actually planning on purchasing a noise dampening enclosure.
View ArticleRe: Using ConnectX-2 VPI adapters for network workstation with 2 nodes.
Thanks for the warning. Judging from the posts the IS5023 doesn't have that problem.
View ArticleRe: Using ConnectX-2 VPI adapters for network workstation with 2 nodes.
1. So SATA2 won't be a bottleneck, I thought that it would be. I will remember that.2. About the 10Base-T NIC; I was only going to use it to network to my 2 HP Workstations running windows via Samba....
View ArticleRe: 40GbE optimization and bandwidth testing
hii tried starwind on windows as iscsi server.. its quite bad suggest you build a linux server with scst on it, as the target. and connect from windows host with iscsiyou should get at least 2GB/s on...
View ArticleRe: 40GbE optimization and bandwidth testing
Bruce McKenzie - Isn't connected mode the one with the big mtu's, not datagram mode? Unless I'm just reading your post wrong (kind of tired atm).
View ArticleWhen can we expect the OpenStack Cinder iSER patch for Grizzly
mellanox-openstack/cinder-iser · GitHub
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Re: 40GbE optimization and bandwidth testing
Thanks, Bmac! My Mellanox card isn't IPoIB though. It's an actual 40Gbps Ethernet HCA. I'm sure the silicone is the same as the IB cards but it's hard-wired to function as a pure Ethernet controller...
View ArticleRe: 40GbE optimization and bandwidth testing
Hmm Strange.have you tried turning TCP offload on the driver to OFF. that used to make some difference for me with 20Gb cards using Ethernet. they used to achieve 1800MB/s so you should get up to...
View ArticleRe: When can we expect the OpenStack Cinder iSER patch for Grizzly
Seems to be unlikely for Grizzly. More likely Havana. https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24017/← abandoned from inactivity in March. Needs to be reopened/restored/resubmitted. Some further info here in...
View ArticleRe: 40GbE optimization and bandwidth testing
have you tried turning TCP offload on the driver to OFF. No, I'll give that a try.But considering your connecting via windows mapped network, which uses CIFS, then thats your problem right there. CIFS...
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Re: sx1036 as IB-to IP gateway
so, the answer is: with the right cables (40G to 4X10G) you can do that.with 1036 you can get to up to 64 10GE ports. work with this: as far as the above relationship with gateway functionality, at...
View ArticleRe: MHGH28-XTC firmware 2.9.1000 non-functional with ESXi 5.1?
So.... (you are not going to like my answer ) - who ever i spoke with told me that for IB they stopped supporting ConnectX (revision 1). ConnectX2 and 3 are fully supported. sorry i don't have more...
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