Re: Query on mellanox ml2 mechanism driver
Hi Nishant, and Harish,SRIOVNicSwitch mechanism driver enable the basic SRIOV capabilities inbox. the SRIOVNicSwitch agent enable capability of disable /enable the VF to a NIC that supports it (like...
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Great thanks Nurit for the confirmation. I may have some follow-up questions too, hope you don't mind.Harish
View ArticleRe: LAG, Lacp configuration on SX switches
Can you send the running config. it looks like there is another port attached to this LAG that was configured with mode on (static LAG), you can not add a second port to a LAG that is considered as...
View ArticleLAG, Lacp configuration on Mellanox switches
Following the user manual of mlnx_os 3.4.0012 these are the instructions for enabling lacp: Step 1. Log in as admin.Step 2. Enter config mode. Run:Step 3. Create a port-channel entity. Run:Step 4....
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Re: LAG, Lacp configuration on Mellanox switches
I just created another post discussing this HowTo Configure LAG enabled with LACP on Mellanox Switches
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Need help getting full rate from dual 40GbE network cards on linux systems
Good afternoon, I am having a problem with our network configuration. We are trying to achieve an overall bandwidth throughput in the neighborhood of 80 Gbps. We are using dual 40 Gbps Mellanox NIC...
View Articleusing QDR card on ethernet, DHCP fails due to mac address reporting all 0's
We are trying to use our QDR card with an ethernet switch. updated firmware to latest. But when they talk to DHCP the mac address is showing all 0'sTHis is native ethernet rather than IPoIB.Hopefully...
View ArticleRe: Drivers for Proxmox
There's no official driver for proxmox other than what's inbox as far as I know. For Debian, the latest OFED driver is up until 7.6
View ArticleRe: Make file for linux kernel
Looking over the release notes, i don't see a support for SLES12 SP3. the latest release of Mellanox (2.4.XX) supports SLES12 default. Could it be that you are looking for SLES11 SP3? (the kernel...
View ArticleRe: Remove infiniband related drivers?
Mellanox Products: Mellanox OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution for Linux (MLNX_OFED)
View ArticleUnsuccessful Installing MLNX_OFED_LINUX on RHEL5
I have a redhat server with OS version 5.11 and I'm unsuccessful in installing MLNX_OFED_LINUX-1.5.3-4.0.42-rhel5.10-x86_64. It fails because it does not support the OS version and when I try to build...
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IS5022 Switch Fabric
Hello, I'm very new to infiniband, and looking to reuse some gear that already exists in my organization. I have 6 servers with dual single port infiniband cards (MHQH19B-XTR), and currently have 1...
View ArticleHyper-v Cluster 2012 R2 With Mellanox ConnectX-2
Hi, We have two nodes in a windows server 2012 R2 Hyper-v Cluster with 1 dual port ConnectX-2 card for IPoIB/iSCSI SAN access.We also have a stand alone hyper-v for replica with the same card. Actually...
View ArticleRe: Hyper-v Cluster 2012 R2 With Mellanox ConnectX-2
WINOF 4.80 is the last version to support ConnectX-2. Please contact Mellanox Support for assistance with any instability.
View ArticleRe: Need help getting full rate from dual 40GbE network cards on linux systems
MarvinThe maximum bandwidth that you can get from a PCI Gen 3x8 slot is around 52~53 Gbps. Even though the theoretical bandwidth 64Gbps, there is some overhead on the bit encoding, CRC etc. When using...
View ArticleConnectX-2 QDR vs ConnectX-3 QDR
I'm looking at expanding my current 15 node cluster to add another 15 nodes. It currently uses the single port ConnectX-2 MHQH19B-XTR listed as QDR 40Gb/s supporting PCIE 2.0. The more recent single...
View ArticleRe: Query on mellanox ml2 mechanism driver
Nurit,Since SriovNicAgent can only VF enable/disable, it won't be able to do any other VF config right ? (eg: MTU or RSS)ThxHarish
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Re: Query on mellanox ml2 mechanism driver
no, it won't. however we are working on developing some QoS capabilities in the near future.
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small infiniband Windows 7 network - n00b needs some information
Dear fellow infiniband users, I will try and cut my long infiniband story short, so here it goes: Within our small company we are working on separate workstations. We're in the film business so quite...
View ArticleRe: Problem adding kernel support on XenServer
Thank you for all the replies! Just want to give a heads up that the latest MLNX_OFED gets rebuilt without any problems. The versions are:MLNX_OFED_LINUX-2.4-1.0.0Linux XenServer-6.2...
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