Unassgined class with VF for Ethernet HCA
So I'm doing some experiments with SRIOV on XenServer host and I faced some peculiarities which I don't quite understand.A few words about the setup. I have two HCA installed: one is a dual-port FDR...
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Can not activate VF in virtual machine
Hi, All, Host:Processor: Intel SandyBridge dual 8 coreHCA: Connect-X3 FDROS: Linux 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64MLNX_OFED: MLNX_OFED_LINUX-2.4-1.0.0 (OFED-2.4-1.0.0)I'm using Qemu-1.7 and KVM for VM....
View ArticleQDR frustration
I am trying to setup a local network with Mellanox QDR Connectx2 router and HBA's with a windows 8.1 and linux Centos6 machine. I have a RAID on the windows side the locally tests around 900MB/s but...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.5 & IB Dual Port Card card showing just a sinlge vmnic
I think your configuration under inbox driver.You must remove inbox vSphere inbox driver then install Mellanox En driver 1.9.10.You can see 2 of connector is in online. Below is example scripts. esxcli...
View ArticleRe: Remove infiniband related drivers?
Your answer would make sense if i was asking about OFED, which I am obviously not. I have found the 2.3 drivers and they appear to be working, but I am betting there is a 2.4 version of just the mlx-en...
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Re: Cable Options (MCX354A-FCBT-LOW P)
I have the same cards in 2 PCs, work well at 40Gb/s. AfaIk, you will need a FDR capable switch to enable 56Gb/s, SX6036Fwill do it.I bought a couple of Mellanox MC2207310 cables cheap on ebay. I also...
View Article56Gb/s without a switch ?
I'm using 2 Mellanox MCX354A-FCBT VPI adapters in 2 PCs. These are connected directly without a switch for a "point to point" connection.The speed is 40Gb/s, configured as ETH. QUESTION: is it possible...
View ArticleRe: Remove infiniband related drivers?
Mellanox Products: ConnectX® EN 10 and 40 Gigabit Linux Driver Ubuntu is there as well.
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 poor performance
Hello, i'm doing some test with infiniband, actually i have 2 server Dell poweredge R710 configured as follow: 48GB ram2 x intel xeon x5660single HCA MHQH19B-XTRWindows 2008 R2 to connected eachother i...
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Re: Getting following error on RHEL-5.8 and MLNX_OFED_LINUX-1.5.3-3.0.0
Hi Einav, The workaround worked for us. Thanks,Rupesh.
View ArticleWhether MLNX_OFED already support OpenPower, or when we expect to support it
Hi Gents: Just a quick question about MLNX_OFED support plan for OpenPower.Now I can get PPC distribution for MLNX_OFED from Mellanox website but It should be for Big Endian or already support Open...
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Re: Cable Options (MCX354A-FCBT-LOW P)
Thanks for the advice. I think it may be possible to get to 56Gbps without a switch with a small change to the device firmware files:56 GbE over a ConnectX-3 VPI adapter In the end I managed to find...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.5 & IB Dual Port Card card showing just a sinlge vmnic
Hi Thanks I've uninstalled the VIBs and re-installed the MLNX-OFED-ESX-1.9.10.0-10EM-550.0.0.1331820.zip package. But the outcome is the same. However I'm wondering why just a single NIC/Adapter is...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.5 & IB Dual Port Card card showing just a sinlge vmnic
Is there a general difference between the two adapters I'm using? In regards to the mode and behavior of the card itself. esx2 - MT26418MHGH29-XTC esx3 - MT25418 MHGH28-XTC
View ArticleRe: Cable Options (MCX354A-FCBT-LOW P)
Hello, thanks for the info regarding 56Gb/s in a point to point connection.Using a switch, the switch will auto detect the capability of the NIC and cables,and switch to 56Gb/s if possible.This however...
View ArticleConnectX-2 EN and SR-IOV on ESXi 5.5
I've been using a number of ConnectX-2 EN cards between different ESXi 5.5 hosts and I know that the latest drivers state that SR-IOV is in beta and can be enabled by modifying the .ini in an oem...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.5 & IB Dual Port Card card showing just a sinlge vmnic
MLNX-OFED-ESX-1.9.10.0-10EM-550.0.0.1331820.zip isn't VPI driver but Ethernet Adapter only. MHGH29-XTC is QDR VPI HCA and MHGH28-XTC is DDR VPI HCA.Your all of HCAs are infiniband HCA therefore you...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.5 & IB Dual Port Card card showing just a sinlge vmnic
Hi Thank you very much. All I can find is the driver I've posted above and: IB OFED Driver for VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 Mellanox Products: Mellanox OFED Driver for VMware® ESXi Server Which seems to be...
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