Re: Mellanox Voltaire 4036 VLT-3011s way to reflash OS / reset password
I am not sure what this red LED is. don't think i can tell. things could be blinking inside but it's been a while since last i opened such box.as for the PSU - as far as i remember, it has few LEDs....
View ArticleHow should I use the ipoibd daemon from Mellanox Openstack Havana repo with...
Hi all,I'm trying to set up Mellanox-Neutron-Havana-Redhat on OpenStack RDO using SR-IOV. I have sucessfully set up the Nova Compute hosts with openstack-neutron-mellanox, eswitchd and mlnxvif driver....
View ArticleSR-IOV for Windows Hyper-V 2012R2
Hi, Has anyone had any success with enabling SR-IOV on the ConnectX-3 VPI ( in Ethernet mode) via the latest Mellanox WinOFED 4.60 ? Following the guide by microsoft for the same, however the VM seems...
View ArticleRe: How should I use the ipoibd daemon from Mellanox Openstack Havana repo...
Hi Ale, I found a possible reason for the bug, checking the fix now, will update you soon. Thanks, Erez
View ArticleRe: How should I use the ipoibd daemon from Mellanox Openstack Havana repo...
Hi Erez,good news! thanksale
View ArticleRe: Factory Reset Voltaire ISR9024m without console access?
Yairi, that is the wrong answer. I actually was sent a console cable "construction" sheet by mellanox, which states that you are to cross pins 2 & 3 for TX/RX and pin5 is used for ground. In my...
View ArticleInstalling MOFED 2.1 on selected path
Hello,I am installing the latest MOFED 2.1. and I am trying to see if it is possible to install it under a non-default prefix (say under /opt). Ther stock OFED allows this by the -prefix (IIRW) option....
View ArticleHow to set IPoIB interface MTU in VmWare 5.5
Hello, I do have a problem setting the IPoIB interface MTU in VmWare 5.5 using the 1.8.2 drivers. The adaptors i use are MCX354A-FCBT (dual-port IB/VPI adaptors - ConnectX3). They have been flashed...
View ArticleRe: How to set IPoIB interface MTU in VmWare 5.5
Hi!Your procedure was correct!And there is plus 1 step!That's a IB Partition configuration.If you complete partition configuration restart SM then you can configura vSwitch MTU to 4092 bytes.
View ArticleRe: How to set IPoIB interface MTU in VmWare 5.5
Hi there,Changes in the MTU size for an IPoIB pkey can be tricky. Its always possible to decrease, but increasing might not.The first device connected will set the MTU size for the broadcast domain....
View ArticleRe: How to set IPoIB interface MTU in VmWare 5.5
Thanks for that info... It might be this case... I'll try this approach today.. One more question: can the required partition be the default one? FFFF in my case? In my current config I did set the...
View ArticleRe: How to set IPoIB interface MTU in VmWare 5.5
I guess you can use default pkey ffff. although in my setup we’ve used another one, matching the IB-p_key value with a corresponding VLAN id on the switch.Good luck!
View ArticleRe: How to set IPoIB interface MTU in VmWare 5.5
Hi!Here is my PERSONAL LAB's configuration. You must configure your ESXi host, too! - I think you miss the default configuration value of Mellanox vSphere OFED 1.8.2. Here is sample script. esxcli...
View ArticleRe: Is Firmware for Voltaire EX400 Available from Mellanox ?
Some things for you to know:-1. You can flash your voltaire with the mellanox firmware, I can't remember the switch, but if you pull up the flint manual it will tell you. I've done that with IBM...
View ArticleInstallation of 4.60 fails in german version of 2008R2x64
Hi all I tried to install in a VSphere 5.5 based the package MLNX_VPI_WinOF-4_60_All_win2008R2_x64 in a german version of Windows Server 2008 R2 x64. The IB card used is a MHQH29C-XTR with firmware...
View ArticleRe: MAC shown incorrectly in OFED 2.1? How to fix?
Hi Skoerner, ifconfig is obsolete according to Red Hat, also it shows the followng message when running it when IPoIB interfaces exists: Ifconfig uses the ioctl access method to get the full address...
View ArticleRe: MCQH29-XDR Parts Question
For anyone interested, I built my own brackets.Here is how.Open Office document with pictures, about 8 MB. http://downloads.profittools.net:8000/STowle/C6100Brackets.odt Regards,S_Towle
View ArticleError messages from MLNX_OFED_LINUX-2.0-3.0.0 driver?
My current setting is:Host: CentOS 6.4Mellanox Driver: MLNX_OFED_LINUX-2.0-3.0.0-rhel6.4-x86_64 with SRIOV enabledVirtualization: KVMMellanox Card: ConnectX-3 EN So far so good for last 2 months, I...
View Articlewrite throughput for SRP vs. local mount?
Does anyone have an idea what theoretical max write throughput for a disk accessed via SRP vs. the same disk accessed locally? If I have a Samsung 840 SSD mounted locally, I get reliable write...
View ArticleRe: write throughput for SRP vs. local mount?
Hi!SRP target aims shared block storage.If you want compare simple storage throughput, I think SMB Direct is more good choice.
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