05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27500 Family [ConnectX-3]
Subsystem: Mellanox Technologies Device 0049
both ports are in ETH mode, however changing to ib mode fails with this error
ConnectX PCI devices :
|----------------------------|
| 1 0000:05:00.0 |
|----------------------------|
Before port change:
eth
eth
|----------------------------|
| Possible port modes: |
| 1: Infiniband |
| 2: Ethernet |
| 3: AutoSense |
|----------------------------|
Select mode for port 1 (1,2,3): 1
Select mode for port 2 (1,2,3): 1
WARNING: Illegal port configuration attempted,
Please view dmesg for details.
my dmesg output is as follows:
mlx4_core 0000:05:00.0: Only same port types supported on this HCA, aborting.
mlx4_core 0000:05:00.0: Only same port types supported on this HCA, aborting.
mlx4_core 0000:05:00.0: Requested port type for port 1 is not supported on this HCA
mlx4_core 0000:05:00.0: Requested port type for port 1 is not supported on this HCA
this is despite having selected infiniband for both ports. firmware is as follows:
CA 'mlx4_0'
CA type: MT4099
Number of ports: 2
Firmware version: 2.30.3000
Hardware version: 1
Node GUID: 0x0002c90300242ce0
System image GUID: 0x0002c90300242ce0