vSphere ESXi VLANs
Hi, I am trying to set up an Infiniband network to support 10Gbps IPoIB for my vSphere 6 environment. I have 2 ESXi 6.0.0 hosts with the OFED 2.3.3.1 installed each with a Voltaire 500 EX-D dual port...
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Re: How to enable SR-IOV in MCB194A-FCAT (Connect-IB)
Thank you very much, it works like a charm.
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Re: ibquery errrors and ipoib crash issue
Hi Shaun, It worth a try to use supported combination of the software published in MOFED User Manual and start with using the same HCA and FW level. Using unsupported OS and mixing CX-2 and CX-3 can...
View ArticleRe: SX1012 noise
There are no debris and there is no unusual noise (no rattling, etc). Just the sound of 40mm fans running at 10k+ rpm. At least 50db each. The main/only problem seems to be the fan itself which is of...
View ArticleRe: ConnectX-2 Firmware / Performance?
Firmware 2.9.1xxx is the latest/last available ConnectX-2 firmware.Firmware 2.10.xxx is for ConnectX-3 adapters.Proper SMB functionality/support requires ConnectX-3 adapters.In general there was some...
View ArticleRe: vSphere ESXi VLANs
I see here few issues:1. Version 2.3.3.1 explicitly doesn’t support ESX 6.0, it supports ESX 5.5 only.2. IPoIB multicast on 2.3.3.1 (assuming you will move to ESX 5.5) use DMFS (flow steering) by...
View ArticleRe: sx1012 link issue
Situation: Link is not UP on each end, when port speed is 40G Ethernet.Two SX1012 switches connected by ~2500 meters of single mode fiber. Transcievers are QSFP+ LR4 40GE OPNEXT....
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Re: Learning about Infiniband switches - Advice Please
Charles, How is your Ceph Cluster project going? I am getting one Flextronics F-X430066 8-Port 4X SDR InfiniBand External Switch that is arriving in two days time. Which adapter card did you decide...
View ArticleRe: Mellanox FDR14 active optical cable + Mellanox 5035 QDR switch = so many...
Hi , is this still relevant?
View ArticleRe: mlnx-en systemd debian 8 issue
Im also seeing this once i start networking: [38909.150418] mlx4_en: eth2: frag:0 - size:1522 prefix:0 stride:1536[38911.720791] mlx4_en: eth3: frag:0 - size:1522 prefix:0 stride:1536
View ArticleRe: Mellanox FDR14 active optical cable + Mellanox 5035 QDR switch = so many...
I'm give it up to using FDR14 optical cables.on QDR switch ...:)
View ArticleRe: ConnectX-2 Firmware / Performance?
If there is a firmware problem - not hardware fault - you can recover firmware in recovery mode via jumper that on your HCA...:)
View Articleethtool -S NIC- and driver-specific statistics
Dear All,Could you please point me to a good document helping to understand the "ethtool -S" output. Which numbers would indicate a problem? Thank you,Aleksandr [root@npectlsqpwfh16...
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Hi,Check this, Counters Troubleshooting for Linux Driver I hope it will help. Ophir.
View ArticleRe: ethtool -S NIC- and driver-specific statistics
Ophir,Thank you! This is great information! Very useful!I was looking at errors ( ifconfig | grep err ), saw "0" and thought that there was nothing to worry about on the NIC level! I have lost 37...
View ArticleRe: Extremely slow ethernet speed with ConnectX VPI card in EN mode.
Did you get these fully working? I'm actually trying to get them to work right with Proxmox 4 (Debian 8.2).
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MCX312A-XCBT ConnectXR-3 card with Mellanox SFP module 1 Gb Ethernet
Have MCX312A-XCBT ConnectXR-3 card with Mellanox SFP module 1 Gb Ethernet connectedtoCiscoSwitch FastEthernet port. The problem is this:whenthe link lossbetweenSFPmodule andCisco Switch,OSWindowsdoes...
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Re: ethtool -S NIC- and driver-specific statistics
Can you check your setup? see here from the OFED manual. Ophir.
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