Re: Is support for IB Dump available in OFA OFED?
Hi Samer Thanks for clarifying! Need some more understanding about your statement "theoretically it can work with inbox driver" also, which driver are you referring to as the inbox driver? Further, I...
View ArticleRe: Questions about IS5031 IB switch licenses and cards
Ok, last reply on this topic. It's not 100% solved, but it's better. See above for how to upgrade the firmware for the IS5031/IS5030. That's easy and solved. The speed issues are a separate problem: I...
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Re: Questions about IS5031 IB switch licenses and cards
Progress! I contacted Mellanox support through their support website. Very fast response. If your switch was sold after 2012, it should have the FabricIT/Subnet Manager license on the underside of the...
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Re: ConnectX-2 EN and SR-IOV on ESXi 5.5
Hello.How can I enable SRIOV on ConnectX-2 adapters on Centos 7? I'm trying MFT packages 3.6 - 4.8 versions but got errors [root@kvm ~]# mlxconfig -d /dev/mst/mt26448_pciconf0 qDevice #1:----------...
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ConnectX3 10g PCIe performance on Linux Debian 9 Guest, Windows 10 Host
I want to create a local 10g connection between my primary workstation (Windows 10 host Debian 9 guest) and a local native Debian 9 distributed build server. Since Mellanox ConnectX3 cards are now...
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Re: Main adapter information in Windows by CLI
Thank you T Hunter I got an additional tips from the support and chose to use - mlxburn to get read only section parameters and - ibv_devinfo to get fw versionHere is the output I got: VPD-KEYWORD...
View ArticleRe: Is support for IB Dump available in OFA OFED?
Hi, "theoretically it can work with inbox driver" , means it wasn't tested and certified by Mellanox , We cannot guarantee full functionality of the tool on untested driver.You can try and check if it...
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Re: ConnectX3 10g PCIe performance on Linux Debian 9 Guest, Windows 10 Host
I forgot that Virtualbox only presents generic interfaces to its guests (and doesn't support any 10g interfaces per se), so the mellanox drivers will only work for me, as I intend to use the hardware,...
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Re: ConnectX-4 Lx on FreeBSD 11.1 Simplified install
did you manage to compile with bmake and activate ISER on freebsd? That pdf document is old and not applicable for freebsd11-stable. What tool do I need to configure target on freebsd with ISER?thnx
View ArticleUbuntu Connected mode not working
Hello I have Connectx-4 VPI (2 port) , I install OFED for Ubuntu and I would like to change port to Connected mode, I done changes in interface file but when I restarted I get : ib1: Setting Connected...
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mlxconfig set fails with "-E- Parameter ' value is smaller than minimum...
Hi Mellanox community, I have problems setting the NUM_OF_VFS on my ConnectX-4 Ethernet adapter (MCX416A-BCAT). I want to use mlxconfig to set NUM_OF_VFS, but regardless if I try it under ESXi 6.5...
View ArticleRe: Any experience of Meltdown/Spectre patches impact on Mellanox OFED?...
HI,Maybe it will help to your question: Mellanox Mitigates Meltdown Mess, Stops Spectre Security Slowdown | Mellanox Technologies Blog Mellanox Technologies...
View ArticleRe: Any experience of Meltdown/Spectre patches impact on Mellanox OFED?...
Hi Thanks for pointing out these papers, unfortunately the seems to be written by someone in the marketing department rather than a technologist. There is some sever confusion over what TCP...
View ArticleRe: Freebsd 11.1 ConnectX-4 VPI
Hi MarcDoes this solve the directory reference problems like "linux/errno.h" ? Because if you pass this problem others come in the line. I think mellanox driver instructions on github page is...
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Re: Freebsd 11.1 ConnectX-4 VPI
Hi, No, it doesn't solve the build error.The build error is related to the mellanox driver sources that you got from git.What i explained compiles the native driver provided with FreeBSD 11.1For now,...
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Re: Freebsd 11.1 ConnectX-4 VPI
HiSo I should skip mellanox driver sources on github.What do you mean by inbox drivers? Freebsd11.1 supports rdma-iser for both target and initiator?thnx
View ArticleRe: Unable to capture outgoing packets with ibdump
The modprobe line in the answer is missing the "options" keyword. Should be -/etc/modprobe.d/mlnx.conf:options mlx4_core log_num_mgm_entry_size=-1
View ArticleRe: Unable to capture outgoing packets with ibdump
Erez, Is it possible to use ibdump inside a VM with a ConnectX-3 SR-IOV VF based device passed through? Doesn't seem to be working for us: [root@hc13 ~]# ethtool -i mlx0driver: mlx4_enversion:...
View ArticleConnectX-4 vs ConnectX-5 for NFV purposes
Looking at the specs of ConnectX-4 and ConnectX-5, it looks like the 5 is more suitable for NFV/DPDK environments. " Together with native RDMA and RoCE support, ConnectX-5 dramatically improves Cloud...
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Re: Any experience of Meltdown/Spectre patches impact on Mellanox OFED?...
HiI know team working on it.But up to now it steel not public share.
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