Firmware upgrade for ConnectX-2
Hello,in three computers I have three dual port 10 Gb NICs ConnectX-2. I would like to upgrade their firmwares. I followed instruction how to identify correct adapter on:...
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Hi Rick, According to the PSID it's an IBM OEM card, so you can download the fw to it from: http://www.mellanox.com/page/firmware_table_IBM_Intelligent_Clusters regarding the 2nd question, no need to...
View ArticleRe: Some questions about mlx_core and mlx_ib parameter.
For #2, you can change back the mtu to 2K from 4K with using the below command for each physical port: echo "2048" > /sys/class/net/ib0/device/mlx4_port1_mtu
View ArticleRe: Firmware upgrade for ConnectX-2
Thank you very much for your fast reply. I updated the firmware without any problem. I found that other two cards are HP branded. I put into Google: HP_0CD0210010 and HP_0CD0210010 and I found that it...
View ArticleRe: The latest UFM version is 4.0? do we have plan for next release?
Many thanks.#1. When 4.9.0 will be released? the latest version is 4.8 in below link. http://support.mellanox.com/SupportWeb/software_products/fm_products/ufm/manualswe get the Release Notes ,Quick...
View Articlemlxfwmanager --query returns 'failed to open device'
When going through the process to update firmware on a Mellanox IB card, running the 'mlxfwmanager --query' command, we get a 'Failed to open device' error.What is the cause of this error?Can it be...
View ArticleRe: GPUDirect RDMA on ConnectX-2?
GPUDirect RDMA is supported on ConnectX-3 and later adapters.Support for GPUDirect capabilities (non-GPUDirect RDMA); are supported inherently by the drivers in OFED, Mellanox OFED as well as the...
View ArticleConnect problems with ISR 9024 switch
I have a small test lab with 4 Windows 2012 servers and a Citrix Xenserver all system have Connect X2 VPI cards (MHQH19B-XTR) or embedded on MB. Node to node work fine using IPoIB on private subnet...
View ArticleMellanox IS5030 - Broken Firmware
Hi,I was attempting to update firmware on a IS5030 Mellanox IB switch. I mistakenly loaded fw-IS4-rel-7_4_3000-MIS5025Q_A1-A3.bin which is for the unmanaged switch. However to demonstrate my...
View ArticleRe: Re: fan speed on IS5023
Hello,Well, I managed to get the firmware updated and switch reset. A second attempt to update the firmware confirmed that the first attempt was successful. My IS5023 is still going full blast on fans...
View ArticleRe: mlxfwmanager --query returns 'failed to open device'
Hello,Do you have MFT installed and started ? "mst start" if you're running for example : "flint -d /dev/mst/mt4099_pciconf0 q" what do you get ?
View ArticleRe: 40Gbe with QSA
Hi,QSA reduced the port speed from 40GbE to 10GbE.There is no problem to connect LR module to the QSA for long reach in any of the ports Note: the LR4 module is used for QSFP ports and not for SFP...
View Article40Gbe with QSA
Hi, If I split a 40Gbe port with a QSA any issues then using 10Gbe SFP+ optics for 300m or using the LR4 optics with Ethernet (new latest code I know) ? I've just never tested it - I would expect it to...
View ArticleRe: The latest UFM version is 4.0? do we have plan for next release?
Hi,UFM 4.9.0 is already out. usually customers can get it with their dedicated credentials from this link : http://license1.mellanox.com/LMManage/login.aspx Documentation including SDK is there as...
View ArticleNeutron ML2: VM instances do not get IP via DHCP
Hi All, I am trying icehouse. I followed the openstack and mellanox documentation to successfully bring up my own setup. I created Ethernet SR-IOV instances on compute node by following the steps in...
View ArticleIcehouse: Query on mellanox neutron ml2 driver for SR-IOV
Hi, I followed the steps at following link to configure my controller and compute nodes for networking using mellanox neutron ml2...
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 ArticleTrying to "rate limit" a VF in SR-IOV enabled Mellanox ConnectX-3 HCA
I get an "Operation not supported" message when I try to rate limit a VF, see below: # ip link set eth4 down# ip link set eth2 vf 1 rate 1000RTNETLINK answers: Operation not supported# ip link set...
View ArticleNeed help on openstack mellanox quantum plugin
Hi there! I have setup a compute node with openstack networking enabled by the mellanox neutron plugin on RH6.4. I have enabled SR-IOV and created 4 VFs. They all show up in ifconfig. I tried creating...
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