I have two MCQH29-XDR mezzannie cards in different servers, that suddenly do...
I have two MCQH29-XDR mezzannine cards, in two different servers, that after a recent cold-boot, no longer appear in device manager. I get no link lights, and no response from any of the firmware tools...
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Also, as a followup, I have used the tool PCI-Z to examine the PCI-E bus directly, and compared with all the other servers, the only thing missing is the Mellanox card. It does not show up at all on...
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Re: установка OFED на Ubuntu 14.10 (проблемы с прошивкой сетевого адаптера)
root@ivan-X7DWT:~# root@ivan-X7DWT:~# root@ivan-X7DWT:~# lspci | grep Mellanox | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -i -r lspci -s {} -xxxvvv07:00.0 InfiniBand: Mellanox Technologies MT25204 [InfiniHost III Lx...
View ArticleRe: Omnios + RSF-1 + Inifiniband
Additional info. Have tested with ethernet, same setup, just using ethernet instead and it works perfect for failover. a few seconds with the datastore not contactable and then comes back online. Other...
View ArticleRe: Why has support for ConnecX-2 cards been discontinued in WinOF 4.90?
Same here, don't need more bandwidth than the x2, the cost of newer cards is too much, and when the price is low enough, looks like support will end soon on them so no point in buying them.I have a...
View ArticleRe: установка OFED на Ubuntu 14.10 (проблемы с прошивкой сетевого адаптера)
I'm sorry, there is no serial number in the output and I afraid it will be very difficult to figure out what type it is. Try to use other MFT tools versions available from Mellanox Technologies
View ArticleOpenStack Neutron ML2 w/ SR-IOV (VLAN): Can't ping VM IP
Hello, I'm trying OpenStack Icehouse ML2 w/ SR-IOV (VLAN) on CentOS7 and ConnectX-3 cards (40gE): (1) Mellanox-Neutron-Icehouse-Redhat-Ethernet - OpenStack (2) Nova-neutron-sriov - OpenStack(3)...
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Re: Omnios + RSF-1 + Inifiniband
I assume the failover is triggered by ARP calls by RSF?, this would explain by ethernet works as expected. If this is the case, i am not sure if a solution exists. You may need to investigate a...
View ArticleRe: Omnios + RSF-1 + Inifiniband
Hi, Thanks for replying. Its not from what i understand, and if it was, then I would think it would still function, the communication for RSF-1 is over ethernet. The storage network is using...
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I remember coming across this exact problem a long time ago setting up a similar config. I went back through some old correspondence and indeed found that it was ARP requests not being honoured by the...
View ArticleRe: I have two MCQH29-XDR mezzannie cards in different servers, that suddenly...
Hi Will, what is the OS you are using? (Win, Linux, version). which driver and version are you using? have you done any OS upgrades recently?
View ArticleRe: MLNX_OFED_LINUX-2.4-1.0.4 - test problems
In this particular use-case, when testing with pertest tools with lowest to highest message size, users should put -a flag on both the sender and receiver.
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Re: I have two MCQH29-XDR mezzannie cards in different servers, that suddenly...
Great Questions!OS is Windows 2012 R2Drivers are WinOF 4.9Firmware was a custom burn version above 2_9_1000, that was working initially. 2.10.720 I believe. I have two MHQH19B-XTR's at the same...
View ArticleMellanox ConnectX-3 Ethernet Card.
Hi, I am currenly working on mellanox ConnectX-3 ethernet card. I found some tools like mlnx_qos, mlnx_qcn, and mlnx_perf but not aware about how to test it. I wanted to know more about the features...
View ArticleRe: Mellanox ConnectX-3 Ethernet Card.
Go to the Mellanox documentation server. https://mymellanox.force.comand there to /support/VF_SerialSearchEnter a valid serial number of one of your cards, then search for MLNX_QOS to find...
View ArticleRe: Omnios + RSF-1 + Inifiniband
David I assume you have dual port IB cards. You should:- connect the IB card with both switches- define per subnet a pkey (we have default and 4 pkeys from 60 to 63)Example for partition.conf:#...
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Re: Mellanox ConnectX-3 Ethernet Card.
Hi,1. I suggest you start with the MLNX_OFED or MLNX_EN User Manual located on Mellanox web. Mellanox Products: Mellanox OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution for Linux (MLNX_OFED) 2. I suggest you also...
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Re: I have two MCQH29-XDR mezzannie cards in different servers, that suddenly...
Hi Will, it does sound like a bad card or a a bad slot to me, I believe that in live fish mode the card should be identified in Device manager, and also with MFT only as "SDR" or "Recovery Mode" Here's...
View ArticleRe: Designing for high availability
Hi, If you're planning to use GPFS over RDMA you'll most likely have to use IPoIB as the upper layer interface. IPoIB can use the standard linux bonding driver with an active/passive configuration, as...
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I'am familiar with Infiniband, GPFS and RDMA is a single switch environment. This is straightforward and you can define your IPoIB interfaces as bond to fail over when individual links fail. I have...
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