Re: SR-IOV on ESXi 5.1
Hi vanceitc,Please contact Mellanox support for roadmap and availability. I don't have this information.I suggest to use option #b, until we have #c ready for public usage.
View ArticleRe: Suggestions for *quiet* Infiniband switch?
I just bought the 9024D the fan that it comes with has a normal and turbo mode. Normal is 50% and turbo is full. This switch is also designed to run fanless so I removed the fan module and it runs very...
View ArticleRe: Benchmarks - Your help is requested.
Seems you and I are going to have fun beating up things . I'm in.
View ArticleRe: Suggestions for *quiet* Infiniband switch?
Thanks, good to know. Note - wish it was possible to mark more than one answer as correct. Several correct answers in here now.
View ArticleRe: Feasibility of using Connect_X3 in HP SL230c
Let me see if I can help you here: a) Is any of the Connect_X3 cards low Profile enough to fit and work in HP SL230c servers?Yes, see next note from HP websiteb) If yes, is it the single 1G/10G/40G, or...
View ArticleRe: Feasibility of using Connect_X3 in HP SL230c
One more thing, we do have this document that has some performance and configuration information: http://www.mellanox.com/related-docs/whitepapers/wp_mellanox_openstack_solution.pdf
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Re: SX1016 trunked to a Brocade SX800
Rob,In general Untagged traffic is mapped to default vlan. My personal best practice rule is to keep all uplink ports as tagged and server ports as hybrid. Is there a reason you are using hybrid ports...
View ArticleRe: SX1016 trunked to a Brocade SX800
Hi Anand, Yes. I agree with you 100% on that one. At the moment we are using the default vlan for specific switch traffic but the plan is to move this out to a vlan. Currently the switch is connected...
View ArticleRe: SX1016 trunked to a Brocade SX800
If your server sends untagged traffic, then it will be mapped to default vlan. Where is your server connected and is it sending tagged traffic? Anand
View ArticleConfusion with Packet and Byte counters for RoCE over CX3
We are using RoCE over a CX3 (RHEL 6.4) driver: mlx4_enversion: 2.1 (Apr 3 2013)firmware-version: 2.11.500 We are confused by the RoCE packet and byte counters. Eg, cat...
View ArticleRe: SX1016 trunked to a Brocade SX800
Hi Anand, The servers i have attached to this switch are quad node chassis. The uplinks are using connect-x 2 adapters. The servers are running hyper-v. The connect-x 2 is configured as a vswitch with...
View ArticleRe: Suggestions for *quiet* Infiniband switch?
Since you're shopping for deprecated gear and warranty isn't an issue, you can try swapping the fans out for quieter ones. My Topspin 90 uses standard fans with a custom connector which can be taken...
View ArticleRe: Confusion with Packet and Byte counters for RoCE over CX3
The man page for perfquery states that only the data counters are divided by 4. It doesn't say anything about packets counters.Note: In PortCounters, PortCountersExtended, PortXmitDataSL, and...
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Re: Confusion with Packet and Byte counters for RoCE over CX3
Thank you for the confirmation that the byte counters are a factor of 4. I suspect you are right about the packet counters as well... I will double check. It's too bad "perfquery" doesn't work in a...
View ArticleIs it possible to mount and boot from a SRP or iSER target ?.
Hi, I am looking at running diskless machines with infiniband connectivity (SRP or iSER). I wish to use CentOS and would like to boot from either a SRP or iSER target rather than have a local disk,...
View ArticleRe: SX1016 trunked to a Brocade SX800
Hi Yairi, We have just purchased silver support from colfax for this switch and are currently waiting on login details for the mellanox support website. Regards, Rob
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Re: SX1016 trunked to a Brocade SX800
For those watching this thread. I believe i'm closer to sorting out what the problem is. What we are seeing is a type of Q in Q . I'm starting to think that this switch has some network virtualization...
View ArticleMLNX fails to install RPMS Centos 6.3
I have a brand new Dell system with M620 nodes and infinitband network, and is trying to set them up. When trying to run the install script it fails right after mvapich_gcc rpm has been installed, with...
View ArticleRe: MLNX fails to install RPMS Centos 6.3
Hi Coiter, Please look at the /tmp folder, the OFED installation logs should be there at a directory with the following syntax OFED.xxxxx.logs where xxxxx is a random number,for example:OFED.22033.logs...
View ArticleRe: MLNX fails to install RPMS Centos 6.3
You are absolutly right, it was the libgfortran that stopped the process, and the install now finished as it should.
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