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Re: My connectx-3 is linked pcie1.1!
try to see whether the card seats on the correct slot. not all PCI slots are gen-2 support. not all slots are the same. some are gen-1, other are gen-2. some are x8 and other x16 - you want to pickup...
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Thx to your kinness! again! but that's not physical slot problem. my server using riser card(support fully pcie2.0) and without riser card. my mellanox card works still pcie1.1.. add new info. windows...
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Mellanox ConnectX-2 and diagnostics tools under Windows
Hello ! We have a overheat issue in one of our Supermicro blade where a Mellanox ConnectX-2 adapter is installed.We are trying to find out if the mellanox adapter is the source of the heat. FYI ,...
View ArticleCounters per VF?
Hello, I just found that one can read the counters per port per interface at the following locations: /sys/class/infiniband/mlx4_X/ports/*/counters/*/sys/class/infiniband/mlx4_X/ports/*/counters_ext/*...
View ArticleRe: Some weird timestamp format?
Hi Andrey, Can you suggest what is the platform you're using ? OS, kernel what driver version / ConnectX-3 FW version ?
View ArticleRe: Error /hca_self_test.ofed: line 165: [: too many arguments
Hi All, Just wanted to drop by and mention again that this script simply queries basic configuration from the server. you can simply run basic IB commands like ibstat to query the physical / logical...
View ArticleRe: Issues with OFED 2.2.1 driver update
Hi John, a couple of questions, First, is PFC enabled on the interface but not on a switch ? if yes, can you disable it and try to load the driver again ?if that doesnt work I recommend uninstalling...
View ArticleRe: OpenSM service won't start
Hi, As you probably know, OpenSM on windows is still in beta stages,which means we the general recommendation is to use the SM on a switch in a windows environment. Regardless, what FW and driver is...
View ArticleRe: Mellanox Infiniband ConnectX-2 VPI interfaces not populating in ESXi 5.5u1
More info: ~ # cat /var/log/vmkernel.log | grep -i mlx2014-08-27T12:41:04.180Z cpu0:32768)VisorFSTar: 1960: net_mlx4.v00 for 0x5bd2b bytes2014-08-27T12:41:04.180Z cpu0:32768)VisorFSTar: 1960:...
View ArticleRe: Some weird timestamp format?
CentOS 6.5 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64mlx4-en 2.2-1.0.0 and 2.2-1.0.1 both reproduce thisfirmware version 2.31.5050
View ArticleRe: Error /hca_self_test.ofed: line 165: [: too many arguments
In the end, we found out that this customer - without my knowledge - had actually bumped up their kernel with errata updates via the Red Hat Network. Once we reconfigured OFED and built a custom ISO,...
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Re: Mellanox Infiniband ConnectX-2 VPI interfaces not populating in ESXi 5.5u1
Disable "above 4G decoding" in the system BIOS and the adapter will register correctly.
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Re: Mellanox Infiniband ConnectX-2 VPI interfaces not populating in ESXi 5.5u1
Good news...:)I was in vacation in last week.I'm also install ethernet driver on my VPI system and did a simple test to connect to my 10Gb DCBX ethernet switch via Mellanox QSA converter. All of test...
View ArticleRe: Mellanox Infiniband ConnectX-2 VPI interfaces not populating in ESXi 5.5u1
It was such a simple thing, but it prevented the adapter from working in ESXi (other operating systems were fine). Apparently this a known issue with VMWare and has no resolution.That is why Supermicro...
View ArticleRe: Mellanox Infiniband ConnectX-2 VPI interfaces not populating in ESXi 5.5u1
I'm also SuperMicro system.All system based on X8DTN+-FLR.What's your Mobo's model?
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Re: Mellanox Infiniband ConnectX-2 VPI interfaces not populating in ESXi 5.5u1
Primary we use X8DTT-H for our cluster systems, but the new system is a X9DRi-LN4F+. We wanted a dedicated email server that would be able vMotion with a twin for maintenance. The above 4G decoding...
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May I ask where you got> I have installed Mellanox OFED drivers (MLNX-OFED-ESX-1.9.10.0-10EM-550.0.0.1331820)from? I can only find 1.8.2.4 on the official website.
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