Re: Suggestions for *quiet* Infiniband switch?
I got some pricing from my local Mellanox rep on the 6005 and 6012 a few weeks ago. MSRP SX6005: $6652MSRP SX6012: $9022 Online Street price is normally 60% of that.
View ArticleRe: Using ConnectX-2 VPI adapters for network workstation with 2 nodes.
It is going into a spare room I have in the house near the garage. I was actually planning on purchasing a noise dampening enclosure.
View ArticleRe: Using ConnectX-2 VPI adapters for network workstation with 2 nodes.
Thanks for the warning. Judging from the posts the IS5023 doesn't have that problem.
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Re: Using ConnectX-2 VPI adapters for network workstation with 2 nodes.
1. So SATA2 won't be a bottleneck, I thought that it would be. I will remember that.2. About the 10Base-T NIC; I was only going to use it to network to my 2 HP Workstations running windows via Samba....
View ArticleRe: 40GbE optimization and bandwidth testing
Hmm Strange.have you tried turning TCP offload on the driver to OFF. that used to make some difference for me with 20Gb cards using Ethernet. they used to achieve 1800MB/s so you should get up to...
View ArticleRe: When can we expect the OpenStack Cinder iSER patch for Grizzly
Seems to be unlikely for Grizzly. More likely Havana. https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24017/← abandoned from inactivity in March. Needs to be reopened/restored/resubmitted. Some further info here in...
View ArticleRe: 40GbE optimization and bandwidth testing
Thanks, Bmac! My Mellanox card isn't IPoIB though. It's an actual 40Gbps Ethernet HCA. I'm sure the silicone is the same as the IB cards but it's hard-wired to function as a pure Ethernet controller...
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have you tried turning TCP offload on the driver to OFF. No, I'll give that a try.But considering your connecting via windows mapped network, which uses CIFS, then thats your problem right there. CIFS...
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Re: sx1036 as IB-to IP gateway
so, the answer is: with the right cables (40G to 4X10G) you can do that.with 1036 you can get to up to 64 10GE ports. work with this: as far as the above relationship with gateway functionality, at...
View ArticleRe: MHGH28-XTC firmware 2.9.1000 non-functional with ESXi 5.1?
So.... (you are not going to like my answer ) - who ever i spoke with told me that for IB they stopped supporting ConnectX (revision 1). ConnectX2 and 3 are fully supported. sorry i don't have more...
View ArticleRe: Confusion with Packet and Byte counters for RoCE over ConnectX-3
currently whatever that is reported by ethtool (for standard Eth interface) is probably available.
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Hi Yairi, I am not sure I know what you mean... ethtool does not reports counters for packets that have been sent or received via RDMA. thanks,Dan
View ArticleRe: Confusion with Packet and Byte counters for RoCE over ConnectX-3
you are correct. those are not going to know how many RoCE and how many other counters.ethtool -S <ifname> will provide you with bytes, packets for Rx and Tx data. for Infiniband case, things are...
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Re: MHGH28-XTC firmware 2.9.1000 non-functional with ESXi 5.1?
Thanks Yair Ifergan It's no stress. Honest and direct answers are the best. Keep doing it. Firmware up to 2.7.x works, so that'll just be the tradeoff people using ESX 5.x will need to work with.
View ArticleMHGH28-XTC - Unable to update to 2.9.1000 from 2.7.0
Hello all, I have 4 of the MHGH28-XTC cards but I am unable to upgrade the firmware on one of them to 2.9.1000. I get this error when I try to burn the firmware: -E- Image burn Failed: Flash access...
View ArticleRe: Suggestions for *quiet* Infiniband switch?
Either there's different F-X430046 floating around or you have a odd definition of silent.The one I got here runs constant 100% fan even at 18C ambient. Quite audible over a stock Norco 4224 from one...
View ArticleRe: Suggestions for *quiet* Infiniband switch?
artforz - Super glad you mentioned that. Both that model Flextronic switch and the 9024D ones are similarly priced on eBay, with the Flextronic ones being a tad cheaper. The 9024D ones can (from this...
View ArticleRe: MHGH28-XTC - Unable to update to 2.9.1000 from 2.7.0
Looking at the firmware_fail.txt file, it seems to be complaining about write access to the flash. Is there any chance it's something simple like not running the command from an Admin mode command...
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Where can we download the Quagga (OpenEthernet) source code?
From the press release, Mellanox is open sourcing it's "Quagga" OpenEthernet code: http://www.mellanox.com/page/press_release_item?id=1016 Which license does it use, and where can we download it to...
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