Hi Xavier, On 10/2/2012 8:59 PM, Xavier Guérin wrote: > Hi list, > > I am afraid I am stuck with a very stupid problem, and I am at my wit's ends. > > I am deploying a set a blades loaded with ConnectX-3 VPI adapters. The > blades run under RHEL 6.3 and the connectors are driven using the > MLNX_OFED 1.5.3.3 stack.
> When the ports are configured in IB (default), the physical state of > the ports is POLLING, which is expected since the adapters are > connected with Ethernet wires and switches: > > $ ibstat > CA 'mlx4_0' > CA type: MT4099 > Number of ports: 2 > Firmware version: 2.10.2322 > Hardware version: 0 > Node GUID: 0x0002c90300f31160 > System image GUID: 0x0002c90300f31163 > Port 1: > State: Down > Physical state: Polling > Rate: 40 > Base lid: 0 > LMC: 0 > SM lid: 0 > Capability mask: 0x02514868 > Port GUID: 0x0002c90300f31161 > Link layer: InfiniBand > Port 2: > State: Down > Physical state: Polling > Rate: 40 > Base lid: 0 > LMC: 0 > SM lid: 0 > Capability mask: 0x02514868 > Port GUID: 0x0002c90300f31162 > Link layer: InfiniBand > > But when I enable the ports as ETH, the physical state shows up as DISABLED: > > $ ibstat > CA 'mlx4_0' > CA type: MT4099 > Number of ports: 2 > Firmware version: 2.10.2322 > Hardware version: 0 > Node GUID: 0x0002c90300f31160 > System image GUID: 0x0002c90300f31163 > Port 1: > State: Down > Physical state: Disabled > Rate: 40 > Base lid: 0 > LMC: 0 > SM lid: 0 > Capability mask: 0x00010000 > Port GUID: 0x0202c9fffef31160 > Link layer: Ethernet > Port 2: > State: Down > Physical state: Disabled > Rate: 40 > Base lid: 0 > LMC: 0 > SM lid: 0 > Capability mask: 0x00010000 > Port GUID: 0x0202c9fffef31161 > Link layer: Ethernet ibstat is showing an RDMA device's IB state and IB physical state. A VPI port shows up as down/disabled when it's in ethernet mode. > Besides, ibportstate fails opening the port in ETH mode: > > $ ibportstate -C mlx4_0 -L 0 -P 1 q ibportstate will only work with IB ports so it can't open port in ethernet mode. -- Hal > Finally, if that helps, when set in auto mode, the port configuration > stick with IB. > > I went through any possible user guide without help. Any clue about > what I am doing wrong? > > Thanks, > Xavier > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in > the body of a message to [email protected] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
