Hi mi, it was hard coded to pick the first card if more than one was available, this was done to keep things simple, I can add the logic to poll all active cards and send you a patch, but this won't be configurable yet. We are discussing how to best handle these situations in a configurable manner right now On Mar 13, 2012 3:45 PM, "Mi Zhou" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > We are setting up pvfs2 server with orangefs-2.8.5. We have 2 IB cards > in the system, but one of them is not active. When I tried to start up > pvfs2 server, it complains about the card that is not active, and the > server won't start up. Here is the log > > [D 03/13/2012 15:28:41] Passing ib://pvfs03:3335 as BMI listen address. > [D 03/13/2012 15:28:41] BMI_ib_initialize: init. > [D 03/13/2012 15:28:41] openib_ib_initialize: init. > [E 03/13/2012 15:28:41] Warning: get_nic_handle: found 2 HCAs, choosing > the first. > [E 03/13/2012 15:28:41] Error: openib_ib_initialize: port state is > IBV_PORT_DOWN but should be ACTIVE; check subnet manager. > [E 03/13/2012 15:28:41] > [bt] /opt/orangefs/orangefs/sbin/pvfs2-server(error+0xca) [0x482faa] > [E 03/13/2012 15:28:41] > [bt] /opt/orangefs/orangefs/sbin/pvfs2-server(openib_ib_initialize > +0x3d2) [0x4841d2] > [E 03/13/2012 15:28:41] > [bt] /opt/orangefs/orangefs/sbin/pvfs2-server() [0x482550] > [E 03/13/2012 15:28:41] > [bt] /opt/orangefs/orangefs/sbin/pvfs2-server() [0x432cfb] > [E 03/13/2012 15:28:41] > [bt] /opt/orangefs/orangefs/sbin/pvfs2-server(BMI_initialize+0x1ef) > [0x43416f] > [E 03/13/2012 15:28:41] > [bt] /opt/orangefs/orangefs/sbin/pvfs2-server() [0x412e15] > [E 03/13/2012 15:28:41] > [bt] /opt/orangefs/orangefs/sbin/pvfs2-server() [0x414703] > [E 03/13/2012 15:28:41] > [bt] /opt/orangefs/orangefs/sbin/pvfs2-server(main+0xdfc) [0x4158cc] > [E 03/13/2012 15:28:41] [bt] /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main > +0xfd) [0x36be81ec9d] > [E 03/13/2012 15:28:41] > [bt] /opt/orangefs/orangefs/sbin/pvfs2-server() [0x411ac9] > > I wonder why it did not use the active card. Has anybody seen this? > > Thanks, > > Mi Zhou > St. Jude Children's Research Hospital > > > Email Disclaimer: www.stjude.org/emaildisclaimer > > > _______________________________________________ > Pvfs2-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.beowulf-underground.org/mailman/listinfo/pvfs2-users >
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