Ubuntu Infiniband
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Revision as of 06:08, 27 April 2012 by Heth (talk | contribs) (moved Infiniband Ubuntu to Ubuntu Infiniband)
Ubuntu 10.04 LTE do not support Infiniband. NO opensm package.
Upgrading from 10.04 LTE to 10.10
install the update-manager-core package if it is not already installed:
sudo apt-get install update-manager-core
Edit /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and set Prompt=normal;
Launch the upgrade tool with the command
sudo do-release-upgrade -d
and follow the on-screen instructions.
Checking hardware
root@DKAM1:~# <input>apt-get -y install infiniband-diags</input>
root@DKAM1:~# <input>apt-get -y install opensm</input>
root@DKAM1:~# <input>modprobe ib_sa</input>
root@DKAM1:~# <input>modprobe ib_cm</input>
root@DKAM1:~# <input>modprobe ib_umad</input>
root@DKAM1:~# <input>modprobe ib_addr</input>
root@DKAM1:~# <input>modprobe ib_uverbs</input>
root@DKAM1:~# <input>modprobe ib_ipoib</input>
root@DKAM1:~# <input>modprobe ib_ipath</input>
<notice>May report device busy. Then it's already loaded</notice>
root@DKAM1:~# <input>modprobe ib_qib</input>
root@DKAM1:~# <input>ifconfig ib0</input>
ib0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 80-00-00-02-FE-80-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:4092 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:256
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
root@DKAM1:~# <input> ibstat</input>
CA 'qib0'
CA type: InfiniPath_QLE7340
Number of ports: 1
Firmware version:
Hardware version: 2
Node GUID: 0x0011750000788b2c
System image GUID: 0x0011750000788b2c
Port 1:
State: Down
Physical state: Polling
Rate: 10
Base lid: 65535
LMC: 0
SM lid: 65535
Capability mask: 0x07610868
Port GUID: 0x0011750000788b2c
root@DKAM1:~# <input>ibstatus</input>
Infiniband device 'qib0' port 1 status:
default gid: fe80:0000:0000:0000:0011:7500:0078:8b2c
base lid: 0xffff
sm lid: 0xffff
state: 1: <notice>DOWN</notice>
phys state: 2: <notice>Polling</notice>
rate: <notice>10 Gb/sec (4X)</notice>
Configuration
add the following modules to /etc/modules
ib_sa
ib_cm
ib_umad
ib_addr
ib_uverbs
ib_ipoib
ib_ipath
ib_qib
Install opensm
root@DKAM1:~# <input>apt-get -y install opensm</input>
root@DKAM1:~# <input>apt-get -y install infiniband-diags</input>
Add ib0 interface to /etc/network/interfaces
auto ib0
iface ib0 inet static
address 10.0.1.12
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 10.0.1.1