Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 08:31:33 -0500 From: Jason Bacon <jwbacon@tds.net> To: Anthony Cornehl <accornehl@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-infiniband@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Supported NICs Message-ID: <52370835.7020901@tds.net> In-Reply-To: <CAAoDvRwaDT6d8goNpvSp4jVYcSm4cZZLLqa2gCxn8EjSiLFHpA@mail.gmail.com> References: <52361685.8000901@tds.net> <CAAoDvRxtKZ4AH5MTC5xi9TrXgcFr7MWGpJ3ODa-Vz0WCANkC_A@mail.gmail.com> <CAAoDvRwaDT6d8goNpvSp4jVYcSm4cZZLLqa2gCxn8EjSiLFHpA@mail.gmail.com>
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Thanks Anthony & Oded! Would you say that IB support in 9.2 is stable enough for a production HPC file server? Will do plenty of my own testing first, of course. Regards, Jason On 09/15/13 22:38, Anthony Cornehl wrote: > > > On Sep 15, 2013 8:17 PM, "Anthony Cornehl" <accornehl@gmail.com > <mailto:accornehl@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > > > On Sep 15, 2013 1:20 PM, "Jason bacon" <jwbacon@tds.net > <mailto:jwbacon@tds.net>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Is there a list of supported IB NICs out there somewhere? > > > > > > I followed the wiki instructions for rebuilding with IB support > and now have mlx4ib, mlxen, etc. > > > > > > Was hoping there would be man pages for the drivers that list > known working cards, but there don't seem to be. I'm hoping to test a > file server using IPOIB and possible roll a FreeNAS ISO with IB > support if it works out. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > -- > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > Jason W. Bacon > > > jwbacon@tds.net <mailto:jwbacon@tds.net> > > > > > > Circumstances don't make a man: > > > They reveal him. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-infiniband@freebsd.org > <mailto:freebsd-infiniband@freebsd.org> mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-infiniband > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-infiniband-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > <mailto:freebsd-infiniband-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>" > > > > Hey Jason, > > > > Mellanox ConnectX series cards are the only ones supported currently... > > > > http://www.mellanox.com/page/infiniband_cards_overview > > > > Don't forget to compile with IPoIB as well, since the IPoIB support > is compiled into the driver, unlike in Linux. > > > > Just be aware that IPoIB performance is also improved by enabling > connected mode when you compile the kernel module. The IB code in > FreeBSD is a few years older the what is in Linux, but, the following > forum thread is probably relevant... > > > > > http://forums.servethehome.com/networking/1554-infiniband-ipoib-performance-problems.html > > > > Cheers! > > It also appears that Jeff fixed SDP a few weeks ago, which is more > capable of reaching line-speed for IB-connected devices. > > http://pkg-ofed.alioth.debian.org/howto/infiniband-howto-7.html > > Cheers! > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jason W. Bacon jwbacon@tds.net Circumstances don't make a man: They reveal him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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