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.
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> > 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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