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Page ii IB0056101-00 G S QLogic HCA and InfiniPath ® Software Install Guide V er sion 2.2 Information fu rnished in this manual is belie ved to be accurate and reliable. However, QLogic Corporation assumes no responsibility for its use, nor for any infringements of patent s or other right s of third part ies which may result from it s use.
IB0056101-00 G Page iii T able of Content s 1 Introduction Who Should Read this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 How this Guide is Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Page iv IB0056101-00 G QLogic HCA and InfiniPath ® Software Install Guide V er sion 2.2 S Hardware Installation for QLE724 0, QLE7280, or QLE7 140 with PCI Express Riser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
IB0056101-00 G Page v QLogic HCA and InfiniPat h ® Software Install Guide V er sion 2.2 A S tarting and S topping the InfiniPath Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26 Rebuilding or Reinst alling Drivers Af ter a Kernel Upgr ade .
Page vi IB0056101-00 G QLogic HCA and InfiniPath ® Software Install Guide V er sion 2.2 S B Configuration Files C RPM Descriptions InfiniPath and OpenFabrics RPMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1 Different Nodes May Use Dif ferent RPMs .
IB0056101-00 G Page vii QLogic HCA and InfiniPat h ® Software Install Guide V er sion 2.2 A List of Figures Figure Page 4-1 QLogic QLE7280 with IBA7220 ASIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7 4-2 QLogic QLE7140 Card with Riser , T op View .
Page viii IB0056101-00 G QLogic HCA and InfiniPath ® Software Install Guide V er sion 2.2 S Notes.
IB0056101-00 G 1-1 1 Introduction This chapter describes the content s, intended au dience, and organization of the QLogic HCA and InfiniPath Sof tware Install Guide. The QLogic HCA and InfiniPath Sof tware Inst all Guide cont ains instructions for installing the QLogic Host Channel Adapters (HCAs) and the In finiPath and OpenFabrics software.
1 – Introduction Overview 1-2 IB0056101-00 G S Section 3 , S tep-by-S tep Installat ion Che cklist, provides a high-level overview of the hardware and sof tware inst allation procedures. Section 4 , Hardware Installatio n, includes instructions for inst alling the QLogic QLE7140, QLE7240, QLE7280, QHT7040, an d QHT7140 HCAs.
1 – Introduction Interoperability IB0056101-00 G 1-3 A InfiniPath OpenFabrics sof tware is interoperable with other vendors’ InfiniBa nd Host Channel Adapters (HCAs) running comp atible Op enFabrics releases.
1 – Introduction Documenta tion 1-4 IB0056101-00 G S Document ation The product document ation includes: The QLogic HCA and InfiniPath So f tware Install Guide The QLogic HCA and InfiniPath .
1 – Introduction Contact Information IB0056101-00 G 1-5 A Cont act Information Support Headquarters QLogic Corporation 4601 Dean Lakes Blvd Shakopee, MN 55379 USA QLogic Web Site www .qlogic.com T e chnical Support W eb Site support.qlogic.com T echnical Support Email support@qlogic.
1 – Introduction Contact Information 1-6 IB0056101-00 G S Notes.
IB0056101-00 G 2-1 2 Feature Overview This section contain s the features for this release, t he supported QLogic adapter models, supported distributions and kern els, and a list of the sof tware components.
2 – Feature Overview New Featur es 2-2 IB0056101-00 G S New Features The following features are new to the 2.2 re lease: Expanded MPI scalability enhancements for PCI Express have been a dded. On the QLE7240 and QLE7280, up to 16 dedicated hardware context s per node are available.
2 – Feature Overview Supported Distributions and Kern els IB0056101-00 G 2-3 A A subset of the QLogic InfiniBand F abric Suite, the enablement tools, are offered with this release. T wo separate SCSI RDMA Protocol (SRP) modules are provided: the standard OpenFabrics (OFED) SRP , and QLogic SRP .
2 – Feature Overview Compiler Support 2-4 IB0056101-00 G S Compiler Support QLogic MPI support s a number of compilers. These include: PathScale Compiler Suite 3.0 and 3.1 PGI 5.2 , 6.0, and 7.1 Intel 9.x and 10.1 GNU gcc 3.3. x , 3.
2 – Feature Overview Software Comp onents IB0056101-00 G 2-5 A Included component s are: InfiniPath driver InfiniPath Ethernet emulation ( ipat h_ether ) InfiniPath libraries InfiniP.
2 – Feature Overview Software Comp onents 2-6 IB0056101-00 G S More details about the hardware and sof tware can be found in Section 4 and Section 5 .
IB0056101-00 G 3-1 3 S tep-by-S tep Inst allation Checklist This section provides an overview of the hardware and softwar e installa tion procedures. Det ailed steps ar e found in Section 4 “ Hardware Inst allation ” and Section 5 “ Software Inst allation ”.
3 – S tep-by-S t ep Installation Checklist Software Inst allation 3-2 IB0056101-00 G S Sof tware Inst allation The following step s summarize the basic Infin iPath and OpenFabrics sof tware installation and st artup. These steps must be performed on each node in the cluster: 1.
3 – S tep-by-S t ep Inst allation Checklist Software Inst allation IB0056101-00 G 3-3 A 10. Optimize your adapter for the best perfo rmance. See “Adapter Settings” on page 5-30 . Also see the Performance and Management T ips section in the QLogic HCA and InfiniPath Sof tware User Guide.
3 – S tep-by-S t ep Installation Checklist Software Inst allation 3-4 IB0056101-00 G S Notes.
IB0056101-00 G 4-1 4 Hardware Inst allation This section lists the req uirements a nd provides instructions for inst alling the QLogic InfiniPath Interconnect adapters.
4 – Hardware Installation Hardware Installa tion Requ irement s 4-2 IB0056101-00 G S Installation of the QLE7240, QLE7280, QLE7140, QHT7 040, or QHT7140 in a 1U or 2U chassis requires the use of a riser card. See Figur e 4-4 for an illustration of a PCI Express (PCIe) slot in a typical motherboard.
4 – Hardware Installation Hardware Installa tion Requirements IB0056101-00 G 4-3 A Cabling and Switches The cable inst allation uses a st andard InfiniBand (IB) 4X cab le. Any InfiniBand cable that has been qualified by the vendor should work. For SDR, the longest passive copper IB cable that QLog ic has currently qualified is 20 meters.
4 – Hardware Installation Hardware Installa tion Requ irement s 4-4 IB0056101-00 G S Optical Fibre Option The QLogic adapter also support s connection to the switch b y means of optical fibres through optical media converters such as the EMCORE™ QT2400.
4 – Hardware Installation Safety with Electricity IB0056101-00 G 4-5 A Safety with Electricity Observe these guidelines and safety prec autions when working around computer hardware and electrical equipment: Locate the power source shutof f for the computer room or lab where you are working.
4 – Hardware Installation Unpacking Information 4-6 IB0056101-00 G S The package conten ts for the QLE72 80 adapter are: QLogic QLE7280 Additional short bracket Quick S tart Guide S tandard PCIe risers can be used , typically supplied by your system or motherboard vendor .
4 – Hardware Installation Unpacking Information IB0056101-00 G 4-7 A Figure 4-1. QLogic QLE7280 with IBA7220 ASIC Figure 4-2. QLogic QLE7140 Card with Riser , T op V iew InfiniBand Connector Face Plate IBA7220 ASIC PCI Express Edge Connectors PCI Express Edge Connectors InfiniBand Connector Face Plate IBA6120 ASIC PCI Express Riser Card.
4 – Hardware Installation Unpacking Information 4-8 IB0056101-00 G S Figure 4-3. QLogic QHT7040/QHT7140 Full and Low Profil e Cards with Riser , Top Vi e w Unp acking the QLogic Adapter Follow these steps whe n unpackin g the QLogic adapter: 1. When unpacking, grou nd yourself before removing the QLogic adapter from the anti-static bag.
4 – Hardware Installation Hardware In stallation IB0056101-00 G 4-9 A Hardware Inst allation This section contain s hardware inst allation instructions for the QLE72 40, QLE7280, QLE7140, QHT7040, and QHT7140.
4 – Hardware Installation Hardware Installation 4-10 IB0056101-00 G S 4. Remove the cover screws and cover plate to e xpose the system’s motherboard. For specific instructions on how to do this, follow the hardware documentation that came with your system.
4 – Hardware Installation Hardware In stallation IB0056101-00 G 4-1 1 A 9. Connect the QLogic adapter and PCIe riser card together , forming the assembly that you will insert into your motherboard. First, visually line up th e adapter slot connector edge with the edge conne ctor of the PCIe riser card (see Figure 4-5 ).
4 – Hardware Installation Hardware Installation 4-12 IB0056101-00 G S 13. Insert the riser assembly into the motherboard’ s PCIe slot, ensuring good contact. The QLo gic adapter should now be parallel to th e motherboard and about one inch above it (see Figu re 4-6 ).
4 – Hardware Installation Hardware In stallation IB0056101-00 G 4-13 A T o install the QLogic adapter with an HTX riser card: 1. The BIOS should be already be conf igured properly by the motherboard manufacturer . However , if any additional BIOS configuration is required, it will usually need to be done before inst alling the QLogic adap ter .
4 – Hardware Installation Hardware Installation 4-14 IB0056101-00 G S 7. Remove the QLogic QHT7140 from the anti-st atic bag. 8. Locate the face plate on the connector edge of the card. 9. Connect the QLogic adapter and HTX riser card together , forming the assembly that you will insert into your motherboard.
4 – Hardware Installation Hardware In stallation IB0056101-00 G 4-15 A 13. Insert the HT riser assembly into the motherboard’ s HTX slot, ensuring good contact. The QLo gic adapter should now be parallel to th e motherboard and about one inch above it, as shown in Figure 4 -9 .
4 – Hardware Installation Hardware Installation 4-16 IB0056101-00 G S Hardware Inst allation for the QHT7140 Without an HTX Riser Installing the QL ogic QHT7140 without an HTX riser card requires a 3U or larger chassis. The card slot connectors on the QHT7140 fit in to the HTX slot in a vertical installation.
4 – Hardware Installation Switch Configuration and Moni toring IB0056101-00 G 4-17 A 8. Insert the card by pressing firmly a nd evenly on the top of the horizont al bracket and the top rear corner of the card simult aneously . The card should insert evenly into the slot.
4 – Hardware Installation Completing the Installation 4-18 IB0056101-00 G S The QLE7240, QLE7280, QLE7 140, QHT7040, and QHT7140 adapters a re all cabled the same way . T o install the InfiniBand cables: 1. Check that you have removed the protect or plugs from the cable connector ends.
IB0056101-00 G 5-1 5 Sof tware Inst allation This section provides instructions for installing th e InfiniPath and OpenFabrics software. The InfiniPath softwa re includes drivers, pro tocol libraries, QLogic’ s implementation of the MPI messa ge pa ssing standard, and example programs, including benchmarks.
5 – Software Installation Cluster Setup 5-2 IB0056101-00 G S Supported Linux Distributions The currently supported distributions and a ssociated Linux kernel versions for InfiniPath and OpenFabrics a re listed in T able 5-1 . The kernels are the ones that shipped with the distributions.
5 – Software Inst allation Downloading and Unpacking the Infi niPath an d OpenFabrics Sof tware IB0056101-00 G 5-3 A Make sure that all previously ex ist ing (stock) OpenFabrics RPMs are uninst alled. See “Removing Sof tware Packages” on page 5-33 for more information on uninst alling.
5 – Software Installation Downloading and Unp acking the InfiniPath and OpenFab rics Software 5-4 IB0056101-00 G S Follow the links for your distribution to the desired d ownload, then follow the instructions on the web p age for downloading t he files to a convenient directory .
5 – Software Inst allation Downloading and Unpacking the Infi niPath an d OpenFabrics Sof tware IB0056101-00 G 5-5 A The RPMs are organized as follows: InfiniPath_license.
5 – Software Installation Installing the InfiniPath and OpenFabrics RPMs 5-6 IB0056101-00 G S Inst alling the InfiniPath and OpenFabrics RPMs Linux distributions of InfiniPath and O pen Fabrics software are inst alled from binary RPMs. RPM is a Linux p ackaging and installa tion tool used by Red Hat, SUSE, and CentOS.
5 – Software Inst allation Installing the InfiniPa th and OpenFabrics RPMs IB0056101-00 G 5-7 A Choosing the RPMs to Inst all Although QLogic recommen ds that all RPMs are inst alled on all nodes, some are optional depending on which t ype of node is being use d.
5 – Software Installation Installing the InfiniPath and OpenFabrics RPMs 5-8 IB0056101-00 G S Using rpm to Inst all InfiniPath and OpenFabrics The RPMs need to be available on each no de on which they will be used. One way to do this is to copy the RPMs to a directory on each node that will ne ed them.
5 – Software Inst allation Installed La yout IB0056101-00 G 5-9 A Inst alled Layout The default inst alled layout for the InfiniPa th sof tware is described in th e following paragraphs.
5 – Software Installation S t arting the InfiniPath Service 5-10 IB0056101-00 G S Other OFED-installed modules may also be in this directory; these are also renamed if found during th e install process.
5 – Software Inst allation InfiniPath and Op enFabrics Driver Overview IB0056101-00 G 5-1 1 A InfiniPath and OpenFa brics Driver Overview The InfiniPath ib_ipath module provide s low level QLogic hardware su pport, and is the base driver for both the Infin iPath and OpenFabrics software components.
5 – Software Installation Configuring the InfiniPath Drive rs 5-12 IB0056101-00 G S Configuring the ib_ipath Driver The ib_ipath module provides both low-level In finiPath support and management functions for OpenFabrics protoco ls.
5 – Software Inst allation Configuring the InfiniPath Drivers IB0056101-00 G 5-13 A Servers typically have two Ethernet devices present, n umbered as 0 ( eth0 ) and 1( eth1 ).
5 – Software Installation Configuring the InfiniPath Drive rs 5-14 IB0056101-00 G S 4. Check whether the Ethernet driver has been loaded with: $ lsmod | grep ipath_ether 5.
5 – Software Inst allation Configuring the InfiniPath Drivers IB0056101-00 G 5-15 A The Globally Unique IDentifer (GUID) can also be returned by running: # ipath_control -i $Id: QLogic Release2.2 $ $Date: 2007-09-05-04:16 $ 00: Version: ChipABI 2.0, InfiniPath_QHT7140, InfiniPath1 3.
5 – Software Installation OpenFabrics Drivers and Servic es Configuration and S t artup 5-16 IB0056101-00 G S If you are using Dynamic Host Config uration Protocol (DHCP), add these lines to the file: STARTMODE=onboot BOOTPROTO=dhcp NAME=’InfiniPath Network Card’ _nm_name=eth-id-$MAC Proceed to St e p 6 .
5 – Software Inst allation OpenFabrics Drivers an d Services Configuration and S tartup IB0056101-00 G 5-17 A Configuring the IPoIB Network Interface The following instructions show you how to manually configure your OpenFabrics IPoIB network interface.
5 – Software Installation OpenFabrics Drivers and Servic es Configuration and S t artup 5-18 IB0056101-00 G S Configuring and Administering the VNIC Interface The Virtu alNIC (VNIC) Upper Layer Prot.
5 – Software Inst allation OpenFabrics Drivers an d Services Configuration and S tartup IB0056101-00 G 5-19 A service[ 1]: 1000066a00000101 InfiniNIC.InfiniConSys.Data:01 . . . 2. Create the VNIC interfaces using the configuration file /etc/infiniband/qlgc_vnic.
5 – Software Installation OpenFabrics Drivers and Servic es Configuration and S t artup 5-20 IB0056101-00 G S a. Format 1: Defining an IOC using the IOCGUID.
5 – Software Inst allation OpenFabrics Drivers an d Services Configuration and S tartup IB0056101-00 G 5-21 A Each CREA TE block must specify a unique NAME. The NAME represents the Ethernet interface name that will be registered wit h the Linux operating system.
5 – Software Installation OpenFabrics Drivers and Servic es Configuration and S t artup 5-22 IB0056101-00 G S 5. S tart the QLogic VNIC driver and the QLogic VNIC interfaces.
5 – Software Inst allation OpenFabrics Drivers an d Services Configuration and S tartup IB0056101-00 G 5-23 A If you want to restart the QLogic VNIC interfaces, run the following command: # /etc/init.
5 – Software Installation OpenFabrics Drivers and Servic es Configuration and S t artup 5-24 IB0056101-00 G S For example: # Use the UPDN algorithm instead of the Min Hop algorithm.
5 – Software Inst allation OpenFabrics Drivers an d Services Configuration and S tartup IB0056101-00 G 5-25 A ID: Data Direct Networks SRP Target System service entries: 1 service[ 0]: f60b04ff01000021 / SRP.T10:21000001ff040bf6 Note that not all the output is shown here; ke y elements are e xpected to show the match in St e p 3 .
5 – Software Installation Other Configuration: Changing th e MTU Size 5-26 IB0056101-00 G S MPI over uDAPL Some MPI implementation s, such as Intel MPI and HP-MPI, can be run over uDAPL. uDAPL is the user mode version of the Direct Access Pro vider Library (DAPL).
5 – Software Inst allation S t arting and S topping the InfiniPath Sof tware IB0056101-00 G 5-27 A T o check the configuration state, use the command: $ chkconfig --list infinipath T o enable the dr.
5 – Software Installation Rebuilding or Reinstalling Dr ivers Af ter a Kernel Upgrade 5-28 IB0056101-00 G S An equivalent way to rest art infinipath this is to use same sequence as above, except use the restart command instead of start and stop : # /etc/init.
5 – Software Inst allation Rebuilding or Reinstallin g Drivers if a Different Kernel is Installed IB0056101-00 G 5-29 A Rebuilding or Reinst allin g Drivers if a Different Kernel is Inst alled Installation of the InfiniPath driver RPM ( infinipath-kernel-2.
5 – Software Installation Adapter Settings 5-30 IB0056101-00 G S Adapter Settings The following adapter settings can be adjusted for better performance. Use taskset to tune CPU affinity on Opteron syste ms with the QLE7240, QLE7280, and QLE7140.
5 – Software Inst allation Customer Acceptance Utility IB0056101-00 G 5-31 A Use a PCIe MaxReadRequest size of at least 512 bytes with the QLE7240 and QLE7280. QLE7240 and QLE7280 adapters can supp ort sizes from 128 bytes to 4096 b yte in powers of two.
5 – Software Installation Customer Acceptance Utility 5-32 IB0056101-00 G S 6. V erifies the ability to mpirun jobs on the nodes. 7. Runs a bandwidth an d latency test on every p air of nodes and analyzes the results. The options available with ipath_checkout are shown in T able 5-6 .
5 – Software Inst allation Removing Sof tware Packages IB0056101-00 G 5-33 A Removing Sof tware Packages This section provides instructions for uni nstalling or downgrading the InfiniPa th and OpenFabrics sof tware.
5 – Software Installation Additional Installation Instructions 5-34 IB0056101-00 G S Inst alling Lustre This InfiniPath release support s Lustre. Lustre is a fa st, scalable Linux cluster file system that interoperates with InfiniBand .
5 – Software Inst allation Additional Installation Instr uctions IB0056101-00 G 5-35 A For example, insta ll all RPMs that relate to QLogic MPI in /usr/mpi/ qlogic . Leave all remaining Infin iPath libraries and tools in their de fault installation location ( /usr) .
5 – Software Installation Additional Installation Instructions 5-36 IB0056101-00 G S The following example inst allation is for a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Up date 4 compatible kernel, where the /etc/redhat-release file indicates another distribution.
5 – Software Inst allation Additional Installation Instr uctions IB0056101-00 G 5-37 A Rocks is a way to manage the kickst art automated inst allation method created by Red Hat. By using the Rocks conventions, the inst allation process can be automated for clusters of any size.
5 – Software Installation Additional Installation Instructions 5-38 IB0056101-00 G S Use the following content s: <?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?> <kickstart> <description> A skeleton XML node file.
5 – Software Inst allation Additional Installation Instr uctions IB0056101-00 G 5-39 A <package>-libipathverbs-devel</package> <package>-libipathverbs</package> <package&g.
5 – Software Installation Additional Installation Instructions 5-40 IB0056101-00 G S mode="create" perms="a+rx"> #!/bin/sh cd /home/install/contrib/4.2.1/x86_64/RPMS rpm -Uvh --force infinipath*.rpm ‘ls mpi*rpm | grep -v openmpi‘ # If and Only IF OpenSM is needed and then please enable OpenSM # only on one node.
5 – Software Inst allation Additional Installation Instr uctions IB0056101-00 G 5-41 A 6. The completion of the inst allation is done using the extend-compute .xml file. More specific instructions for completing the inst all process can be found under the Document ation lin k on the Rocks web site: http://www .
5 – Software Installation Additional Installation Instructions 5-42 IB0056101-00 G S Notes.
IB0056101-00 G A-1 A Inst allation T roubleshooting The following sections cont ain informat ion about issues that may occur during installation. Some of this material is repeated in the T roubleshooting appendix of the QLogic HCA and InfiniPath So f tware User Guide .
A – Installation T roubleshooting BIOS Settings A-2 IB0056101-00 G S MTRR Mapping and W rite Combining MTRR is used by the InfiniPath drive r to enable write combining to the QLo gic on-chip transmit buf fers.
A – Installation T roubleshootin g Software Inst allation Issues IB0056101-00 G A-3 A Some BIOS’ do not have the MTRR mapping option. It may h ave a dif ferent name, depending on the chipset, vendor , BIOS, or other factors. For example, it is sometimes referred to as 32 bit memory hole .
A – Installation T roubleshooting V ersion Number C onflict with opensm-* on RHEL5 Systems A-4 IB0056101-00 G S V ersion Number Conflict with opensm-* on RHEL5 Systems The older opensm-* p ackages that come with the RHEL 5 distribution have a version number (3) that is greater the InfiniPath version n umber (2.
A – Installation T roubleshootin g V ersion Number Conflict with opensm-* on R HEL5 Systems IB0056101-00 G A-5 A Missing Kernel RPM Errors Install the kernel-so urce , kernel-devel , and, if using an older release, kernel-smp-devel RPMs for your distribution before inst alling the InfiniPath RPMs, as there are dependencies.
A – Installation T roubleshooting V ersion Number C onflict with opensm-* on RHEL5 Systems A-6 IB0056101-00 G S Resolving Conflict s Occasionally , conflicts may arise when trying to inst all "on top of" an existing set of files that may come from a differen t set of RPMs.
A – Installation T roubleshootin g V ersion Number Conflict with opensm-* on R HEL5 Systems IB0056101-00 G A-7 A In newer distributions, glibc is an RPM name. The 32-b it glibc is na med similarly to: glibc-2.3.4-2.i686.rpm OR glibc-2.3.4-2.i386.rpm Check your distribution for the exact RPM name.
A – Installation T roubleshooting V ersion Number C onflict with opensm-* on RHEL5 Systems A-8 IB0056101-00 G S Notes.
IB0056101-00 G B-1 B Configuration Files T able B-1 contains descriptions of the configura tion and configuration template files used by the InfiniPath and OpenFabrics sof tware. T able B-1. Co nfiguration Files Configuration File Na me Description /etc/infiniband/qlogic_vnic.
B – Configuration Files B-2 IB0056101-00 G S /etc/sysconfig/net- work-scripts/ifcfg-<NAME> Network configuration file for network inter- faces. When used for ipath_ether , < NAME > is in the form eth X, where X is the number of the device, typically , 2, 3, etc.
IB0056101-00 G C-1 C RPM Descriptions The following sections contain detailed des criptions of the RPMs for InfiniPath and OpenFabrics software. InfiniPath and OpenFabrics RPMs For ease of inst allation, QLogic recommends that a ll RPMs are installed o n all nodes.
C – RPM Descriptions RPM Organization C-2 IB0056101-00 G S Non-InfiniPath component s may al so have their own version number: mvapich_gcc-2.2-33597.832.1_0_0.sles10_qlc.x86_64.rpm 1_0_0 is the 1.0.0 build for mvap ich . In all of the t ables in this appendix, t he build identifier is xxx and the distribution identifier is yyy .
C – RPM Descriptions Document ation and InfiniPa th RPMs IB0056101-00 G C-3 A The InfiniPath/RPMs are listed in Ta b l e C - 2 . The InfiniPath-Devel/RPMs are listed in Ta b l e C - 3 . T able C-2. InfiniPath/RPMs RPM Name Front End Compute Development infinipath-2.
C – RPM Descriptions OpenFabrics RPMs C-4 IB0056101-00 G S The InfiniPath-MPI/RPMs are listed in T able C-4 . OpenFabrics RPMs OpenFabrics and OpenSM are optional componen ts. For ease o f installa tion, QLogic recommends that all of the OpenFabrics RPMs liste d in T able C-5 and T able C-6 be installed on all nodes.
C – RPM Descriptions OpenFabrics RPMs IB0056101-00 G C-5 A dapl-utils-2.2- xxx .2_0_7. yyy .x86_64.rpm uDAPL support Optional for OpenFabrics ib-bonding-2.2- xxx .0_9_0. yyy .x86_64.rpm Utilities to manage and co ntrol the driver operation Optional for OpenFabrics ibsim-2.
C – RPM Descriptions OpenFabrics RPMs C-6 IB0056101-00 G S libibverbs-2.2- xxx .1_1_1. yyy .x86_64.rpm Library that allows usersp ace processes to use In finiBand verbs as described in the InfiniBan d Architecture Specification . This library includes direct hardware access for fast p ath operations.
C – RPM Descriptions OpenFabrics RPMs IB0056101-00 G C-7 A qlgc_vnic_daemon-2.2- xxx .0_0_1. yyy .x86_64.rpm Used with VNIC ULP service Optional for OpenFabrics qlvnictools-2.2- xxx .0_0_1. yyy .x86_64.rpm S t artup script, sample config file, and utilities Optional for OpenFabrics qperf-2.
C – RPM Descriptions OpenFabrics RPMs C-8 IB0056101-00 G S libibcommon-devel-2.2- xxx .1_0_8. yyy .x86_64.rpm Development f iles for the libibcommon libra ry Optional for OpenFabrics libibmad-devel-2.2- xxx .1_1_6. yyy .x86_64.rpm Development f iles for the libibmad library Optional for OpenFabrics libibumad-devel-2.
C – RPM Descriptions OpenFabrics RPMs IB0056101-00 G C-9 A libmlx4-2.2- xxx .1_0. yyy .x86_64.rpm Userspace driver for Mellanox ® ConnectX ™ Infin iBand HCAs Optional for OpenFabrics libmthca-2.
C – RPM Descriptions OpenFabrics RPMs C-10 IB0056101-00 G S mpitests_mvapich_pathscale-2.2- xxx .3_0. yyy .x86_64.rpm MV A PICH MPI tests compiled with PathScale Optional Optiona l Optional mpitests_mvapich_pgi-2.2- xxx .3_0. y yy .x86_64.rpm MV A PICH MPI tests compiled with PGI Optional Optiona l Optional mpitests_openmpi_gcc-2.
C – RPM Descriptions OpenFabrics RPMs IB0056101-00 G C-1 1 A openmpi_intel-2.2- xxx .1_2_5. yyy .x8 6_64.rpm a Open MPI compiled with Intel Optional Optiona l Optional openmpi_pathscale-2.2- xxx .1_2_5. yy y .x86_64.rpm Open MPI compiled with PathScale Optional Optiona l Optional openmpi_pgi-2.
C – RPM Descriptions OpenFabrics RPMs C-12 IB0056101-00 G S Notes.
IB0056101-00 G Index-1 Index A ACPI 4-4, A-1 Adapter , see HCA B BIOS configuring 4-4 settings A-1 settings to fix MTRR issues A-2 C -c 5-32 Cables supported 4-3 Compiler support 2-4 Configuration fil.
QLogic HCA and InfiniPath ® Software Install Guide V er sion 2.2 Index-2 IB0056101-00 G S H -h 5-32 Hardware installation o verview 3-1 Hardware requirements 4-1 HCA form factors 4-2 other HCAs-Devel.
IB0056101-00 G Index- 3 QLogic HCA and InfiniPat h ® Software Install Guide V er sion 2.2 A K -k 5-32 --keep 5-32 Kernel supported 2-3 Kernel, missing kernel RPM errors A-5 Kernels supported 2-3 L LE.
QLogic HCA and InfiniPath ® Software Install Guide V er sion 2.2 Index-4 IB0056101-00 G S QLE7280 4-7 QLogic MPI, installing in an alternate locatio n 5-34 R RD 2-5 RHEL4 and RHEL5, OpenFabrics libra.
IB0056101-00 G Index- 5 QLogic HCA and InfiniPat h ® Software Install Guide V er sion 2.2 A V -v 5-32 --verbose 5-32 VNIC, configuration 5-18 -vv 5-32 --vverbose 5-32 -vvv 5-32 --vvverbose 5-32 W --w.
QLogic HCA and InfiniPath ® Software Install Guide V er sion 2.2 Index-6 IB0056101-00 G S Notes.
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