[ofa-general] OFED 1.2 - GA release

Tziporet Koren tziporet at mellanox.co.il
Fri Jun 22 07:38:09 PDT 2007


I am happy to announce on OFED 1.2 GA release.

The release can be found under:
http://www.openfabrics.org/builds/ofed-1.2/
 
And later it will be on the OpenFabrics download page:  
http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads.htm
 
This release was done in a joint effort of all companies in the EWG group.
I wish to thank all who contributed to the success of this release.
 
Tziporet

===============================================================================
 
Release summary:
================
The OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) version 1.2 software package 
supporting InfiniBand and iWARP fabrics. It is composed of several software 
modules intended for use on a computer cluster constructed as an InfiniBand 
subnet or an iWARP network.

OFED package contains the following components:
===============================================
The OFED Distribution package generates RPMs for installing the following:

  o   OpenFabrics core and ULPs
        - HCA drivers (mthca, ipath, ehca)
        - iWARP driver (cxgb3)
        - core
        - Upper Layer Protocols: IPoIB, SDP, SRP Initiator, iSER Initiator
          RDS, VNIC and uDAPL
  o   OpenFabrics utilities
        - OpenSM: InfiniBand Subnet Manager
        - Diagnostic tools
        - Performance tests
  o   MPI
        - OSU MVAPICH stack supporting the InfiniBand and iWARP interface
        - Open MPI stack supporting the InfiniBand and iWARP interface
        - OSU MVAPICH2 stack supporting the InfiniBand and iWARP interface
        - MPI benchmark tests (OSU BW/LAT, Intel MPI Benchmark, Presta)
  o   Extra packages
        - open-iscsi: open-iscsi initiator with iSER support
        - ib-bonding: Bonding driver for IPoIB interface
  o   Sources of all software modules (under conditions mentioned in the
      modules' LICENSE files)
  o   Documentation

Notes:
1. All OFED components are of production quality, except for:
   - The cxgb3 driver is in technology preview state.
   - The Virtual NIC (VNIC) driver is presented as a technology preview.
2. See release notes for each package in OFED docs.

Third Party Packages
--------------------
The following third party packages have been tested with OFED 1.2:
1. Intel MPI, Version 3.0 - Package ID: l_mpi_p_3.0.043
2. HP MPI, Version 2.2.5

Supported Platforms and Operating Systems
=========================================
  o   CPU architectures:
        - x86_64
        - x86
        - ia64
        - ppc64

  o   Linux Operating Systems:
        - RedHat EL4 up3: 2.6.9-34.ELsmp
        - RedHat EL4 up4: 2.6.9-42.ELsmp
        - RedHat EL4 up5: 2.6.9-55.ELsmp
        - RedHat EL5: 2.6.18-8.el5
        - SLES9 SP3: 2.6.5-7.244-smp
        - SLES10: 2.6.16.21-0.8-smp
        - kernel.org: 2.6.19.x and 2.6.20.x
 
HCAs and RNICs Supported
------------------------
This release supports IB HCAs by Mellanox Technologies, Qlogic and IBM as
well as iWARP RNICs by Chelsio Communications.

  o   Mellanox Technologies HCAs:
        - InfiniHost (fw-23108 Rev 3.5.000)
        - InfiniHost III Ex (MemFree: fw-25218 Rev 5.2.000
                             with memory: fw-25208 Rev 4.8.200)
        - InfiniHost III Lx (fw-25204 Rev 1.2.000)
        The SDR and DDR modes of the InfiniHost III family are supported.

        For official firmware versions please see:
        http://www.mellanox.com/support/firmware_table.php

  o   Qlogic HCAs:
        - QHT6040 (PathScale InfiniPath HT-460)
        - QHT6140 (PathScale InfiniPath HT-465)
        - QLE6140 (PathScale InfiniPath PE-880)

  o   IBM HCAs:
        - GX Dual-port 4x IB HCA
        - GX Dual-port 12x IB HCA

  o   Chelsio RNICs:
        - S310/S320 10GbE Storage Accelerators
        - R310E 10GbE iWARP Adapters

Switches Supported
------------------
This release was tested with switches and gateways provided by the following
companies:
        - Cisco
        - Voltaire
        - Qlogic
        - Flextronics


Main changed from OFED 1.1:
============================
Note: For details regarding the various changes,  please see the release notes
for each package in the docs directory.

    General changes
	o Kernel code based on 2.6.20
	o New kernel modules: SA Cache, RDS, VNIC, bonding
	o High availability of SRP and IPoIB in GA level
	o Added iWARP support (with Chelsio driver)
	o MAN pages for libraries (libibverbs and librdmacm)

    IPoIB
      o IPoIB Connected Mode
	o High availability support using the bonding module.

    SDP
	o netstat is now available
      o Improved message BW and Scalability

    SRP
      o High availability is now supported for all systems.

    iSER
	o Testing more platforms (e.g., ppc64 and ia64)
	o Updated packages for ISCSI kernel & user components bundled with OFED.

    uDAPL
     	o Scalability features needed for Intel MPI 

    Libraries
    a. libibverbs 1.1
	 o Fork support (requires apps change) 
	 o Better low-level driver handling, including multiple drivers linked 
	   in statically
	 o Documentation: man pages
    b. librdmacm (uCMA) 1.0
	 o Multicast joining from user space
	 o UD support
	 o Documentation: man pages

    OSM
        o Routing improvements
        o Performance improvement to min hop and up/down of over an order of magnitude
        o New fat-tree and LASH algorithms
        o SA optional record support "virtually" complete
        o IB router enablement
        o SA database dump/restore

    Management 
        o Many diagnostic improvements since OFED 1.1 (see detailed RN)
        o ibdiagui: A GUI for ibdiagnet

    MPI: 
	a. OSU MVAPICH
      		o Version was updated to 0.9.9
	b. Open MPI
		o Version was updated to 1.2.1
		o See http://www.open-mpi.org/svn/new.php for details
	c. OSU MVAPICH2
		o MVAPICH2 version 0.98 was added to the OFED package.
	d. Common MPI setup sourcing
	   Simple menu-driven interface to choose which MPI implementation to set as
	   the default on a per-user and/or system-wide basis

    iWARP Support
        o Chelsio NIC supported
        o Verbs and CMA APIs are the same as InfiniBand
        o ULPs supported
          - MPI (mvapich2 tested)
          - uDAPL
    Install
        o Default prefix directory is now /usr

See the attached are the release notes for more details
  <<OFED_release_notes.txt>> 

 
Tziporet Koren
Software Director
Mellanox Technologies
mailto: tziporet at mellanox.co.il
Tel +972-4-9097200, ext 380
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