[ofa-general] Multicast traffic generates Bad P_Key trap in SM when working in partial member setup

[Hal Rosenstock]

Hi Olga,

On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 18:27 +0300, Olga Shern (Voltaire) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have tested the same scenario with OpenSM.
> What I have expected to see is trap 259 because of switch enforcement
> that is done by OpenSM. I don't see this trap, therefore I assume that
> ANAFA

Do you mean Anafa II ?

>  doesn't generate this trap (this is not mandatory only
> optional).

Right, this trap is optional and I don't know whether or not it is
supported. Perhaps someone from Mellanox can comment on this to be sure.

> I only see trap 257 that is generated by the node (with partial pkey)
> that sends the multicast traffic.

Only when there is no switch enforcement ?

> The conclusion is that if there is switch enforcement the issue is not
> severe and we can live with it :)

Would that be the case if those optional traps were supported ?

Thanks.

-- Hal

> Olga
> 
> On 6/26/08, Hal Rosenstock <hrosenstock at xsigo.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 16:44 +0300, Olga Shern (Voltaire) wrote:
> > >         Would you try this with OpenSM (and validate your theory about
> > >         getting
> > >         switch bad PKey traps v. end port bad PKey traps) or does VSM
> > >         have such
> > >         a mode (ingress/egress partition filtering) ?
> > >
> > >         -- Hal
> > >
> > > Yes, I will test it with OpenSM
> >
> > Any update on this ? Thanks.
> >
> > -- Hal
> >
> >