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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I'm working with gen2 svn rev. 3155 with 2 Mellanox HCAs (23108) (1 on each host; they are connected b2b: port 1 to port 1).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I executed opensm on host 1, port 1.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">When i executed sminfo on host 2 port 1 everything was as expected (return value = 0).</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I killed the opensm</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">When i executed sminfo on host 2 port 1 everything was as expected (return value = 255).</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">When i executed sminfo on host 2 port 2 everything i got 0 (i expected to get return value = 255).</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Port 2 in host 2 was down, so i don't know why i got the return value 0.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">here is the output:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">host2:~ # /usr/local/bin/sminfo -C mthca0 -P 2</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">sminfo: sm lid 0x0 sm guid 0x8200000000, activity count 0 priority 0 state SMINFO_NOTACT 0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">host2:~ # echo $?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">host2:~ # /usr/local/bin/sminfo -C mthca0 -P 2</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">sminfo: sm lid 0x0 sm guid 0x0, activity count 0 priority 0 state SMINFO_STANDBY 2</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">host2:~ # echo $?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">0</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">host2:~ # vstat</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">hca_id: mthca0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> phys_port_cnt: 2</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> port: 1</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> state: PORT_ACTIVE (4)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> max_mtu: 0 (0)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> active_mtu: 0 (0)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> sm_lid: 1</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> port_lid: 2</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> port_lmc: 0x00</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> port: 2</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> state: PORT_DOWN (1)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> max_mtu: 0 (0)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> active_mtu: 0 (0)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> sm_lid: 0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> port_lid: 0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> port_lmc: 0x00</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">can you please help me with this issue?</FONT>
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<P><B><I><FONT COLOR="#008080" SIZE=6 FACE="Script">Dotan Barak</FONT></I></B>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#008080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">[ May the fork be with you ]</FONT>
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