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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=567213917-29042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Boris,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=567213917-29042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>The HCA is a Silverstorm version</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=567213917-29042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> that
reports to QuickSilver as "3.05.0000rc01" which is equivalent to Mellanox
"3.5.000". The "rc01" means it was the first (and only) OEM build of that
firmware.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=567213917-29042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I just
compared the MLX files for the QuickSilver firmware and one I just downloaded
from Mellanox and they are identical.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=567213917-29042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=567213917-29042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I'm
looking for another suitable machine to see if I get the same
behavior.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>--</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael Heinz</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Principal Engineer, Qlogic
Corporation</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>King of Prussia,
Pennsylvania</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Boris Shpolyansky
[mailto:boris@mellanox.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 29, 2008 1:34
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Mike Heinz; general@lists.openfabrics.org<BR><B>Subject:</B>
RE: [ofa-general] Can't Initialize an MT23108 HCA<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=514513117-29042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi
Michael,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=514513117-29042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=514513117-29042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>You
mentioned FW version 3.05, while the latest is 3.5.0.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=514513117-29042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Please, verify.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=514513117-29042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Boris</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Mike Heinz
[mailto:michael.heinz@qlogic.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 29, 2008 10:30
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Boris Shpolyansky;
general@lists.openfabrics.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [ofa-general] Can't
Initialize an MT23108 HCA<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=076184916-29042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Hey, Boris,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=076184916-29042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I am, indeed, running current firmware. I'll try to isolate
variables and see if I can focus on why this machine has a
problem.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>--</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael Heinz</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Principal Engineer, Qlogic
Corporation</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>King of Prussia,
Pennsylvania</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Boris Shpolyansky
[mailto:boris@mellanox.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 29, 2008 12:42
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Mike Heinz; general@lists.openfabrics.org<BR><B>Subject:</B>
RE: [ofa-general] Can't Initialize an MT23108 HCA<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=756353916-29042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi
Michael,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=756353916-29042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=756353916-29042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>MT23108 HCAs are supported.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=756353916-29042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Please, update FW on your card to the latest version available from
Mellanox web site at <A
href="http://www.mellanox.com/support/firmware_table_IH.php">http://www.mellanox.com/support/firmware_table_IH.php</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=756353916-29042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Follow
FW burning instructions provided there.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=756353916-29042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Boris Shpolyansky</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sr. Member of Technical
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> general-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org
[mailto:general-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Mike
Heinz<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 29, 2008 9:38 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
general@lists.openfabrics.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [ofa-general] Can't Initialize
an MT23108 HCA<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=438101115-29042008><FONT face=Arial size=2>I thought I'd posted
this question on the group before, but looking through my notes I couldn't find
that I had. My apologies if this is a repeat.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=438101115-29042008><FONT face=Arial size=2>I installed OFED
1.3.0.0.4 on a system with an older, MT23108 HCA running 3.05 firmware. The HCA
is known to work with QuickSilver. When I rebooted I got
this:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=438101115-29042008><PRE id=comment_text_0>Feb 18 13:06:02 newberry kernel: ib_mthca: Mellanox InfiniBand HCA driver v0.08
(February 14, 2006)
Feb 18 13:06:02 newberry kernel: ib_mthca: Initializing 0000:04:00.0
Feb 18 13:06:02 newberry kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:04:00.0[A] -> GSI 28
(level, low) -> IRQ 217
Feb 18 13:06:02 newberry kernel: ib_mthca 0000:04:00.0: PCI device did not come
back after reset, aborting.
Feb 18 13:06:02 newberry kernel: ib_mthca 0000:04:00.0: Failed to reset HCA,
aborting.</PRE></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=438101115-29042008>The system is
running RHEL4, update 4, x86_64. Are older HCAs supported with OFED or can only
Arbel and Connect-X type HCAs usable?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>--</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael Heinz</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Principal Engineer, Qlogic
Corporation</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>King of Prussia,
Pennsylvania</FONT></DIV>
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