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So I've got 2 very similar Windows CCE hosts. One of them loads OpenIB
drivers just fine. The other crashes, and freezes on restart until I
boot with the "last known good configuration" option.<br>
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The one that is crashing has a PCI-X HCA, and the one that works has a
PCI-E HCA. I don't really suspect that to be root of the problem...
rather, I presume I should check firmware revisions first. So that's
the question...err- questions:<br>
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1) How do I check the HCA fw rev using windows? I check the
properties of the device from the device manager, and I find the
"Firmware Revision" field, but it's blank.<br>
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2) How do I check the HCA fw rev using windows, but with no driver
loaded? (this appears to be the only way I'll be able to interact w/
the PCI-X based machine)<br>
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thx-<br>
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Jeremy Enos<br>
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Fabian Tillier wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hi Jeremy,
On 4/1/06, Jeremy Enos <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jenos@ncsa.uiuc.edu"><jenos@ncsa.uiuc.edu></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I'm not sure how to tell what model I have using Windows short of
opening the box up, but it's remote to me at the moment.
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Bring up the computer management console (right-click my computer,
manage), then select Device Manager.
Find the HCA (probably PCI Device under Other category), right-click,
properties.
You should see a "Details" tab, select it, and select Device ID or Hardware ID.
The drivers should work with:
PCI\VEN_15B3&DEV_5A44&SUBSYS_5A4415B3&REV_A1
PCI\VEN_15B3&DEV_6278&SUBSYS_627815B3&REV_A0
The first is a MT23108 board, the second is a MT25208.
Let me know what your device is reported as (select the hardware ID,
then ctrl-c as the right-click menu doesn't give the option to copy)
if it isn't one of the above.
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<pre wrap=""> However, on a
linux box pulled from the same batch, lspci yields:
02:0b.0 PCI bridge: Mellanox Technologies MT23108 PCI Bridge (rev a1)
03:00.0 InfiniBand: Mellanox Technologies MT23108 InfiniHost (rev a1)
I'm not 100% until I open the box of course, but in this particular case
I am 99.9% sure the windows box is using the same card. It doesn't find
anything when I point it to the HCA directory. But you're saying that
should work w/ the 23108, right?
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Yes, if your Windows box is the same, it should work.
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<pre wrap="">This is likely a novice question, but
what do "Tavor" and "Arbel" refer to? The different chipsets?
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Correct - Tavor is the PCI-X HCA chip from Mellanox, found on the
MT23108 HCAs. Arbel is the PCI-Express HCA chip, for HCAs with
memory, found on the MT23208. Someone form Mellanox will hopefully
correct me if I've bungled this up.
If your system is PCI-X, you have an MT23108.
- Fab
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