<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:small;color:rgb(11,83,148)">Anyone had any experience with HP BLc 4X QDR IB Switch?? I know that this kind of SW does not come with an embedded sm, but I don't know how to access any mgmt at all on this particularly switch, I mean for example to setup speed or anything like that, is possible to access through the chassis?<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span><div><div dir="ltr"><p><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS,sans-serif;color:#444444"></span></b></p><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font size="2"><b>German</b></font></span></span><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font size="2"><font size="1"><a href="mailto:ganders@despegar.com" target="_blank"></a></font></font></span></span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2015-10-07 13:19 GMT-03:00 German Anders <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ganders@despegar.com" target="_blank">ganders@despegar.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:small;color:rgb(11,83,148)">I think so, but when trying to configured the phy-profile on the interface in order to negotiate on QDR it failed to map the profile:<span class=""><br><br>GWIB01 [proxy-ha-group: master] (config) # show phy-profile high-speed-ber <br><br> Profile: high-speed-ber <br> --------<br> llr support ib-speed<br> SDR: disable<br> DDR: disable<br> QDR: disable<br> FDR10: enable-request<br> FDR: enable-request<br><br>GWIB01 [proxy-ha-group: master] (config) # show phy-profile hp-encl-isl <br><br> Profile: hp-encl-isl <br> --------<br> llr support ib-speed<br> SDR: disable<br> DDR: disable<br> QDR: enable<br> FDR10: enable-request<br> FDR: enable-request<br><br></span><span class="">GWIB01 [proxy-ha-group: master] (config) # <br></span><span class="">GWIB01 [proxy-ha-group: master] (config) # interface ib 1/9 phy-profile map hp-encl-isl <br><b><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">% Cannot map profile hp-encl-isl to port: 1/9</span></b><br><br></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span><div><div dir="ltr"><p><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS,sans-serif;color:#444444"></span></b></p><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font size="2"><b>German</b></font></span></span><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font size="2"><font size="1"><a href="mailto:ganders@despegar.com" target="_blank"></a></font></font></span></span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></font></span><div><div class="h5">
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2015-10-07 13:17 GMT-03:00 Weiny, Ira <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ira.weiny@intel.com" target="_blank">ira.weiny@intel.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">The problem is the link is not coming up to init. Like Hal said the link should transition to “link up” without the SMs involvement.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Users] IB topology config and polling state<u></u><u></u></div></div><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2015-10-07 12:54 GMT-03:00 Weiny, Ira <<a href="mailto:ira.weiny@intel.com" target="_blank">ira.weiny@intel.com</a>>:<u></u><u></u></p>
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41:00.0 InfiniBand: QLogic Corp. IBA7322 QDR InfiniBand HCA (rev 02)</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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CA 'qib0'<br>
CA type: InfiniPath_QMH7342<br>
Number of ports: 2<br>
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Hardware version: 2<br>
Node GUID: 0x0011750000791fec<br>
System image GUID: 0x0011750000791fec<br>
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Physical state: Polling<br>
Rate: 40<br>
Base lid: 4660<br>
LMC: 0<br>
SM lid: 4660<br>
Capability mask: 0x0761086a<br>
Port GUID: 0x0011750000791fec<br>
Link layer: InfiniBand<br>
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Physical state: Polling<br>
Rate: 40<br>
Base lid: 4660<br>
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