<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:small;color:rgb(11,83,148)">Hi all,<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:small;color:rgb(11,83,148)">I've some troubles with the installation and configuration of InfiniBand with ESXi 5.5 in a HP Enclosure blade with QDR:<br><br><br>/opt # <b>esxcfg-nics --list</b><br>Name PCI Driver Link Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description <br>vmnic0 0000:04:00.00 elxnet Up 10000Mbps Full 9c:b6:54:74:ce:0c 1500 Emulex Corporation HP NC551i Dual Port FlexFabric 10Gb Converged Network Adapter<br>vmnic1 0000:04:00.01 elxnet Up 10000Mbps Full 9c:b6:54:74:ce:10 1500 Emulex Corporation HP NC551i Dual Port FlexFabric 10Gb Converged Network Adapter<br>vmnic2 0000:05:00.00 elxnet Up 10000Mbps Full 9c:b6:54:74:ce:14 1500 Emulex Corporation HP NC551i Dual Port FlexFabric 10Gb Converged Network Adapter<br>vmnic3 0000:05:00.01 elxnet Up 10000Mbps Full 9c:b6:54:74:ce:18 1500 Emulex Corporation HP NC551i Dual Port FlexFabric 10Gb Converged Network Adapter<br><b>vmnic_ib0 0000:41:00.00 Down 0Mbps Half f4:52:14:dd:30:65 1500 Mellanox Technologies MT26428 [ConnectX VPI - 10GigE / IB QDR, PCIe 2.0 5GT/s]<br>vmnic_ib1 0000:41:00.00 Down 0Mbps Half f4:52:14:dd:30:66 1500 Mellanox Technologies MT26428 [ConnectX VPI - 10GigE / IB QDR, PCIe 2.0 5GT/s]</b><br><br><br>/opt # <b>esxcli network nic get --nic-name=vmnic_ib0</b><br> Advertised Auto Negotiation: false<br> Advertised Link Modes: 10000baseT/Full<br> Auto Negotiation: false<br> Cable Type: FIBRE<br> Current Message Level: 0<br> Driver Info: <br> Bus Info: 0000:41:00.0<br> Driver: ib_ipoib<br> Firmware Version: 2.9.1530<br> Version: 1.8.2.0<br> Link Detected: false<br> Link Status: Down <br> Name: vmnic_ib0<br> PHYAddress: 0<br> Pause Autonegotiate: false<br> Pause RX: false<br> Pause TX: false<br> Supported Ports: <br> Supports Auto Negotiation: false<br> Supports Pause: true<br> Supports Wakeon: false<br> Transceiver: internal<br> Wakeon: None<br>/opt # <br><br><br>/opt # <b>esxcli software vib list | grep Mellanox</b><br>net-ib-cm 1.8.2.0-1OEM.500.0.0.472560 Mellanox PartnerSupported 2015-12-03 <br>net-ib-core 1.8.2.0-1OEM.500.0.0.472560 Mellanox PartnerSupported 2015-12-03 <br>net-ib-ipoib 1.8.2.0-1OEM.500.0.0.472560 Mellanox PartnerSupported 2015-12-03 <br>net-ib-mad 1.8.2.0-1OEM.500.0.0.472560 Mellanox PartnerSupported 2015-12-03 <br>net-ib-sa 1.8.2.0-1OEM.500.0.0.472560 Mellanox PartnerSupported 2015-12-03 <br>net-ib-umad 1.8.2.0-1OEM.500.0.0.472560 Mellanox PartnerSupported 2015-12-03 <br>net-mlx4-core 1.8.2.0-1OEM.500.0.0.472560 Mellanox PartnerSupported 2015-12-03 <br>net-mlx4-ib 1.8.2.0-1OEM.500.0.0.472560 Mellanox PartnerSupported 2015-12-03 <br>scsi-ib-srp 1.8.2.0-1OEM.500.0.0.472560 Mellanox PartnerSupported 2015-12-03 <br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:small;color:rgb(11,83,148)">Anyone know what could be the problem and send me some hints in order to try to bring up these connections? The IBSW on the Enclosure works fine, since I've other blades installed with Ubuntu and the ports are up and running, but the Blade that has the ESXi 5.5 is not working at all. Any advice will be really appreciated.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:small;color:rgb(11,83,148)">Thanks in advance,<br><br clear="all"></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span><div><div dir="ltr"><p><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Trebuchet MS,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)"></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"></span></span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div>
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