[ewg] OFED 1.2 - GA release
Tziporet Koren
tziporet at mellanox.co.il
Fri Jun 22 07:38:09 PDT 2007
I am happy to announce on OFED 1.2 GA release.
The release can be found under:
http://www.openfabrics.org/builds/ofed-1.2/
And later it will be on the OpenFabrics download page:
http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads.htm
This release was done in a joint effort of all companies in the EWG group.
I wish to thank all who contributed to the success of this release.
Tziporet
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Release summary:
================
The OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) version 1.2 software package
supporting InfiniBand and iWARP fabrics. It is composed of several software
modules intended for use on a computer cluster constructed as an InfiniBand
subnet or an iWARP network.
OFED package contains the following components:
===============================================
The OFED Distribution package generates RPMs for installing the following:
o OpenFabrics core and ULPs
- HCA drivers (mthca, ipath, ehca)
- iWARP driver (cxgb3)
- core
- Upper Layer Protocols: IPoIB, SDP, SRP Initiator, iSER Initiator
RDS, VNIC and uDAPL
o OpenFabrics utilities
- OpenSM: InfiniBand Subnet Manager
- Diagnostic tools
- Performance tests
o MPI
- OSU MVAPICH stack supporting the InfiniBand and iWARP interface
- Open MPI stack supporting the InfiniBand and iWARP interface
- OSU MVAPICH2 stack supporting the InfiniBand and iWARP interface
- MPI benchmark tests (OSU BW/LAT, Intel MPI Benchmark, Presta)
o Extra packages
- open-iscsi: open-iscsi initiator with iSER support
- ib-bonding: Bonding driver for IPoIB interface
o Sources of all software modules (under conditions mentioned in the
modules' LICENSE files)
o Documentation
Notes:
1. All OFED components are of production quality, except for:
- The cxgb3 driver is in technology preview state.
- The Virtual NIC (VNIC) driver is presented as a technology preview.
2. See release notes for each package in OFED docs.
Third Party Packages
--------------------
The following third party packages have been tested with OFED 1.2:
1. Intel MPI, Version 3.0 - Package ID: l_mpi_p_3.0.043
2. HP MPI, Version 2.2.5
Supported Platforms and Operating Systems
=========================================
o CPU architectures:
- x86_64
- x86
- ia64
- ppc64
o Linux Operating Systems:
- RedHat EL4 up3: 2.6.9-34.ELsmp
- RedHat EL4 up4: 2.6.9-42.ELsmp
- RedHat EL4 up5: 2.6.9-55.ELsmp
- RedHat EL5: 2.6.18-8.el5
- SLES9 SP3: 2.6.5-7.244-smp
- SLES10: 2.6.16.21-0.8-smp
- kernel.org: 2.6.19.x and 2.6.20.x
HCAs and RNICs Supported
------------------------
This release supports IB HCAs by Mellanox Technologies, Qlogic and IBM as
well as iWARP RNICs by Chelsio Communications.
o Mellanox Technologies HCAs:
- InfiniHost (fw-23108 Rev 3.5.000)
- InfiniHost III Ex (MemFree: fw-25218 Rev 5.2.000
with memory: fw-25208 Rev 4.8.200)
- InfiniHost III Lx (fw-25204 Rev 1.2.000)
The SDR and DDR modes of the InfiniHost III family are supported.
For official firmware versions please see:
http://www.mellanox.com/support/firmware_table.php
o Qlogic HCAs:
- QHT6040 (PathScale InfiniPath HT-460)
- QHT6140 (PathScale InfiniPath HT-465)
- QLE6140 (PathScale InfiniPath PE-880)
o IBM HCAs:
- GX Dual-port 4x IB HCA
- GX Dual-port 12x IB HCA
o Chelsio RNICs:
- S310/S320 10GbE Storage Accelerators
- R310E 10GbE iWARP Adapters
Switches Supported
------------------
This release was tested with switches and gateways provided by the following
companies:
- Cisco
- Voltaire
- Qlogic
- Flextronics
Main changed from OFED 1.1:
============================
Note: For details regarding the various changes, please see the release notes
for each package in the docs directory.
General changes
o Kernel code based on 2.6.20
o New kernel modules: SA Cache, RDS, VNIC, bonding
o High availability of SRP and IPoIB in GA level
o Added iWARP support (with Chelsio driver)
o MAN pages for libraries (libibverbs and librdmacm)
IPoIB
o IPoIB Connected Mode
o High availability support using the bonding module.
SDP
o netstat is now available
o Improved message BW and Scalability
SRP
o High availability is now supported for all systems.
iSER
o Testing more platforms (e.g., ppc64 and ia64)
o Updated packages for ISCSI kernel & user components bundled with OFED.
uDAPL
o Scalability features needed for Intel MPI
Libraries
a. libibverbs 1.1
o Fork support (requires apps change)
o Better low-level driver handling, including multiple drivers linked
in statically
o Documentation: man pages
b. librdmacm (uCMA) 1.0
o Multicast joining from user space
o UD support
o Documentation: man pages
OSM
o Routing improvements
o Performance improvement to min hop and up/down of over an order of magnitude
o New fat-tree and LASH algorithms
o SA optional record support "virtually" complete
o IB router enablement
o SA database dump/restore
Management
o Many diagnostic improvements since OFED 1.1 (see detailed RN)
o ibdiagui: A GUI for ibdiagnet
MPI:
a. OSU MVAPICH
o Version was updated to 0.9.9
b. Open MPI
o Version was updated to 1.2.1
o See http://www.open-mpi.org/svn/new.php for details
c. OSU MVAPICH2
o MVAPICH2 version 0.98 was added to the OFED package.
d. Common MPI setup sourcing
Simple menu-driven interface to choose which MPI implementation to set as
the default on a per-user and/or system-wide basis
iWARP Support
o Chelsio NIC supported
o Verbs and CMA APIs are the same as InfiniBand
o ULPs supported
- MPI (mvapich2 tested)
- uDAPL
Install
o Default prefix directory is now /usr
See the attached are the release notes for more details
<<OFED_release_notes.txt>>
Tziporet Koren
Software Director
Mellanox Technologies
mailto: tziporet at mellanox.co.il
Tel +972-4-9097200, ext 380
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