[ewg] Infiniband Interoperability

[Jeff Becker]

Hi Matt

On 06/29/10 10:15, Matt Breitbach wrote:
> So I know that this message isn't about starting a new group.  I've actually
> tried to join one of the mailing lists but it failed to sign me up.
>   
You probably tried to sign up for general at lists.openfabrics.org, which
doesn't really exist anymore (although the archives are still there for
searching). It sounds like you should post your question on
ewg at lists.openfabrics.org. I'll forward it for you.

Jeff Becker
OpenFabrics Server admin

> I'm working on getting an InfiniBand setup working in a mixed environment of
> Windows, Linux, and OpenSolaris.  I'm having huge difficulties getting the
> IB network to be stable.  We're working with IPoIB mainly, and get drops
> between the Windows and Linux/OpenSolaris systems.
>
> We had a professional take a look at our configuration, and he thought that
> OpenSM was configured properly, and actually had the network stable for
> about 2 days, but it degraded severely after that.  We are now to the point
> that most times the OpenSolaris box is unreachable from the Windows systems,
> and sometimes from the Linux system (which is running OpenSM).
>
> Is there any direction that you would be able to point me in to get some
> advice on this or some high-end consulting?  We've invested nearly 3 months
> into this project only to have a bladecenter with 4 IB Capable blades and a
> SuperMicro 4U server that can't reliably communicate over the InfiniBand
> network.
>
> -Matt Breitbach
> zfsbuild.com (our storage writeup about OpenSolaris ZFS over InfiniBand)
>
>
>   

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