[openib-general] IP over IB configuration procedure

Roland Dreier roland at topspin.com
Fri Dec 3 10:55:34 PST 2004


    Philippe> Is /sbin/ifup the correct command to setup the infinband
    Philippe> interface or is there any other procedure to follow ?  I
    Philippe> tried also to configure "manually" the interface but
    Philippe> pinging another node does not work.

Not sure what ifup does on your system (it depends on the
distribution).  However you probably need to configure something like
/etc/network/interfaces (the Debian config file for ifup).

Something like "ifconfig ib0 <address>" should work, though.

Hal's IPoIB FAQ may be useful for debugging:
    http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.openib/6175

 - Roland



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