[openib-general] Query on Open IB drivers on DUAL HCA

Fabian Tillier ftillier at silverstorm.com
Wed Apr 12 07:50:01 PDT 2006


Hi Yathi,

On 4/12/06, Yathi Shetty (yathiraj) <yathiraj at cisco.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does the open Ib support DUAL HCA servers. I tried it on a Sun V20 Z
> with dual HCA, but got the HCA failed to come up. I get an yellow
> exclamation mark on the HCA. Uninstalling also doesn't help. Any
> suggestions ?

The current VAPI-based driver does not support two HCAs at the same
time.  I don't know if Mellanox will fix it since the MTHCA driver is
almost mature and will replace the VAPI-based driver since it supports
all memfree HCAs (which the VAPI driver does not).

- Fab



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