[ofa-general] Setting lowest-common denominator ipoib multicast rate?

[Troy Benjegerdes]

Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 17:23 -0500, Troy Benjegerdes wrote:
>   
>> How can I set the ipoib broadcast multicast group rate such that even a 
>> 1X SDR connected machine can still join the group?
>>
>> I tried the following in /etc/osm-partitions.conf 
>>     
>
> What version of OpenSM ? That's the default for an OFED 1.2 based
> version of OpenSM. Default is /etc/ofa/opensm-partitions.conf for a
> master/OFED 1.3 version.
>  
>   
This is an ofed 1.2 version
>> based on a mail list 
>> posting from awhile ago, but it doesn't seem to work..
>>
>> Default=0x7fff,ipoib,rate=1:ALL=full;
>>     
>
> rate=2
>
>   

Can we get something added to the opensm man page about what the 
different rate= options mean? I couldn't find anything documenting what 
these rates map to.

>> And then what does it take on the ipoib client side to pick up the new 
>> partition parameters and such? reloading ipoib, or a full restart?
>>     
>
> Restarting opensm after making the configuration change to the
> partitions file should be sufficient.
>
> -- Hal
>
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