[ofa-general] opensm: Unsupported attribute = 0xFF02

[Sasha Khapyorsky]

Hi Hal,

On 14:01 Tue 30 Oct     , Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> >                                 status..................0x0
> >                                 hop_ptr.................0x0
> >                                 hop_count...............0x0
> >                                 trans_id................0x377df6ce
> >                                 attr_id.................0xFF02 (UNKNOWN)
> 
> This is a proprietary SM attribute used by Cisco SM. Also, I believe the
> Cisco SM supports replication to standby's and that would be via
> proprietary means.
> 
> >                                 resv....................0x0
> >                                 attr_mod................0x1
> >                                 m_key...................0x0000000000000000
> >                                 MAD IS LID ROUTED
> > 
> > I'm not sure what this ERR 3107 means, is there something I could do about
> > it? Is there a way to use OpenSM as a standby SM with a managed switch?
> 
> No; SM flavors should not be mixed on a subnet. There are numerous
> reasons for this.

What are the reasons? I think complaint SMs should be able to
inter-operate, of course not in part of proprietary extensions. At least
I am able to run OpenSM with Voltaire SM on one subnet.

Sasha