[ofa-general] OpenSM ran out of LIDs

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 12:43 AM, Keshetti Mahesh
<keshetti.mahesh at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Are you sure it never gets read ? OpenSM will (also) update that file.
>
> Now OpenSM is accepting the guid2lid with some changes in the format.
> (Initially I was not using newline between entries in the guid2lid file).

So this was a hand edited file rather than one produced by OpenSM ?

> But shouldn't  OpenSM be able to find free lids on its own ?

Yes.

> After the LID assignment, I am getting different errors.
>
> ==============================================
> Aug 13 08:42:47 479488 [41401960] 0x01 -> osm_lft_rcv_process: ERR
> 0402: Setting forwarding table block failed (IB_INVALID_PARAMETER)
>                                Switch 0x200000
> Aug 13 08:42:47 480381 [44606960] 0x01 -> osm_lft_rcv_process: ERR
> 0402: Setting forwarding table block failed (IB_INVALID_PARAMETER)
>                                Switch 0x200000
> Aug 13 08:42:47 487412 [41E02960] 0x01 -> osm_lft_rcv_process: ERR
> 0402: Setting forwarding table block failed (IB_INVALID_PARAMETER)
>                                Switch 0x200100
> Aug 13 08:42:47 487424 [45A08960] 0x01 -> osm_lft_rcv_process: ERR
> 0402: Setting forwarding table block failed (IB_INVALID_PARAMETER)
>                                Switch 0x200100
> Aug 13 08:42:47 487455 [42803960] 0x01 -> osm_lft_rcv_process: ERR
> 0402: Setting forwarding table block failed (IB_INVALID_PARAMETER)
>                                Switch 0x200100
> .
> .
> .
> .
>
>
>                                      (On all the switches)
> ==================================================================================
>
> What could be the reason for failure of setting LIN FWD tables when
> the memory required for LIN FWD
> tables is already allocated ?

Not sure what you mean by that question. I think that error means
OpenSM was unable to set the switch LFT. I think this is a simulator
configuration issue.

In ibsim/sim.h, try changing MAXLINEARCAP to (48*1024).

-- Hal

> -Mahesh
>