[ofa-general] RE: HP PCI-X 2-port 4X Fabric (HPC) Adapter

[Shue, David CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RITB]

ALL:

I appreciate everyone's help.  This is where I stand and I am putting
the info in the email in case the firewall decides to block it.

I wanted to update the FW as some have suggested.  I tried using both
"flint" and "mstflint" and get the same output you can see below which
will not show any PSID so I can obtain the correct Mellanox FW update.
I am also including the dmesg, lspci, and mst stat information.

****flint****

./flint -d /dev/mst/mt23108_pci_cr0 query
Image type:      Failsafe
I.S. Version:    1
Chip Revision:   A1
Description:     Node             Port1            Port2            Sys
image
GUIDs:           0008f10403972174 0008f10403972175 0008f10403972176
0008f10403972177 
Board ID:        
VSD:             
PSID:            

***** MST STATUS *****

mst status
MST modules:
------------
    MST PCI module loaded
    MST PCI configuration module loaded
    MST Calibre (I2C) module is not loaded

MST devices:
------------
/dev/mst/mt23108_pciconf0        - PCI configuration cycles access.
                                   bus:dev.fn=09:01.0 addr.reg=88
data.reg=92
                                   Chip revision is: A1
/dev/mst/mt23108_pci_cr0         - PCI direct access.
                                   bus:dev.fn=0a:00.0 bar=0xd8000000
size=0x100000
                                   Chip revision is: A1
/dev/mst/mt23108_pci_ddr0        - PCI direct access.
                                   bus:dev.fn=0a:00.0 bar=0xc0000000
size=0x8000000
/dev/mst/mt23108_pci_uar0        - PCI direct access.
                                   bus:dev.fn=0a:00.0 bar=0xc8000000
size=0x800000

****DMESG****

ib_mthca 0000:0a:00.0: HCA FW version 3.3.2 is old (3.4.0 is current).
ib_mthca 0000:0a:00.0: If you have problems, try updating your HCA FW.

****LSPCI****

09:01.0 PCI bridge: Mellanox Technologies MT23108 PCI Bridge (rev a1)
0a:00.0 InfiniBand: Mellanox Technologies MT23108 InfiniHost (rev a1)

The original card (manufactured in Israel) and works as a result of
OFED, returned "HP_0040000001" when I ran the "ibv_devinfo".

These boards were ordered at different times, but the same part number
was used.  The one that does not work, is clearly labeled "HP" and was
manufactured in USA it says.  The IB card that works, does not clearly
state a manufacturer, but would it appear to be HP seeing that the
board_id is "HP_0040000001"?

Anyone have any ideas where I should go with this all at this point?  If
you require any further logs please let me know.

I appreciate your help GREATLY.

-Dave


-----Original Message-----
From: David McMillen [mailto:davem at systemfabricworks.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:34 AM
To: Shue, David CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RITB
Subject: Re: HP PCI-X 2-port 4X Fabric (HPC) Adapter


	

	
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	From: Shue, David CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RITB
[mailto:David.Shue.ctr at rl.af.mil] 
	Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 6:17 AM
	To: membership at openfabrics.org
	Subject: HP PCI-X 2-port 4X Fabric (HPC) Adapter 

	 

	I have used the OFED-1.3 software to communicate to the Mellanox
HPC I use.  However, the OFED-1.3 does not appear to work with the
subject HPC card.  The card is an HPC 380299-B21.  Is there any
information you may provide in how to communicate to this card?

	 

	Thank you.

	 

	 

	>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 

	  David Shue                      

	  Systems Specialist        

	  Computer Sciences Corporation


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This appears to be an older PCI-X card, and may have a firmware level
that is too old to be supported.  There may be some information printed
by the driver on startup, so look at dmesg or /var/log/messages.

According to the OFED 1.3 release notes, the firmware level needs to be
3.5.000 which happens to be the latest released by Mellanox.  Does the
ibv_devinfo command give any output?  If so, it will show the firmware
level.  Otherwise, perhaps the tvflash -i command will tell you.  If
that does not work, please send me the output of both "lspci" and "lspci
-n" and I will see if there is any obvious reason from the PCI
identification.

You can get new firmware from Mellanox at
http://www.mellanox.com/support/firmware_table_IH.php

Be very careful to match up the PSID of your existing card with the
firmware, as there are enough differences between the models that the
wrong firmware might render your card useless.

Let me know how this works out for you, or if you need more information.

Dave McMillen