[ofw] Windows v .614 doesn't detect IPoIB devices

[Smith, Stan]

The WinOF 1.0 install package addresses your cluster requirements in
execution and documentation (Release Notes).
 
stan.

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From: ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org
[mailto:ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy Enos
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 1:00 PM
To: Jan Bottorff
Cc: ofw at lists.openfabrics.org
Subject: Re: [ofw] Windows v .614 doesn't detect IPoIB devices


Offline, I was just making a similar point.  I didn't mention it, but I
was doing this upgrade interactively (and of course expected everything
to just work).   I was only doing this upgrade interactively because I
haven't built my cluster yet from this 'golden client'.  Future upgrades
will need to be non-interactive, which really needs to be an option for
any installer utility as well.  Particularly with respect to the nature
of IB users...  I estimate convenient, non-interactive needs to be very
typical.  I look forward to the day that there is a reliable
installer/updater with both interactive and non-interactive modes made
available.

    Jeremy

Jan Bottorff wrote: 

	That sounds a lot like the symptoms of the IB coinstaller DLL
not
	getting updated with the new build. My experience has been,
coinstallers
	don't get updated with the latest version automatically by an
INF file.
	You need to get an install application to handle this. It only
shows up
	when you are upgrading a system with an older incompatible
coinstaller.
	Putting something in the release notes might be good. My general
policy
	is: there is no assurance than an upgrade between periodic
builds will
	work correctly. Upgrades between official releases will need to
be
	tested as working.
	
	- Jan
	
	-----Original Message-----
	From: ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org
	[mailto:ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy
Enos
	Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 2:43 PM
	To: ofw at lists.openfabrics.org
	Subject: Re: [ofw] Windows v .614 doesn't detect IPoIB devices
	
	I think I may have cured this on my own... checked the driver
version 
	for the Infiniband Fabric device, and it did not get updated
with the 
	HCA (was still at 432, which apparently worked fine w/ HCA
driver 
	version 459).  Once I forced the Infiniband Fabric device to
update to 
	.614, the IPoIB devices appeared.
	
	    Jeremy
	
	Jeremy Enos wrote:
	  

		So I'm putting together a windows image using version
614 of openib 
		drivers.  Last time I did this, I was using version 459,
and when the 
		HCA driver was loaded, two IPoIB devices popped up and
needed drivers 
		loaded too.  The HCA driver for v 614 detects and loads
fine, as well 
		as the "Infiniband Fabric" found under System devices.
However, no 
		new devices are detected for IPoIB.  The event log is
pretty clean 
		too... just 2 informational (blue flag) entries for the
mthca driver 
		loading.
		My operating system is Windows Compute Cluster x64,
using a Dell 1855 
		blade with a daughter card HCA (Infinihost III pci-e
based, using DLGL
		    

	
	  

		4.7.600 fw).
		I have read in some list threads that this behavior can
be due to an 
		out of date firmware, and I should check w/ my vendor
for an updated 
		version.  However, I think I've got the latest fw
offered by my 
		vendor, and as well I've heard reports that this fw
version and same 
		daughter card have worked fine for someone else with
driver version
		    

	614.
	  

		So what should I do next to solve this issue?
		thx-
		
		   Jeremy Enos
		   NCSA
		
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