[ofw] Identifying correct firmware

[Jeremy Enos]

I think I may have this resolved through the vendor at this point, but I 
am still curious about how to select a firmware from the Mellanox 
website and matching that up against Vendor X's HCAs.
thx-

    Jeremy

Jeremy Enos wrote:
> Hi-
> I'm going to be deploying Windows2008 on a cluster of Dell 1955 
> blades, each with daughter card form factor IB adapters.  I'm told I 
> need to have an updated firmware for this to work, but I'm having a 
> great deal of trouble gaining confidence into what firmware to 
> download from the Mellanox site, and I'm getting somewhat desperate.  
> From the Linux side, this is all the information I can query about the 
> HCA:
>
> /[root at abe0897 ~]# ibv_devinfo
> hca_id: mthca0
>         fw_ver:                         4.7.600
>         node_guid:                      0005:ad00:000b:3f12
>         sys_image_guid:                 0005:ad00:0100:d050
>         vendor_id:                      0x05ad
>         vendor_part_id:                 25208
>         hw_ver:                         0xA0
>         board_id:                       HCA.DLGL.A0
>         phys_port_cnt:                  2
>                 port:   1
>                         state:                  PORT_ACTIVE (4)
>                         max_mtu:                2048 (4)
>                         active_mtu:             2048 (4)
>                         sm_lid:                 4
>                         port_lid:               612
>                         port_lmc:               0x00
>
>                 port:   2
>                         state:                  PORT_DOWN (1)
>                         max_mtu:                2048 (4)
>                         active_mtu:             512 (2)
>                         sm_lid:                 0
>                         port_lid:               0
>                         port_lmc:               0x00
>
> root at abe0897 ~]# tvflash -i
> HCA #0: MT25208 Tavor Compat, DLGL, revision A0
>   Primary image is v4.7.600 build 3.2.0.118, with label 'HCA.DLGL.A0'
>   Secondary image is v4.6.000 build 3.0.0.160, with label 'HCA.DLGL.A0'
>
>   Vital Product Data
>     Product Name: DLGL   
>     P/N: 99-00063-04
>     E/C: Rev: A1
>     S/N: 6AN0101      
>     Freq/Power: PW=10W;PCIe 8X
>     Date Code: 4306
>     Checksum: Ok
> [root at abe0897 ~]# lspci |grep -i mell
> 0a:00.0 InfiniBand: Mellanox Technologies MT25208 InfiniHost III Ex 
> (Tavor compatibility mode) (rev a0)
> [root at nodeXXXX ~]#
> /
> I'm aware that I should probably be going through my vendor to get an 
> answer here, but circumstances have put the odds against me with that 
> route.  Can anyone tell me the proper updated firmware I should be 
> downloading?  I think "DLGL" is a Cisco rebranded version of some 
> other firmware, but I don't know which... (or what changes it might 
> have within it).  Cisco's website offers me absolutely zero insight here.
> thx-
>
>     Jeremy
>
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