[ofw] Identifying correct firmware

[Scott Weitzenkamp (sweitzen)]

"Vendor X" in this case is Cisco if you have a Cisco support contract
for this HCA.
 
I'm not an expert in generating HCA firmware, but I do know Cisco takes
the Mellanox firmware image plus a board configuration file and
generates an HCA firmware file from using tools from Mellanox.  There
are a few config settings specific to this HCA because it is in a fixed
backplane config.  How important these settings are is not clear to me.
 
Scott
 


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	From: ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org
[mailto:ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy Enos
	Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 1:30 PM
	To: ofw at lists.openfabrics.org
	Subject: Re: [ofw] Identifying correct firmware
	
	
	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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