[ofw] OFED for Windows on 2008R2 SP1

[Matthew Wallis]

Hi Stan,
             Thanks for that, I hadn't gotten to the release notes, just the README.. Too much time
in a text console, I don't read things that need a web browser usually. Stupid habit.

We're doing an unattended install of Server 2008R2 HPC edition from a network share, so I 
can either try to pre-seed that with the OFED drivers, or I can try and install the MSI via the HPC
admin console. I'll give them a shot. I do need to make sure I get IPoIB as we're using GPFS for
the filesystem. 

vstat fails to run because complib.dll is missing from my computer. That's in a brand new CMD
prompt.

Matt.

On 14/04/2011, at 10:01 AM, Smith, Stan wrote:

> Hi Matt,
>  I just downloaded winOFED 2.3 and installed on svr2008R2 x64 (ConnectX HCA [MT26418]) using the following command window command; no issues?
> 
> 'start/wait msiexec /i OFED_2-3_win7_x64.msi /qn'
> 
> Without the 'start/wait' prefix the MS installer will run in the background as the cmd prompt will reappear giving the illusion the install has finished; can be confusing.
> Generally the preferred approach when doing unattended installs is to specify 'start/wait'.
> 
> If the system has never had an OFED install, the signing certificate prompting, as witnessed in your screen shots, can cause problems with /qn.
> See the Release Notes discussion on Svr2008 HPC unattended installs: certificate injection prior to winOFED install.
> 
> After a failed install, what if anything does vstat say? Pop a new cmd window after the install to get the correct %PATH% setup.
> 
> Stan.
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Matthew Wallis [mailto:mattw at vpac.org]
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 4:33 PM
>> To: Smith, Stan
>> Cc: ofw at lists.openfabrics.org
>> Subject: Re: [ofw] OFED for Windows on 2008R2 SP1
>> 
>> 
>> Hmm, on removing and re-installing the driver, I'm getting different error messages.
>> This one talks about the mlx_bus not resetting properly or something similar, and says
>> I should check the event log for more details. However the event log only has entries
>> from  5 minutes prior to the installation, so I'm pretty sure they have nothing to do with
>> the installation problem.
>> 
>> Screen shots :
>> http://www.madmonks.org/~mattw/ib
>> 
>> Unfortunately the error dialog box takes it upon itself to close before I get a chance to
>> take a screen shot of it.
>> 
>> I'm probably going to re-image one of the nodes shortly, so I'll have a chance to work
>> with a clean install.
>> 
>> Matt.
>> 
>> On 14/04/2011, at 8:05 AM, Matthew Wallis wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi Stan,
>>>             Yes, that's the command I ran, yes I was logged in as a Domain Administrator at the
>>> time. An alert dialog was raised, I don't recall the error code, but I'll try running it again
>> shortly
>>> and let you know.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Matt.
>>> 
>>> On 14/04/2011, at 2:11 AM, Smith, Stan wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hello,
>>>> 2008R2 SP1 was not yet released when winOFED 2.3 was released 12/28/10; so no.
>>>> Just to be clear, from a command prompt window with Admin privs, you typed
>>>> ' msiexec /i OFED_2-3_win7_x64.msi /qn'.
>>>> How was the error reported? Notifier box, %ERRORLEVEL%, was there an associated error code?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> 
>>>> Stan.
>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org [mailto:ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of
>>>>> Matthew Wallis
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 10:50 PM
>>>>> To: ofw at lists.openfabrics.org
>>>>> Subject: [ofw] OFED for Windows on 2008R2 SP1
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>>            Just wondering if anyone has tested the unattended install on 2008R2 SP1?
>>>>> Ran the installer using msiexec /i OFED_2-3_win7_x64.msi /qn and got an error back
>>>>> telling me that the mlx_hca didn't install properly, and yet the GUI install works fine.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Using the Server 2008R2 HPC Edition from the HPC website, updated to SP1.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Matt.
>>>>> 
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>>>>> Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing.
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Matthew Wallis, HPC Systems Administrator
Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing.
Ph: +61 3 9925 4452  Fax: +61 3 9925 4647