[Users] ofed -- inclusion in distributions, Redhat, Centos

Mon Aug 21 14:53:56 PDT 2017

Hi Kevin,

I have spoken to the maintainer of the OFED Build and he has confirmed that
OFED 4.8 and later does contain the drivers needed for the ConnectX-4
devices. The rdma-core includes user space drivers (libmlx4/5/...) and verbs
library.

He will update the release notes to make it clear that ConnectX-4 devices
are supported.

Thanks

Rupert

From: Kevin Abbey [mailto:kevina at oarc.rutgers.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2017 11:27 PM
To: RSD at SFI <rsdance at soft-forge.com <mailto:rsdance at soft-forge.com> >;
users at lists.openfabrics.org <mailto:users at lists.openfabrics.org> 
Subject: Re: [Users] ofed -- inclusion in distributions, Redhat, Centos

Hi Rupert and others on the list,
We have new EDR adapters/switches, ConnectX-4.  I don't see them listed in
the release notes.  Is this correct?
In Fedora 26, the related rpm, libmlx5 release include ConnectX-4 in the
package info.  How is that possible if the source is OFED?  Is Fedora using
the devel/master source rather than the released OFED versions?
I'm not following what I have observed.
Any notes on this would be useful.
Thank you,
Kevin

1.3 HCAs and RNICs Supported
----------------------------
This release supports IB HCAs by IBM, Intel and Mellanox Technologies, iWARP
RNICs by Chelsio Communications and Intel and RoCE adapters by Emulex, IBM
and Mellanox.

InfiniBand Adapters
  o   IBM HCAs:
        - GX Dual-port SDR 4x IB HCA
        - GX Dual-port SDR 12x IB HCA
        - GX Dual-port DDR 4x IB HCA
        - GX Dual-port DDR 12x IB HCA

  o   Intel (formerly QLogic) HCAs:
        - Intel(R) True Scale DDR PCIe x8 and x16 HCAs
        - Intel(R) True Scale QDR PCIe x8 Gen2 HCAs

  o   Mellanox Technologies HCAs (SDR, DDR and QDR Modes are Supported):
        - ConnectX(R) and ConnectX EN (Rev 2.9.1000)
        - ConnectX-2 (Rev 2.9.1200 and above)

  o   Mellanox Technologies HCAs (FDR and FDR10 Modes are Supported):
        - ConnectX-3 (Rev 2.33.5100 and above)
        - ConnectX-3 Pro (Rev 2.33.5100 and above)

  o   Mellanox Technologies HCAs (FDR and FDR10 Modes are Supported):
        - Connect-IB (Rev 10.10.5054 and above)

        For official firmware versions please see:
        http://www.mellanox.com/content/pages.php?pg=firmware_download

  _____  

From: RSD at SFI <rsdance at soft-forge.com <mailto:rsdance at soft-forge.com> >
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2017 6:58 AM
To: Kevin Abbey; users at lists.openfabrics.org
<mailto:users at lists.openfabrics.org> 
Subject: RE: [Users] ofed -- inclusion in distributions, Redhat, Centos 

Hi Kevin,

The OFED_release_notes.txt in each GA version of OFED provide the
information you request about the supported hardware and OS.

Here is the path for OFED 4.8 GA: OFED-4.8.tgz\OFED-4.8.tar\OFED-4.8\docs\

The release notes are also available on the OFA site:
<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.openfab
rics.org%2Fdownloads%2FOFED%2Frelease_notes%2F&data=02%7C01%7Ckevina%40oarc.
rutgers.edu%7Cc1b697d4509e4dff3b8f08d4e495bdb4%7Cb92d2b234d35447093ff69aca66
32ffe%7C1%7C0%7C636384779175772332&sdata=%2BsGnQD3cB84f4z10Gr5Q3t47u1%2B0FE6
nNGAE8goCudc%3D&reserved=0>
https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.openfabr
ics.org%2Fdownloads%2FOFED%2Frelease_notes%2F&data=02%7C01%7Ckevina%40oarc.r
utgers.edu%7Cc1b697d4509e4dff3b8f08d4e495bdb4%7Cb92d2b234d35447093ff69aca663
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Thanks

Rupert

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Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2017 7:31 PM
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Subject: [Users] ofed -- inclusion in distributions, Redhat, Centos

Hi,

I'm looking for the hardware/software/kernel/fw version compatibility
matrix/notes regarding the use of OFED in Redhat and Centos as well as other
distros.  I need to see what hardware is supported in a specific 
OFED version, thus what is supported by the RH, Centos, etc versions.   
I'd also like to be sure that the hardware fw meets the required level by
the OFED version.  Mellanox provides this information on their website and I
was under the impression that similar information would be provided with
openfabrics, RH and Centos.

Is any of the above information described somewhere or do we use the
Mellanox site for reference?

Thanks,
Kevin

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