Questions tagged [infiniband]

InfiniBand is a switched fabric computer network communications link used in high-performance computing and enterprise data centers. This tag should be used for questions about IB related hardware and software.

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Is it possible to update Supermicro ConnectX-3 Firmware with newer firmware from Mellanox?

I have a Supermicro server with a X9DRT-HIBFF motherboard installed. It has on-board Infiniband based on the ConnectX-3 chipset from Mellanox. Supermicro supply firmware version 2.10.0700 and ...
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Connect two infiniband cards to each other without a switch

Is it possible to connect two Mellanox ConnectX-2 cards on two seperate computers to each other without a switch in between? I am just trying to learn to use verbs programming without having to spend $...
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Set up simple Infiniband Block Storage (SRP or iSER)

I'm trying to figure out how to set up a simple storage system which exports block storage over Infiniband, using either SRP or iSER. I'm very early in the process, and at the moment I'm basically ...
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Replaced storage controller, now can't find ESXi ZFS mount point

We have an older file server (running Gentoo of all things) that recently suffered a storage controller failure. The parts were replaced and everything is back online except one item, probably the ...
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Alternatives to bridging infiniband ipoib within xen domains?

I've installed xen-hypervisor-4.1 package onto an Ubuntu 12.04.3 server. It has an infiniband adaptor installed and I run IPoIB with it. What I'm wanting to do is provide the ipoib to one or more ...
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infiniband network between 3 servers [closed]

Let's say I have 3 different servers, each one with an infiniband card. Each card has 2 different ports. (I don't know about the model yet) Is it possible to create 3 different networks and to allow ...
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