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This section describes how to configure LNET for an InfiniBand network.
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This section describes how to configure LNET as an InfiniBand network.
  
 
OFED InfiniBand Options
 
OFED InfiniBand Options
  
For the SilverStorm/Infinicon InfiniBand LND (iiblnd), the network and HCA may
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For the SilverStorm/Infinicon InfiniBand Lustre network driver (iiblnd), the network and HCA may be specified as:
be specified, as in this example:
 
  
 
  options lnet networks="o2ib3(ib3)"
 
  options lnet networks="o2ib3(ib3)"
  
This specifies that the node is on ''o2ib'' network ''3'', using HCA ''ib3''.
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In this example the node specified is on ''o2ib'' network ''3'' using HCA ''ib3''.
  
  
InfiniBand connectivity can be achieved using commands and options provided in
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To configure LNET as an InfiniBand network see the example below.
  
The OFED InfiniBand software suite <link to where it can be downloaded> provides commands and options to  monitor and control aspects of the InfiniBand fabric. These commands are installed on and run from the Linux InfiniBand host.
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For the SilverStorm/Infinicon InfiniBand Lustre Network Driver (iiblnd), the network and HCA can be specified by entering:
  
To configure LNET as an InfiniBand network, see the example below.
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options lnet networks="o2ib3(ib3)"
 
 
For the SilverStorm/Infinicon InfiniBand Lustre Network Driver (iiblnd), the network and HCA can be specified by entering:
 
  
options lnet networks="o2ib3(ib3)"
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The node specified is on ''o2ib'' network ''3'' using HCA ''ib3''.
  
In this example, the node is on o2ib network number 3 and uses HCA ib3.
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InfiniBand connectivity can be achieved using commands and options provided by the OFED InfiniBand software suite <link to where it can be downloaded> provides commands and options to  monitor and control aspects of the InfiniBand fabric. These commands are installed on and run from the Linux InfiniBand host.

Revision as of 15:42, 7 October 2009

This section describes how to configure LNET as an InfiniBand network.

OFED InfiniBand Options

For the SilverStorm/Infinicon InfiniBand Lustre network driver (iiblnd), the network and HCA may be specified as:

options lnet networks="o2ib3(ib3)"

In this example the node specified is on o2ib network 3 using HCA ib3.


To configure LNET as an InfiniBand network see the example below.

For the SilverStorm/Infinicon InfiniBand Lustre Network Driver (iiblnd), the network and HCA can be specified by entering:

options lnet networks="o2ib3(ib3)"

The node specified is on o2ib network 3 using HCA ib3.

InfiniBand connectivity can be achieved using commands and options provided by the OFED InfiniBand software suite <link to where it can be downloaded> provides commands and options to monitor and control aspects of the InfiniBand fabric. These commands are installed on and run from the Linux InfiniBand host.