Q-Logic IB0056101-00 G.02, OFED 6 Configuring Drivers and Services, 7 Installation Verification and Additional Settings, A Installation Troubleshooting

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Uninstalling Software with Rocks or Platform OCS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25

Downgrading RPMs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25

6 Configuring Drivers and Services

InfiniPath and OpenFabrics Driver Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

OpenFabrics Drivers and Services Configuration and Startup. . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Configuring the IPoIB Network Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

OpenSM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

SRP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4

Using QLogic SRP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4

Using OFED SRP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4

Configuring and Administering the VNIC Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6

MPI over uDAPL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13

Other Configuration: Changing the MTU Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14

Managing the InfiniPath Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15

Configure InfiniPath Driver State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16

Start, Stop or Restart InfiniPath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16

Unloading the Driver/Modules Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17

Further Information on Configuring and Loading Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17

7 Installation Verification and Additional Settings

LED Link and Data Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

Adapter and Other Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

Customer Acceptance Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2

A Installation Troubleshooting

Hardware Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

Node Spontaneously Reboots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

Some HTX Motherboards May Need Two or More CPUs in Use . . . . A-1

BIOS Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Enable Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI). . . . . . . A-2

Issue with Supermicro® H8DCE-HTe and QHT7040 . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Software Installation Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Missing Kernel RPM Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Resolving Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

openmpi_gcc Fails to Install Because of Dependency on gfortran

(RHEL 4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

mpirun Installation Requires 32-bit Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

Lockable Memory Error on Initial Installation of InfiniPath. . . . . . . . . . A-5

Configuration Issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5