Q-Logic OFED, IB0056101-00 G.02 manual Preliminary

QLogic HCA and QLogic OFED Software Install Guide QLogic OFED Version 1.4

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Sections rearranged, renamed, and expanded due	“Choose the Appropriate Download Files” on
to multiple install methods. Previous sections:	page 5-4
Installing the InfiniPath and Open fabrics RPMs	“Install QLogicIB-Basic with the Installer Tool” on
Downloading and Unpacking the InfiniPath and	page 5-7
OpenFabrics Software	“About rpm Installation” on page 5-13
	“Install QLogic OFED Using Rocks” on page 5-20
	“Install QLogic OFED Using a Platform OCS Kit”
	on page 5-22
	“Using rpm to Install InfiniPath and OpenFabrics”
	on page 5-14
Added new section about installing using the	“Install QLogicIB-Basic with the Installer Tool” on
Installer Tool.	page 5-7
Moved introductory information about RPM instal-	“About rpm Installation” on page 5-13
lation before sections on installing using the two
different methods.
Removed paragraph about kernel module support	Was in old section “Installing the InfiniPath and
being part of InfiniPath RPMs; was relevant to pre-	Open fabrics RPMs”
vious release.
Added note about need to use prefixed install if	“Using rpm to Install InfiniPath and OpenFabrics”
using QLogic MPI with mpi-selector.	on page 5-14
Modified module for installed layout. New location	“Installed Layout” on page 5-23
for ipath modules. Location of other OFED mod-
ules listed here.
Modified module for driver overview.	“InfiniPath and OpenFabrics Driver Overview” on
	page 6-1
Modified module for configuring IPoIB. Only restart	“Configuring the IPoIB Network Interface” on
information has been changed.	page 6-2
Modified module for configuring VNIC interface.	“SRP stands for SCSI RDMA Protocol. It was origi-
Changed infinipath start/stop commands, and	nally intended to allow the SCSI protocol to run
added some introductory material.	over InfiniBand for Storage Area Network (SAN)
	usage. SRP interfaces directly to the Linux file sys-
	tem through the SRP Upper Layer Protocol. SRP
	storage can be treated as another device.” on
	page 6-4
Modified module for configuring SRP.	“SRP” on page 6-4
Modified module for uDAPL configuration.	“MPI over uDAPL” on page 6-13
Deleted reference to MTRR BIOS setting.	“Configuring the BIOS” on page 4-4
	“BIOS Settings” on page A-2

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