From 10b73ef3407794e07b9e0f50c187b6026e91ab4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: huweihua Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 02:46:48 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] add remind reboot for rhels7 --- .../infiniband/mlnxofed_ib_install_v2_diskful.rst | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/source/advanced/networks/infiniband/mlnxofed_ib_install_v2_diskful.rst b/docs/source/advanced/networks/infiniband/mlnxofed_ib_install_v2_diskful.rst index 1dc68fc0a..6ede855e5 100644 --- a/docs/source/advanced/networks/infiniband/mlnxofed_ib_install_v2_diskful.rst +++ b/docs/source/advanced/networks/infiniband/mlnxofed_ib_install_v2_diskful.rst @@ -55,7 +55,11 @@ Configuration for Diskful Installation rsetboot net rpower reset - After installation, you can login target ndoe and issue ``ibstat`` command to verify if your IB driver works well. if everything is fine, you can get the IB apater information :: + **[Note]**: Dpending on Mellanox OFED user manual, if you don't perform firmware updates to network adapter hardware, no need to reboot the machine, just restart the driver by running ``/etc/init.d/openibd``. But in Rhels7.x, after installation, ``openibd`` restart failed if not reboot the machine. so **we strongly recommend reboot note again to avoid unexpected problem in RHELS7.x.** If you perform firmware updates, whatever operating system you used, **don't forget to reboot machine** . + + After steps above, you can login target ndoe and find the Mellanox IB drives are located under ``/lib/modules//extra/mlnx-ofa_kernel``. + + Issue ``ibstat`` command you can get the IB apater information :: [root@server ~]# ibstat CA 'mlx4_0' @@ -84,4 +88,4 @@ Configuration for Diskful Installation SM lid: 0 Capability mask: 0x02594868 Port GUID: 0x5cf3fc000004ec04 - Link layer: InfiniBand \ No newline at end of file + Link layer: InfiniBand From 8e470cbccc7860032db8ba7bf33d2ae48cb23c34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: huweihua Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 23:30:35 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] modify again --- .../networks/infiniband/mlnxofed_ib_install_v2_diskful.rst | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/source/advanced/networks/infiniband/mlnxofed_ib_install_v2_diskful.rst b/docs/source/advanced/networks/infiniband/mlnxofed_ib_install_v2_diskful.rst index 6ede855e5..74d9dce69 100644 --- a/docs/source/advanced/networks/infiniband/mlnxofed_ib_install_v2_diskful.rst +++ b/docs/source/advanced/networks/infiniband/mlnxofed_ib_install_v2_diskful.rst @@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ Configuration for Diskful Installation rsetboot net rpower reset - **[Note]**: Dpending on Mellanox OFED user manual, if you don't perform firmware updates to network adapter hardware, no need to reboot the machine, just restart the driver by running ``/etc/init.d/openibd``. But in Rhels7.x, after installation, ``openibd`` restart failed if not reboot the machine. so **we strongly recommend reboot note again to avoid unexpected problem in RHELS7.x.** If you perform firmware updates, whatever operating system you used, **don't forget to reboot machine** . + **[Note]**: In RHEL7.x, after performing all steps above, ``openibd`` doesn't work well. you can resolve this problem depending on `Mellanox OFED Linux Release Notes `_ by yourself. But reboot one more time can resolve all of these complex issues. so **we strongly recommend reboot machine again to avoid unexpected problem in RHEL7.x.** - After steps above, you can login target ndoe and find the Mellanox IB drives are located under ``/lib/modules//extra/mlnx-ofa_kernel``. + After steps above, you can login target ndoe and find the Mellanox IB drives are located under ``/lib/modules//extra/``. Issue ``ibstat`` command you can get the IB apater information :: - + [root@server ~]# ibstat CA 'mlx4_0' CA type: MT4099 From aeb4c661abb88578bafb498bd6faed37c5011608 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: huweihua Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 01:08:24 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] add reminding for firmware upgrade case --- .../networks/infiniband/mlnxofed_ib_install_v2_diskful.rst | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/source/advanced/networks/infiniband/mlnxofed_ib_install_v2_diskful.rst b/docs/source/advanced/networks/infiniband/mlnxofed_ib_install_v2_diskful.rst index 74d9dce69..b1eee7fff 100644 --- a/docs/source/advanced/networks/infiniband/mlnxofed_ib_install_v2_diskful.rst +++ b/docs/source/advanced/networks/infiniband/mlnxofed_ib_install_v2_diskful.rst @@ -55,7 +55,11 @@ Configuration for Diskful Installation rsetboot net rpower reset - **[Note]**: In RHEL7.x, after performing all steps above, ``openibd`` doesn't work well. you can resolve this problem depending on `Mellanox OFED Linux Release Notes `_ by yourself. But reboot one more time can resolve all of these complex issues. so **we strongly recommend reboot machine again to avoid unexpected problem in RHEL7.x.** + **[Note]**: + + * In RHEL7.x, after performing all steps above, ``openibd`` doesn't work well. you can resolve this problem depending on `Mellanox OFED Linux Release Notes `_ by yourself. But reboot one more time can resolve all of these complex issues. so **we strongly recommend reboot machine again to avoid unexpected problem in RHEL7.x.** + + * If you performed firmware updates, i.e. you didn't pass ``--without-fw-update`` to option ``-m`` of ``mlnxofed_ib_install``, **reboot machine for all distro** After steps above, you can login target ndoe and find the Mellanox IB drives are located under ``/lib/modules//extra/``.