QLogic OFED+ Host Software User Guide, Rev. B

I–Useful Programs and Files
Summary and Descriptions of Useful Programs
Summary and Descriptions of Useful Programs
Useful programs are summarized in Table I-1. Names in blue text are linked to a
corresponding section that provides further details. Check the man pages for
more information on the programs.
Table I-1. Useful Programs
Program Name
chkconfig
dmesg
Function
Checks the configuration state and enables/disables services,
including drivers. Can be useful for checking homogeneity.
Prints out bootup messages. Useful for checking for initialization
problems.
ibhosts a
ibstatus a
ibtracert a
ibv_devinfo a
ident b
ipathbug-helper c
ipath_checkout c
ipath_control c
ipath_mtrr c
ipath_pkt_test c
Checks that all hosts in the fabric are up and visible to the
subnet manager and to each other
Checks the status of InfiniBand devices when OpenFabrics is
installed
Determines the path that InfiniBand packets travel between
two nodes
Lists information about InfiniBand devices in use. Use when
OpenFabrics is enabled.
Identifies RCS keyword strings in files. Can check for dates,
release versions, and other identifying information.
A shell script that gathers status and history information for
use in analyzing InfiniPath problems
A bash shell script that performs sanity testing on a cluster
using QLogic hardware and InfiniPath software. When the
program runs without errors, the node is properly configured.
A shell script that manipulates various parameters for the
InfiniPath driver.
This script gathers the same information contained in boardversion,
status_str, and version.
A Python script that sets the MTRR registers.
Tests the InfiniBand link and bandwidth between two QLogic
infiniband adapters, or, using an InfiniBand loopback connector,
tests within a single QLogic infiniband adapter
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