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QLogic OFED+ Host Software User Guide, Rev. B

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Table of Contents<br />

1 Introduction<br />

How this <strong>Guide</strong> is Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1<br />

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2<br />

Interoperability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3<br />

2 Step-by-Step Cluster Setup and MPI Usage Checklists<br />

Cluster Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1<br />

Using MPI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2<br />

3 TrueScale Cluster Setup and Administration<br />

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1<br />

Installed Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2<br />

TrueScale and OpenFabrics Driver Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3<br />

IPoIB Network Interface Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4<br />

IPoIB Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5<br />

Administering IPoIB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5<br />

Stopping, Starting and Restarting the IPoIB Driver. . . . . . . . . . . 3-5<br />

Configuring IPoIB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6<br />

Editing the IPoIB Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6<br />

IB Bonding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6<br />

Interface Configuration Scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7<br />

Red Hat EL4 Update 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7<br />

Red Hat EL5, All Updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8<br />

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 and 11. . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9<br />

Verify IB Bonding is Configured. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10<br />

Subnet Manager Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12<br />

<strong>QLogic</strong> Distributed Subnet Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13<br />

Applications that use Distributed SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14<br />

Virtual Fabrics and the Distributed SA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14<br />

Configuring the Distributed SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14<br />

Default Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14<br />

Multiple Virtual Fabrics Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15<br />

Virtual Fabrics with Overlapping Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16<br />

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