IBM Flex System EN4132, User Manual

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Page 4: ...tion and Environmental Notices and User s Guide documents on the IBM Notices for Network Devices CD and the Warranty Information document that comes with the product First Edition February 2012 Copyright IBM Corporation 2012 US Government Users Restricted Rights Use duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp ...

Page 5: ...ng the IBM Flex System adapter 5 Installing device drivers and verification 8 Chapter 3 Solving problems 17 Parts listing 17 Appendix A Getting help and technical assistance 19 Before you call 19 Using the documentation 20 Getting help and information from the World Wide Web 20 Software service and support 20 Hardware service and support 21 IBM Taiwan product service 21 Appendix B Notices 23 Trade...

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Page 10: ...etup and installation instructions for the IBM Flex System adapter and general information about the adapter and how to get help The most recent version of this User s Guide and all other related documents are at http publib boulder ibm com infocenter flexsys information index jsp In addition to this User s Guide the following related documentation is available for your adapter IBM Flex System Ins...

Page 11: ...al document contains the translated versions of the safety messages that appear in the IBM documentation IBM Environmental Notices and User s Guide This multilingual document contains the world wide environmental and recycling information for your product IBM License Agreement for Machine Code This multilingual document contains the IBM license information for the machine code for your product IBM...

Page 12: ... end QoS and congestion control Hardware based I O virtualization TCP UDP IP stateless off load Ethernet encapsulation EoIB RoHS 6 compliant Table 1 IBM Flex System Physical Size 3 3in x 3 8 in 84 89mm x 96 7 mm Protocol Support Ethernet 10GBASE CX4 10GBASE R and 1000BASE R Data Rate 1 10Gb s Ethernet PCI Express Gen3 SERDES 8 0GT s 8 lanes 2 0 and 1 1 compatible Regulatory EMC Refer to the follow...

Page 13: ...hernet Adapter User s Guide Finding the MAC and serial number on the adapter Each adapter has a label on the print side that shows the adapter serial number and the MAC for the Ethernet protocol Figure 1 Board Label 1 Figure 2 Board Label 2 ...

Page 14: ...er should only be done by a properly qualified technician or engineer Read and follow all safety precautions specified in this document Use the documentation supplied with the IBM Flex System chassis to remove and replace the compute node from the chassis 1 Remove the cover from the compute node a With the compute node sitting on the work table slide the release button located on the right side of...

Page 15: ...gure 4 Compute Node B Switch Bay 3 4 A Switch Bay 1 2 3 Line up the adapter so that the pins of the adapter are over the sockets in the compute node Figure 5 IBM Flex System Adapter 4 Plug the adapter into the socket print side up ...

Page 16: ...7 Installing the IBM Flex System adapter Figure 6 Plug the Adapter 5 Close the retaining clips Figure 7 Retaining Clips 6 Replace the compute node cover ...

Page 17: ... Drivers InfiniBand and VPI SW Drivers VMware Drivers Linux drivers For Linux download and install the latest OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution OFED software package available via the Mellanox web site at http www mel lanox com Products Software Drivers InfiniBand VPI Software Drivers Mellanox OFED Download Follow the installation instructions included in the download package also available from...

Page 18: ...a service Load MLX4_EN module MLX4_EN_LOAD yes ifconfig a eth0 Link encap Ethernet HWaddr 5C F3 FC 5F 40 EA inet addr 10 7 5 170 Bcast 10 7 7 255 Mask 255 255 252 0 inet6 addr fe80 5ef3 fcff fe5f 40ea 64 Scope Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU 1500 Metric 1 RX packets 20009 errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 4492 errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 txqueuelen 1...

Page 19: ...communication has been established follow the instructions below Get the device location on the PCI bus by performing the following steps 1 Open Device Manager on the server Click start Run and then enter devmgmt msc 2 Expand System Devices and locate the adapter 3 Right click and select Properties to display the adapter properties window 4 Click the Details tab and select Device Instance ld Windo...

Page 20: ...he sub string PCI VEN_15B3 DEV_1003 VEN is equal to 0x15B3 this is the Vendor ID of Mellanox Technologies and DEV is equal to 1003 this is a valid Mellanox Technologies PCI Device ID Verify MLX driver 1 Start the Device Manager open a command line window and enter devmgmt msc 2 Open Network Adapters 3 Right click the relevant adapter and select Properties 4 Click the Driver tab example ...

Page 21: ...and hardware related infor mation such as driver version firmware version bus interface adapter identity and network port link information perform the following steps 1 Display the Device Manager 2 Right click the relevant adapter and left click Properties 3 Select the Information tab from the Properties sheet example ...

Page 22: ... adapter Obtain the Ethernet address 1 Display the Device Manager 2 Right click the relevant adapter and left click Properties 3 Select the Details tab from the Properties sheet 4 Select Address from the Property pull down menu example ...

Page 23: ...tructions included in the download package also available from the download page RDMA over Converged Ethernet ConnectX 3 connected to an Ethernet fabric provides all of the basic NIC func tionality plus RDMA over Converged Ethernet RoCE RoCE utilizes advances in Data Center Bridging DCB to enable efficient and low cost implementations of RDMA over Ethernet supporting the entire breadth of RDMA and...

Page 24: ...CE based network management is the same as that for any Ethernet and DCB based network management eliminating the need for IT managers to learn new technologies Hardware and Software Requirements Software Mellanox OFED or WinOF VPI Hardware IBM Flex System adapter ...

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Page 26: ...ate and correct a problem by using the information in this section see Appendix A Getting help and technical assistance on page 19 Parts listing unit unit unit Table 2 Part CRU Number Part CRU number Tier 1 IBM Flex System EN4132 2 port 10Gb Ethernet Adapter 90Y3469 ...

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Page 28: ...19 Copyright IBM Corp 2012 Appendix A Getting help and technical assistance Before you call ...

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