Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
- Version 1.3
+ Version 1.3.1
Installation Guide
- February 2008
+ May 2008
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Table of contents
2) When installing OFED on an entire [homogeneous] cluster, a common
strategy is to install the software on one of the cluster nodes
(perhaps on a shared file system such as NFS). The resulting RPMs,
- created under OFED-1.3/RPMS directory, can then be installed on all
+ created under OFED-1.3.1/RPMS directory, can then be installed on all
nodes in the cluster using any cluster-aware tools (such as pdsh).
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Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
- Version 1.3
+ Version 1.3.1-rc1
Release Notes
- February 2008
+ May 2008
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- Third party Test Packages
- OFED sources
2. Main Changes from OFED 1.2.5
-3. Fixed Bugs
+3. Changes and Fixed Bugs since OFED 1.3
4. Known Issues
1. Overview
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These are the release notes of OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
-release 1.3 The OFED software package is composed of several software modules,
+release 1.3.1 The OFED software package is composed of several software modules,
and is intended for use on a computer cluster constructed as an InfiniBand
subnet or iWARP network.
all of its nodes to this new version.
-1.1 OFED 1.3 Contents
+1.1 OFED 1.3.1 Contents
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The OFED package contains the following components:
- OpenFabrics core and ULPs:
- Blocking
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-3. Fixed Bugs
+3. Changes and Fixed Bugs since OFED 1.3
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+- MVAPICH 1.0.1
+- Open MPI 1.2.6
+- uDAPL v1 (1.2.6) and v2 (2.0.8)
+- librdmacm 1.0.7
+- IPoIB bug fixes
+- SRP bug fixes
+- Bonding fixes and support for SM failover.
+- Low level drivers update:
+ - cxgb3 (Chelsio)
+ - ehca (IBM)
+ - mlx4 (Mellanox)
+ - nes (NetEffect)
+
Note: For details regarding the various fixed bugs, please see the
release notes for each component in the docs directory.
4. The ipath driver is supported only on 64-bit platforms.
5. When installing OFED on OpenSuse or Ubuntu one should use the
--without-depcheck option of the install.pl script
-
+6. To install OFED 1.3 on Fedora Core 8 one should:
+ 1. Install libtool RPM (required by libibcommon)
+ 2. Install tcsh RPM (required by mpi-selector)
+ 3. Create the file '.rpmmacros' (required by mvapich):
+ echo "%__arch_install_post %{nil}" >> /root/.rpmmacros
+
Note: See the release notes of each component for additional issues.
4. DHCP Support of IPoIB
5. The ib-bonding driver
6. Bug Fixes and Enhancements Since OFED 1.2
+6. Bug Fixes and Enhancements Since OFED 1.3
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1. Overview
Usage and configuration:
-
+========================
1. To check the current mode used for outgoing connections, enter:
cat /sys/class/net/ib0/mode
2. To disable IPoIB CM at compile time, enter:
To increase MTU, enter:
ifconfig ib0 mtu 65520
+5. Switching between CM and UD mode can be done in runtime:
+ echo datagram > /sys/class/net/ib0/mode sets the mode of ib0 to UD
+ echo connected > /sys/class/net/ib0/mode sets the mode ib0 to CM
+
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3. Known Issues
- Fixed kernel oops in IPoIB download
- Fix a crasher bug in IPoIB CM by initializing RX before moving QP to RTR.
+
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-7. Notes
+7. Bug Fixes and Enhancements Since OFED 1.3
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-1. Switching between CM and UD mode can be done in runtime:
-echo datagram > /sys/class/net/ib0/mode sets the mode of ib0 to UD
-echo connected > /sys/class/net/ib0/mode sets the mode ib0 to CM
+- Don't drop multicast sends when they can be queued
+- Bug fix when copying small SKBs
Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
- RDMA CM in OFED 1.3 Release Notes
+ RDMA CM in OFED 1.3.1 Release Notes
- February 2008
+ May 2008
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1. Overview
2. New Features
3. Known Issues
+4. Fixed bugs since OFED 1.3
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1. Overview
device's IP address.
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+4. Fixed bugs since OFED 1.3
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+- The reject status fix has been inserted for DAPL.
+
Release Notes for
- OFED 1.3 DAPL Release
- February 2008
+ OFED 1.3.1 DAPL Release
+ May 2008
- OFED 1.3 RELEASE NOTES
+ OFED 1.3.1 RELEASE NOTES
This release of the DAPL reference implementation
- is timed to coincide with OFED release 1.3 of the
+ is timed to coincide with OFED release 1.3.1 of the
Open Fabrics (www.openfabrics.org) software stack.
+ NEW SINCE OFED 1.3
+ OFED 1.3.1 includes new versions of uDAPL v1 (1.2.6) and v2 (2.0.8)
+
+ Summary of changes since OFED 1.3 release:
+ v2 - add private data exchange with reject
+ v1,v2 - better error reporting in non-debug builds
+ v1,v2 - update only OFA entries in dat.conf, cooperate with non-ofa providers
+ v1,v2 - support for zero byte operations, iov==NULL
+ v1,v2 - multi-transport support for inline data and private data differences
+ v1,v2 - fix memory leaks and other reported bugs since OFED 1.3
NEW SINCE OFED 1.2