Note: If you plan to upgrade the OFED package on your cluster, please upgrade
all of its nodes to this new version.
+Important note: At the current stage of mlx4 driver, this packages should be
+ used for basic functionality testing only and not for extensive
+ regression testing.
+
1.1 OFED 1.2 Contents
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o Documentation
Notes:
-1. SDP is in beta quality.
-2. ehca driver is in technology preview state.
-3. All other OFED components are of production quality.
-4. See release notes for each package in the docs directory.
-5. Any Topspin copyright belongs to Cisco Systems, Inc.
+1. mlx4 driver is in alpha quality: Only OpenSM, MPI and IPoIB can be used.
+2. See release notes for each package in the docs directory.
+3. Any Topspin copyright belongs to Cisco Systems, Inc.
1.2 Supported Platforms and Operating Systems
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o CPU architectures:
- x86_64
- - x86
- - ia64
- - ppc64
o Linux Operating Systems:
- - RedHat EL4 up3: 2.6.9-34.ELsmp
- - RedHat EL4 up4: 2.6.9-42.ELsmp
- - SLES9 SP3: 2.6.5-7.244-smp
+ - RedHat EL5: 2.6.18-8.el5
- SLES10: 2.6.16.21-0.8-smp
- - kernel.org: 2.6.17.x and 2.6.18.x
1.3 HCAs Supported
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with memory: fw-25208 Rev 4.7.600)
- InfiniHost III Lx (fw-25204 Rev 1.2.000)
The SDR and DDR modes of the InfiniHost III family are supported.
+ - ConnectX IB (fw-25408 Rev 2.0.150)
For official firmware versions please see:
http://www.mellanox.com/support/firmware_table.php
1.6 OFED Sources:
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Source repositories:
-Kernel: git://www.mellanox.co.il/~git/infiniband ofed_1_1
-User: https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.1/src/userspace
-
-The kernel sources are based on Linux 2.6.18-rc6 mainline kernel. Its patches
-are included in the OFED sources directory.
For details see HOWTO.build_ofed.