Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
- Version 3.5-2 Release Notes
- September 2013
+ Version 3.5-2 RC2 Release Notes
+ October 2013
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Table of Contents
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1. Overview, which includes:
- - OFED Distribution Rev 3.5-2 Contents
+ - OFED Distribution Rev 3.5-2 RC2 Contents
- Supported Platforms and Operating Systems
- Supported HCA and RNIC Adapter Cards and Firmware Versions
- Tested Switch Platforms
1. Overview
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These are the release notes of OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
-release 3.5-2. The OFED software package is composed of several software modules,
+release 3.5-2 RC2. The OFED software package is composed of several software modules,
and is intended for use on a computer cluster constructed as an InfiniBand
Fabric, an iWARP Network or a RoCE Fabric.
all of its nodes to this new version.
-1.1 OFED 3.5-2 Contents
+1.1 OFED 3.5-2 RC2 Contents
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The OFED package contains the following components:
- OpenFabrics core and ULPs:
o Mellanox Technologies HCAs (SDR, DDR and QDR Modes are Supported):
- ConnectX(R) and ConnectX EN (fw-25408 Rev 2.9.1000)
- ConnectX-2 (fw-ConnectX2 Rev 2.9.1000)
- - ConnectX-3 (fw-ConnectX3 Rev 2.11.0500) (FDR and FDR10 Modes are Supported)
+ o Mellanox Technologies HCAs (FDR and FDR10 Modes are Supported):
+ - ConnectX-3 (fw-ConnectX3 Rev 2.30.3000)
For official firmware versions please see:
http://www.mellanox.com/content/pages.php?pg=firmware_download
1.5 Third Party Packages
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-The following third party packages have been tested with OFED 3.5-2:
-- Open MPI - 1.6.4
+The following third party packages have been tested with OFED 3.5-2 RC2:
+- Open MPI - 1.6.5
1.6 OFED Sources
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2. Change log
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+OFED-3.5-2 RC2 Main Changes from OFED 3.5-2 RC1
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+1. Updated packages:
+ - dapl-2.0.39
+ - infinipath-psm-3.1-4
+ - libcxgb4-1.3.1
+2. install.pl: Enable nfsrdma on RHEL6.4
+ - if ($kernel =~ m/^3\.5/ or $DISTRO =~ /SLES11.2|RHEL6.[234]/)
OFED-3.5-2 Main Changes from OFED 3.5-1 and OFED 3.5
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Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
- Tips for Working with OFED 3.5-2
- September 2013
+ Tips for Working with OFED 3.5-2 RC2
+ October 2013
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Table of Contents
1. OFED Utilities
2. Debug HOWTOs
3. Pinning (Locking) User Memory Pages
-4. External Module Compilation Over OFED-3.5-2
+4. External Module Compilation Over OFED-3.5-2 RC2
5. Adding vendor specific actions to the installation of OFED
6. How to compile OFED sources manually
commit d8f006ab216ec54eca367aacd2d658b6a740c076
dapl:
-http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/dapl/dapl-2.0.38.tar.gz
+http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/dapl/dapl-2.0.39.tar.gz
ib-bonding:
http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/ib-bonding/ib-bonding-0.9.0-43.src.rpm
http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/management/infiniband-diags-1.6.2.tar.gz
infinipath-psm:
-http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/infinipath-psm/infinipath-psm-3.1-364.1140_open.tar.gz
+http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/infinipath-psm/infinipath-psm-3.1-4_g60db457_open.tar.gz
libcxgb3:
http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/cxgb3/libcxgb3-1.3.1.tar.gz
libcxgb4:
-http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/cxgb4/libcxgb4-1.3.0.tar.gz
+http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/cxgb4/libcxgb4-1.3.1.tar.gz
libehca:
http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/libehca/libehca-1.2.2-0.1.g69e1a88.tar.gz
Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
- Version 3.5-2 README
- September 2013
+ Version 3.5-2 RC2 README
+ Ocotber 2013
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Table of contents
1. Overview
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-This is the OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) version 3.5-2
+This is the OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) version 3.5-2 RC2
software package supporting InfiniBand, iWARP and RoCE fabrics. It is composed
of several software modules intended for use on a computer cluster
constructed as an InfiniBand subnet or an iWARP network.