Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
- How To Build OFED 1.1
+ How To Build OFED 1.2
- October 2006
+ April 2007
==============================================================================
==============================================================================
The build script for the OFED package can be downloaded from:
- https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.1/ofed/build
+ https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.2/ofed/build
Name: build_ofed.sh
Sources are extracted by default from the following locations:
userspace_URL:
- https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.1/src/userspace
+ https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.2/src/userspace
openib_scripts_URL:
- https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.1/ofed/openib/scripts
+ https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.2/ofed/openib/scripts
ofed_scripts_URL:
- https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.1/ofed/scripts
+ https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.2/ofed/scripts
ofed_docs_URL:
- https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.1/ofed/docs
+ https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.2/ofed/docs
mpi_URL:
- https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.1/ofed/mpi
+ https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.2/ofed/mpi
extras_URL:
- https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.1/ofed/extras
+ https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.2/ofed/extras
Example:
- ./build_ofed.sh --ver 1.1-rc6 --git /local/git/ofed_1_1/
+ ./build_ofed.sh --ver 1.2-rc6 --git /local/git/ofed_1_1/
- This command will create a package (i.e., subtree) called OFED-1.1-rc6
+ This command will create a package (i.e., subtree) called OFED-1.2-rc6
in the current working direcory. The git tree "/local/git/ofed_1_1/"
in this example is a local InfiniBand git tree which was created using
one of the methods in the "Requirements" section below.
Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
- MPI in OFED 1.1 README
+ MPI in OFED 1.2 README
- October 2006
+ April 2007
===============================================================================
- Ohio State University (OSU) MVAPICH 0.9.7 (Modified by Mellanox
Technologies)
-- Open MPI 1.1.1-1
+- Open MPI 1.2.1-1
Setup, compilation and run information of OSU MVAPICH and Open MPI is
provided below in sections 2 and 3 respectively.
Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
- Version 1.1
+ Version 1.2
Installation Guide
- October 2006
+ April 2007
==============================================================================
Table of contents
1. Overview
==============================================================================
-This is the OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) version 1.1
+This is the OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) version 1.2
software package supporting InfiniBand fabrics. It is composed of
several software modules intended for use on a computer cluster
constructed as an InfiniBand subnet.
the Infiniband stack. (Note that these includes, if needed, have
been "backported" to your kernel).
o The package raw (unbackported) source files are placed under
- <prefix>/src/openib-1.1.
+ <prefix>/src/openib-1.2.
o The script "openibd" is installed under /etc/init.d/. This script can
be used to load and unload the software stack.
o The directory /etc/infiniband is created with the files "info" and
Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
- Version 1.1
+ Version 1.2
Release Notes
- October 2006
+ April 2007
===============================================================================
Table of Contents
===============================================================================
1. Overview, which includes:
- - OFED Distribution Rev 1.1 Contents
+ - OFED Distribution Rev 1.2 Contents
- Supported Platforms and Operating Systems
- Supported HCA Adapter Cards and Firmware Versions
- Tested Switch Platforms
1. Overview
===============================================================================
These are the release notes of Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
-release 1.1. The OFED software package is composed of several software modules,
+release 1.2. The OFED software package is composed of several software modules,
and is intended for use on a computer cluster constructed as an InfiniBand
network.
all of its nodes to this new version.
-1.1 OFED 1.1 Contents
+1.1 OFED 1.2 Contents
---------------------
The OFED package contains the following components:
o OpenFabrics core and ULPs:
- InfiniHost (fw-23108 Rev 3.5.000)
- InfiniHost III Ex (MemFree: fw-25218 Rev 5.1.400
with memory: fw-25208 Rev 4.7.600)
- - InfiniHost III Lx (fw-25204 Rev 1.1.000)
+ - InfiniHost III Lx (fw-25204 Rev 1.2.000)
The SDR and DDR modes of the InfiniHost III family are supported.
For official firmware versions please see:
1.5 Third Party Packages
------------------------
-The following third party packages have been tested with OFED 1.1:
+The following third party packages have been tested with OFED 1.2:
1. Intel MPI, Version 2.0.1 - refresh, and Version 3.0
1.6 OFED Sources:
the Infiniband stack. (Note that these includes, if needed, have
been "backported" to your kernel).
o The package raw (unbackported) source files are placed under
- <prefix>/src/openib-1.1.
+ <prefix>/src/openib-1.2.
===============================================================================
3. Fixed Bugs
4. Known Issues
===============================================================================
The following is a list of major limitations and known issues of the various
-components of the OFED 1.1 release.
+components of the OFED 1.2 release.
1. Memory registration by user is limited according to the administrator
setting. See "Pinning (Locking) User Memory Pages" in OFED_tips.txt for
Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
- Tips for Working with OFED 1.1
+ Tips for Working with OFED 1.2
- October 2006
+ April 2007
===============================================================================
Table of Contents
To learn about other utilities, use their --help flag.
2. The sources for all utilities are not part of the RPM installation. However,
- all sources exist in the openib-1.1.tgz tarball.
+ all sources exist in the openib-1.2.tgz tarball.
1.1 Device Information
For example:
> cat /usr/local/ofed/BUILD_ID
- OFED-1.1-rc4
+ OFED-1.2-rc4
- openib-1.1 (REV=9304)
+ openib-1.2 (REV=9304)
# User space
- https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.1/src/userspace
+ https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.2/src/userspace
Git:
- ref: refs/heads/ofed_1_1
+ ref: refs/heads/ofed_1.2
commit d39c60f1406d29eb8e336529610574800a81d81e
# MPI
Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
- Performance Tests README for OFED 1.1
+ Performance Tests README for OFED 1.2
- October 2006
+ April 2007
Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
- Version 1.1
+ Version 1.2
README
- October 2006
+ April 2007
-This is the OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) version 1.1 software
+This is the OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) version 1.2 software
package supporting InfiniBand fabrics. It is composed of several software
modules intended for use on a computer cluster constructed as an InfiniBand
network.
OpenFabrics Home Page: http://www.openfabrics.org
-The OFED rev 1.1 software download available in www.openib.org/downloads.html
+The OFED rev 1.2 software download available in www.openib.org/downloads.html
Please email bugs and error reports to your InfiniBand vendor, or use bugzilla
http://openib.org/bugzilla/
The RPMs will be placed under ./RPMS directory.
For further details, see "Building OFED RPMs" and "Advanced Usage of OFED" in
-OFED_Installation_Guide.txt under OFED-1.1/docs.
+OFED_Installation_Guide.txt under OFED-1.2/docs.
5. Installing OFED Software
The default installation directory is: /usr/local/ofed
Install Quick Guide:
-1) Download and extract: tar xzvf OFED-1.1.tgz file.
-2) Change into directory: cd OFED-1.1
+1) Download and extract: tar xzvf OFED-1.2.tgz file.
+2) Change into directory: cd OFED-1.2
3) Run as root: ./install.sh
4) Follow the directions to install required components. For details, please see
- OFED_Installation_Guide.txt under OFED-1.1/docs.
+ OFED_Installation_Guide.txt under OFED-1.2/docs.
Note: The install script removes previously installed IB packages and
- Ohio State University's MVAPICH 0.9.7 (specifically updated and
modified by Mellanox Technologies and Cisco or this release of OFED)
-- Open MPI 1.1.1
+- Open MPI 1.2.1
OFED also includes 4 basic tests that can be run against each MPI
stack: bandwidth (bw), latency (lt), Intel MPI Benchmark and Presta. The tests
8. Related Documentation
========================
1) Release Notes for OFED Distribution components are to be found under
- OFED-1.1/docs and, after the package installation, under <prefix>/docs.
+ OFED-1.2/docs and, after the package installation, under <prefix>/docs.
2) For a detailed installation guide, see OFED_Installation_Guide.txt.
3) MPI_README.txt under <prefix>/docs.
4) OFED_tips.txt under <prefix>/docs
Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
- Diagnostic Tools in OFED 1.1 Release Notes
+ Diagnostic Tools in OFED 1.2 Release Notes
- October 2006
+ April 2007
-Repo: https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.1/src/userspace/management/diags
+Repo: https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.2/src/userspace/management/diags
Version: 9535
Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
- ehca in OFED 1.1 Release Notes
+ ehca in OFED 1.2 Release Notes
- October 2006
+ April 2007
Overview
Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
- IBUTILS in OFED 1.1 Release Notes
+ IBUTILS in OFED 1.2 Release Notes
- October 2006
+ April 2007
===============================================================================
Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
- ipath in OFED 1.1 Release Notes
+ ipath in OFED 1.2 Release Notes
- October 2006
+ April 2007
Overview
Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
- IPoIB in OFED 1.1 Release Notes
+ IPoIB in OFED 1.2 Release Notes
- October 2006
+ April 2007
===============================================================================
The client's port number must be the chosen server's port number plus one.
2. For IPoIB to use DHCP, it is required to patch ISC's DHCP. The patch file can
- be found under OFED-1.1/docs/dhcp after extracting the distribution file
+ be found under OFED-1.2/docs/dhcp after extracting the distribution file
(after installation it can also be found under <prefix>/docs/dhcp). The patch
should be applied for the server and for each client. Tests were run on
version 3.0.4 of the DHCP package.
Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
- iSER initiator in OFED 1.1 Release Notes
+ iSER initiator in OFED 1.2 Release Notes
- October 2006
+ April 2007
* Background
Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
- mthca in OFED 1.1 Release Notes
+ mthca in OFED 1.2 Release Notes
- October 2006
+ April 2007
===============================================================================
Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
- Open MPI in OFED 1.1 Copyrights, License, and Release Notes
+ Open MPI in OFED 1.2 Copyrights, License, and Release Notes
- October 2006
+ April 2007
Open MPI Copyrights
OpenSM Release Notes 2.0.5
============================
-Version: OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) 1.1
-Repo: https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.1/src/userspace/management/osm
+Version: OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) 1.2
+Repo: https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.2/src/userspace/management/osm
Version: 9535 (openib-2.0.5)
-Date: October 2006
+Date: April 2007
1 Overview
----------
-This document describes the contents of the OpenSM OFED 1.1 release.
+This document describes the contents of the OpenSM OFED 1.2 release.
OpenSM is an InfiniBand compliant Subnet Manager and Administration,
and runs on top of OpenIB. The OpenSM version for this release
is openib-2.0.5
1.4 Software Dependencies
-OpenSM depends on the installation of either OFED 1.1, OFED 1.0,
+OpenSM depends on the installation of either OFED 1.2, OFED 1.0,
OpenIB gen2 (e.g. IBG2 distribution), OpenIB gen1 (e.g. IBGD
distribution), or Mellanox VAPI stacks. The qualified driver versions
are provided in Table 2, "Qualified IB Stacks".
Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
- OSU MPI MVAPICH-0.9.7, Rev 0.9.7-mlx2.2.0 in OFED 1.1 Release Notes
+ OSU MPI MVAPICH-0.9.7, Rev 0.9.7-mlx2.2.0 in OFED 1.2 Release Notes
- October 2006
+ April 2007
Overview
Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
- SDP in OFED 1.1 Release Notes
+ SDP in OFED 1.2 Release Notes
- October 2006
+ April 2007
===============================================================================
1. Overview
===============================================================================
-SDP in OFED is at beta level for OFED 1.1.
+SDP in OFED is at beta level for OFED 1.2.
===============================================================================
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
- libsdp v. 9382 in OFED 1.1 Release Notes
+ libsdp v. 9382 in OFED 1.2 Release Notes
- October 2006
+ April 2007
===============================================================================
===============================================================================
1. Overview
===============================================================================
-This document describes the contents of the libsdp OFED 1.1 release.
+This document describes the contents of the libsdp OFED 1.2 release.
libsdp is a LD_PRELOAD-able library that can be used to migrate existing
applications to use InfiniBand Sockets Direct Protocol (SDP) instead of
TCP sockets, transparently and without recompilations. To setup libsdp
please follow the instructions below. The libsdp version for this release
-is 1.1.
+is 1.2.
===============================================================================
Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
- SRP in OFED 1.1 Release Notes
+ SRP in OFED 1.2 Release Notes
- October 2006
+ April 2007
==============================================================================
6. SRP Tools - ibsrpdm and srp_daemon
==============================================================================
-To assist in performing the steps in Section 5, the OFED 1.1 distribution
+To assist in performing the steps in Section 5, the OFED 1.2 distribution
provides two utilities which:
- Detect targets on the fabric reachable by the Initiator (for step 1)
- Output target attributes in a format suitable for use in the above
==============================================================================
Hosts connected to Silverstorm SRP Targets must perform one of the following
-steps after upgrading to OFED 1.1 to continue accessing their storage
+steps after upgrading to OFED 1.2 to continue accessing their storage
successfully:
1. When issuing the "echo" command to add a new SRP Target, the host
Release Notes for
- Gamma 3.2 and OFED 1.1 DAPL Release
- October 2006
+ Gamma 3.2 and OFED 1.2 DAPL Release
+ April 2007
- DAPL GAMMA 3.2/OFED 1.1 RELEASE NOTES
+ DAPL GAMMA 3.2/OFED 1.2 RELEASE NOTES
This release of the DAPL reference implementation
- is timed to coincide with OFED release 1.1 of the
+ is timed to coincide with OFED release 1.2 of the
Open Fabrics (www.openfabrics.org) software stack.
NEW SINCE Gamma 3.1 and OFED 1.0
retry values.
+ Fix to disallow any event after a disconnect event.
- * OFED 1.1 uDAPL source build instructions:
+ * OFED 1.2 uDAPL source build instructions:
- cd /usr/local/ofed/src/openib-1.1/src/userspace/dapl
+ cd /usr/local/ofed/src/openib-1.2/src/userspace/dapl
# NON_DEBUG build configuration
DAP BETA 2.06 RELEASE NOTES
We are not planning any further releases of the Beta series,
- which are based on the 1.1 version of the spec. There may be
+ which are based on the 1.2 version of the spec. There may be
further releases for bug fixes, but we anticipate the DAPL
community to move to the new 1.2 version of the spec and the
changes mandated in the reference implementation.