Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
- Version 3.18-2 Release Notes
- July 2016
+ Version 3.18-3 Release Notes
+ Feb 2017
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Table of Contents
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1. Overview, which includes:
- - OFED Distribution Rev 3.18-2 Contents
+ - OFED Distribution Rev 3.18-3 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 3.18-1. The OFED software package is composed of several software modules,
+release 3.18-3. 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 3.18-2 Contents
+1.1 OFED 3.18-3 Contents
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The OFED package contains the following components:
- OpenFabrics core and ULPs:
- RedHat EL6.5 2.6.32-431.el6
- RedHat EL6.6 2.6.32-504.el6
- RedHat EL6.7 2.6.32-573.el6
+ - RedHat EL6.8 2.6.32-642.el6
- RedHat EL7.0 3.10.0-123.el7
- RedHat EL7.1 3.10.0-229.el7
- RedHat EL7.2 3.10.0-327.el7
1.5 Third Party Packages
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-The following third party packages have been tested with OFED 3.18-1:
+The following third party packages have been tested with OFED 3.18-3:
- Open MPI - 1.8
- Intel MPI 4.1.3
- MVAPICH2
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2. Change log
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+OFED-3.18-3-RC1 Main Changes from OFED 3.18-2
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+1. Added support for RHEL 6.8
+
OFED-3.18-2 Main Changes from OFED 3.18-2-rc3
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- Updated docs
3. Known Issues
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The following is a list of general limitations and known issues of the various
-components of the OFED 3.18-1 release.
+components of the OFED 3.18-3 release.
01. When upgrading from an earlier OFED version, the installation script does
not stop the earlier OFED version prior to uninstalling it.
Workaround: Stop the old OFED stack (/etc/init.d/openibd stop) before
- upgrading to OFED 3.18-1 or reboot the server after OFED installation.
+ upgrading to OFED 3.18-3 or reboot the server after OFED installation.
02. Memory registration by the user is limited according to administrator
setting. See "Pinning (Locking) User Memory Pages" in OFED_tips.txt for
system configuration.
It also makes sure it can connect to them when the service is started.
Scif functions cannot be called unless the mpss service is running.
Since openibd starts the psmd service, it should be loaded after mpss
-13. Bug 2580: NFSoRDMA client on PPC64LE will crash while trying to mount to
- a NFSoRDMA server running on x86 box. This will be resolved in OFED 3.18-2
-14. The ipath and eHCA drivers will be deprecated in the next OFED build that
+13. The ipath and eHCA drivers will be deprecated in the next OFED build that
uses a kernel >= 4.3
-15. Bug 2583: "iwpm_mapping_error_cb: Received msg seq = 381240 err code = 12
+14. Bug 2583: "iwpm_mapping_error_cb: Received msg seq = 381240 err code = 12
client = 3" seen intermittently
-16. Bug 2587: autoconf is needed by ibacm-1.1.0-1.x86_64
-17. Bug 2596: Host crash related to mlx5 driver, ConnectIB HCAs, ib_srp, and
+15. Bug 2587: autoconf is needed by ibacm-1.1.0-1.x86_64
+16. Bug 2596: Host crash related to mlx5 driver, ConnectIB HCAs, ib_srp, and
performing IO
-18. Bug 2598: libibverbs rpmbuild may fail if the RPM macro
+17. Bug 2598: libibverbs rpmbuild may fail if the RPM macro
%__arch_install_post being redefined in user's environment
-19. Bug 2600: SRPT compilation fails on kernels from kernel.org starting:
+18. Bug 2600: SRPT compilation fails on kernels from kernel.org starting:
3.18.33
-20. Bug 2602: RHEL 6.6 crashed during Switch-to-controller cable pull less than
+19. Bug 2602: RHEL 6.6 crashed during Switch-to-controller cable pull less than
failover
Note: See the release notes of each component for additional issues.