From e933a19487d437941529faccd8c1c95e1b1582bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rupert Dance Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 01:10:16 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updated OFED_release_notes for OFED 3.12 GA --- OFED_release_notes.txt | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) diff --git a/OFED_release_notes.txt b/OFED_release_notes.txt index e6870ef..9accf01 100644 --- a/OFED_release_notes.txt +++ b/OFED_release_notes.txt @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) - Version 3.12-rc3 Release Notes + Version 3.12 Release Notes May 2014 =============================================================================== Table of Contents =============================================================================== 1. Overview, which includes: - - OFED Distribution Rev 3.12-rc3 Contents + - OFED Distribution Rev 3.12 Contents - Supported Platforms and Operating Systems - Supported HCA and RNIC Adapter Cards and Firmware Versions - Tested Switch Platforms @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Table of Contents 1. Overview =============================================================================== These are the release notes of OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) -release 3.12-rc2. The OFED software package is composed of several software modules, +release 3.12. 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. @@ -27,16 +27,16 @@ Note: If you plan to upgrade the OFED package on your cluster, please upgrade all of its nodes to this new version. -1.1 OFED 3.12-rc3 Contents +1.1 OFED 3.12 Contents ----------------------- The OFED package contains the following components: - OpenFabrics core and ULPs: - - IB HCA drivers (mthca, mlx4, mlx5, qib, ehca, ocrdma) + - IB HCA drivers (mthca, mlx4, mlx5, qib, ehca) - iWARP RNIC driver (cxgb3, cxgb4, nes) - RoCE drivers (mlx4, ocrdma) - ib core - - Upper Layer Protocols: IPoIB, SRP Initiator and target, iSER - Initiator and target, RDS, uDAPL, qlgc_vnic and NFS-RDMA*. + - Upper Layer Protocols: IPoIB, SRP Initiator and target, RDS, + uDAPL, qlgc_vnic and NFS-RDMA*. - OpenFabrics utilities: - OpenSM (OSM): InfiniBand Subnet Manager - Diagnostic tools @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ The OFED package contains the following components: 1.3 HCAs and RNICs Supported ---------------------------- -This release supports IB HCAs by IBM, Intel and Mellanox Technologies, iWARP RNICs by Chelsio Communications and Intel and RoCE adapters by IBM and Mellanox. +This release supports IB HCAs by IBM, Intel and Mellanox Technologies, iWARP RNICs by Chelsio Communications and Intel and RoCE adapters by Emulex, IBM and Mellanox. InfiniBand Adapters o IBM HCAs: @@ -80,12 +80,15 @@ InfiniBand Adapters - Intel(R) True Scale QDR PCIe x8 Gen2 HCAs 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(R) and ConnectX EN (Rev 2.9.1000) + - ConnectX®-2 (Rev 2.9.1200 and above) + o Mellanox Technologies HCAs (FDR and FDR10 Modes are Supported): - - ConnectX-3 (fw-ConnectX3 Rev 2.30.8000) + - ConnectX®-3 (Rev 2.31.5050 and above) + - ConnectX®-3 Pro (Rev 2.31.5050 and above) + o Mellanox Technologies HCAs (FDR and FDR10 Modes are Supported): - - Connect-IB™ (fw-ConnectIB.mlx Rev 10.10.2000 and above) + - Connect-IB® (Rev 10.10.3000 and above) For official firmware versions please see: http://www.mellanox.com/content/pages.php?pg=firmware_download @@ -94,20 +97,25 @@ iWARP Adapters o Chelsio RNICs: - S310/S320 10GbE Storage Accelerators - R310/R320 10GbE iWARP Adapters - - T4 Based Adapters with the exception of the T420-SO-CR + - T4: T420-CR, T440-CR, T422-CR, T404-BT, T440-LP-CR, T420-LL-CR, T420-CX + - T5: T502-BT, T580-CR, T580-LP-CR, T520-LL-CR, T520-CR, T522-CR, T540-CR o Intel RNICs: - NE020 10Gb iWARP Adapter RoCE Adapters + o Emulex - using ocrdma + - Emulex OCe14102 2-port 10 GbE RoCE + - Emulex OCe14401 1-port 40 GbE RoCE + o IBM - IBM Flex System EN4132 2-port 10 GbE RoCE - IBM EL27 PCIe LP 2-Port 10GbE RoCE SFP+ adapter - IBM EC28 PCIe 2-Port 10GbE RoCE SFP+ adapter o Mellanox - - ConnectX-2 EN (fw-ConnectX2 Rev 2.9.1200) - - ConnectX-3 EN (fw-ConnectX3 Rev 2.11.0500) + - ConnectX-2 EN (Rev 2.9.1200 and above) + - ConnectX-3 EN (Rev 2.31.5050 and above) 1.4 Switches Supported ---------------------- @@ -119,9 +127,10 @@ InfiniBand Switches o Intel (formerly QLogic) - 12200 o Mellanox - - IS-5030 - - SX6025 - - SX6036 + - MLNX-OS® MSX6036/SX6025 w/w MLNX-OS® version 3.3.4304 + - Grid Director™ 4036 w/w Grid Director™ version 3.9.2-992 + - FabricIT™ EFM IS5035 w/w FabricIT EFM version 1.1.3000 + - FabricIT™ BXM MBX5020 w/w FabricIT BXM version 2.1.2000 iWARP Switches o Fujitsu @@ -137,10 +146,10 @@ RoCE Switches 1.5 Third Party Packages ------------------------ -The following third party packages have been tested with OFED 3.12-rc2: -- OpenMPI-1.8.1 -- mvapich2-1.9 -- IntelMPI-4.1.1.036 +The following third party packages have been tested with OFED 3.12: +- Open MPI - 1.8 +- Intel MPI 4.1.3 +- MVAPICH2 1.6 OFED Sources ---------------- @@ -187,7 +196,8 @@ http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/MAINTAINERS OFED-3.12-rc3 Main Changes from OFED 3.12-rc2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Updated packages: - - perftest-2.2-0.17.g5eba807 + - perftest-2.2-0.17 +2. Bugs solved OFED-3.12-rc2 Main Changes from OFED 3.12-rc1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -251,12 +261,14 @@ components of the OFED 3.12-rc2 release. /etc/modprobe.d/unsupported-modules. Without this the modules will not load. 08. RDS is supported only on kernel.org 3.5 and not on any distro OS. -09. There are known issues with iWARP using Chelsio adapters which will be - resolved in OFED 3.12 RC3 See Bugs 2482 and 2485 -10. There is an issue with NFSoRDMA when running on Power PC. This will be +09. There is an issue with NFSoRDMA when running on Power PC. This will be resolved in OFED 3.12-1 - see Bug 2449 -11. Newer SLES or RHEL patch kernels that are updates to the original kernel that is included in the - original SLES or RHEL distibutions may not work with OFED-3.12-rc2. The list of kernels that are supported are listed in +10. There are known issues with iWARP using Chelsio adapters which will be + resolved in OFED 3.12-1 See Bugs 2482, 2485 and 2487 +11. There are some issues with NFSoRDMA and there are some pending patches on kernel.org. These will be + resolved in OFED 3.12-1 - see Bugw 2489 and 2490 +12. Newer SLES or RHEL patch kernels that are updates to the original kernel that is included in the + original SLES or RHEL distibutions may not work with OFED-3.12. The list of kernels that are supported are listed in section 1.2. Note: See the release notes of each component for additional issues. -- 2.41.0