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HP PCI-X 2-port 4X Fabric (HPC) Adapter Release Notes HP Fabric for InfiniBand B.11.23.05 HP-UX 11i v2
Manufacturing Part Number: J6376-90012 April 2006
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HP PCI-X 2-port 4X Fabric (HPC) Adapter What’s New
HP PCI-X 2-port 4X Fabric (HPC) Adapter This Release Note provides clarification on the interaction with HyperFabric and alerts users to updates in the Administration Guide
What’s New Minimum System Memory Requirements per Card The minimum system memory requirements is 512 MB per AB286A/C HCA installed. itutil has been modified to incorporate new AB286C Card In the following example of the new version of itutil, running on a system with one AB286A card and one AB286C card, the AB286A card is identified in the IA Type field as IB (Standard); the AB286C card is identified in the IA Type field as IB (Low Profile): $/opt/rdma/bin/itutil
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Number of Interface Adapters on this node: 2
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General Information:
======================================================================== Interface Adapter Name : ib1 IA Type : IB (Standard) H/W Path : 0/3/1/0/0/0 Transport Type : IT_IB_TRANSPORT IT API Version Number : 1.0 IA Software Version Number : 1.0 IA Firmware Version Number : 3.3.12 Firmware Type : Trace IA supported transport service types : IT_RC_SERVICE
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HP PCI-X 2-port 4X Fabric (HPC) Adapter What’s New
Number of Spigots(Ports) on IA : 2
Spigot specific Information Spigot identifer : 1 Spigot online : YES Num Network Addresses : 1 Primary Network Address : fe80::d:9dff:ffff:db9 Spigot identifer : 2 Spigot online : YES Num Network Addresses : 1 Primary Network Address : fe80::d:9dff:ffff:dba
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General Information:
======================================================================== Interface Adapter Name : ib2 IA Type : IB (Low Profile) H/W Path : 0/4/1/0/0/0 Transport Type : IT_IB_TRANSPORT IT API Version Number : 1.0 IA Software Version Number : 1.0 IA Firmware Version Number : 3.3.12 Firmware Type : Trace IA supported transport service types : IT_RC_SERVICE
Number of Spigots(Ports) on IA : 2
Spigot specific Information Spigot identifer : 1 Spigot online : YES Num Network Addresses : 1 Primary Network Address : fe80::2:c902:40:2a25 Spigot identifer : 2
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HP PCI-X 2-port 4X Fabric (HPC) Adapter Known Problems and Issues
Spigot online : YES Num Network Addresses : 1 Primary Network Address : fe80::2:c902:40:2a26
Known Problems and Issues Some sx2000 Users Must Replace Their I/O Chassis sx2000 users whose I/O chassis part number is A9386-2101B (stamped “A9836-0002C” on the front panel), and who plan to use both InfiniBand ports of the AB286C Adapter, must replace their I/O chassis. Compatible chassis are stamped “A9386-0002D”.
Potential Data Corruption in Applications On a kernel with an InfiniBand driver, in order to avoid potential data corruption problems, you must install the following patch: PHKL_33563
to prevent potential data corruption in applications after fork() is executed.
Patches can be found through the HP IT Resource Center at: http://www.itrc.hp.com.
Use Consistent OS and Software Versions in the Fabric HP requires all systems in the fabric to use both the same HP-UX OS software version, and the same HP-UX Fabric Clustering System for InfiniBand software version, such as version B.11.23.05. HP requires all systems in the fabric to use the same bundle, IB4X-00. HP requires all switches in the fabric to use the same firmware image version such as: HP-374305-001-Release-2.2.0hp-build018.img Use the latest software and switch firmware available online at: http://support.hp.com. 1. Select Software and Driver downloads. 2. Enter your product name. 3. Click the double arrow. Refer to the section “Configuration, Image, and Log Files” on page 81 in the HP Fabric Clustering System HP-UX Administrator's Guide for details.
Limitations to On-Line Addition and Replacement Operations (OL*) On-Line Addition and Replacement (OL*) of HP Fabric Clustering System adapters is supported on HP Fabric Clustering System version B.11.23.02 with a couple of limitations.
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Do Not use an Attention Button to REPLACE an HP Fabric Clustering System HCA.
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HP PCI-X 2-port 4X Fabric (HPC) Adapter Product Documentation Do not use the Attention Button method of On-Line Addition and Replacement (OL*) to replace an existing HP Fabric Clustering System HCA, as the slot will not power off. Use the Command Line Interface, or Peripheral Device Tool graphical user interface (GUI) to replace an HP Fabric Clustering System HCA. Refer to the Interface Card OL* Support Guide, available on http://www.docs.hp.com for details on using standard OL* features. HP Fabric Clustering System HCAs can be added using the Attention Button feature. To replace an HCA, you must use option olrad -f, see the HP Fabric Clustering System - HP-UX Administrator's Guide for details.
Interaction with HyperFabric Driver The HP Fabric Clustering System driver will not co-exist with HyperFabric driver versions prior to B.11.23.01. The HyperFabric driver versions must be upgraded to version B.11.23.01 before installing the HP Fabric Clustering System driver. Failure to upgrade the HyperFabric driver to version B.11.23.01 will result in a system panic if HP Fabric Clustering System or HyperFabric commands are issued.
Product Documentation The latest documentation for the HP Fabric Clustering System can be found on http://www.docs.hp.com in the Networking and Communications section under Fabric Clustering System for InfiniBand. Documents available include: AB399-90004
HP Fabric Clustering System - HP-UX Administrator's Guide
AB345-90001
HP Fabric Clustering System PCI-X 2-port 4X Fabric (DB) Adapter Installation Guide
393235-001
HP Fabric Clustering System 24-port 4x Fabric Copper Switch Installation Guide
AB286-90003
HP Fabric Clustering System PCI-X 2-port4X Fabric (HPC) Adapter Installation Guide
White Paper
HP Fabric Cluster Interconnect Performance on HP-UX 11iv2
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HP Fabric Clustering Topologies
Support Matrix HP Fabric Clustering System for InfiniBand Support Matrix
Availability in Native Languages The HP Fabric Clustering System is currently available in English only.
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