[SOLVED] Infiniband hardware support

mwcltd · 10-08-2021, 01:23 PM

Hello,
I have a large server cluster running RHEL 6.4 and RHEL 6.6, the kernels being straight out of the box.
They are networked using 10GbE but I need to upgrade to Infiniband.
What native Mellanox ConnectX VPI adapters are supported under the above OS's?
or
What Mellanox ConnectX VPI adapters are supported under the above OS's with the addition of a device driver?
Mark

computersavvy · 10-09-2021, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mwcltd

Hello,
I have a large server cluster running RHEL 6.4 and RHEL 6.6, the kernels being straight out of the box.
They are networked using 10GbE but I need to upgrade to Infiniband.
What native Mellanox ConnectX VPI adapters are supported under the above OS's?
or
What Mellanox ConnectX VPI adapters are supported under the above OS's with the addition of a device driver?
Mark

You are running a very old release of RHEL.
Support for that system is from redhat.

syg00 · 10-09-2021, 07:48 PM

Knowing nothing of this, I decided to go look for some doco from the vendor - looks very good. Maybe you should do the same.

And yes, an operating system upgrade would be a great idea.