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nndocs:infiniband [2024/03/26 17:45] – [Hardware Settings] Disable VF probing naptasticnndocs:infiniband [2025/01/21 14:38] (current) – [Networking] correct a thing naptastic
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 For hardware support, Mellanox provides MLNX_OFED, an overlay for several distributions. Unfortunately, MLNX_OFED only supports Debian through 11, RHEL through 8, and Ubuntu through 20.04, **OR** ConnectX-4 or newer cards only. The drivers built into Linux still recognize and work with ConnectX-3 and Connect-IB, but the kernel drivers packaged won't even recognize the cards. They just show up as unclaimed PCI devices. For hardware support, Mellanox provides MLNX_OFED, an overlay for several distributions. Unfortunately, MLNX_OFED only supports Debian through 11, RHEL through 8, and Ubuntu through 20.04, **OR** ConnectX-4 or newer cards only. The drivers built into Linux still recognize and work with ConnectX-3 and Connect-IB, but the kernel drivers packaged won't even recognize the cards. They just show up as unclaimed PCI devices.
  
-^ MLNX_OFED version ^ Minimum hardware ^ Debian ^ Ubuntu ^ OpenSM version ^+^ Version ^ Minimum hardware ^ Debian ^ Ubuntu ^ OpenSM version ^
 | Inbox |  | All | All | 3.3.23-2 | | Inbox |  | All | All | 3.3.23-2 |
-| 4.9-x | ConnectX-2 | ≤ 11 | ≤ 20.04 | 5.7.2 | +| MLNX_OFED 4.9-x | ConnectX-2 | ≤ 11 | ≤ 20.04 | 5.7.2 | 
-| 5.8-x | ConnectX-4 | ≥ 9 | ≥ 18.04 | 5.17.0 |+| MLNX_OFED 5.8-x | ConnectX-4 | ≥ 9 | ≥ 18.04 | 5.17.0 |
  
 ===How I'm Getting Around It=== ===How I'm Getting Around It===
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 ====The MLNX part==== ====The MLNX part====
-It's worth investigating other tools provided with MLNX_OFED to see if they offer compelling advantages over inbox versions. I'm not doing that right now because I suspect the Mellanox version of OpenSM is the only thing I actually //need//. It is possible to install OpenSM 5.7 from OFED 4.9. From this path run this command:+Old OpenSM has this annoying problem where, if the HCA goes away while OpenSM is running, it will start to spew into its logfile, and it will run the system out of disk space. I don't know when it got fixed, but as of August 2024 it doesn't do that anymore.
  
-    MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.9-7.1.0.0-ubuntu20.04-x86_64/DEBS/MLNX_LIBS# dpkg -i opensm*deb libopensm*deb libibumad*deb +    MLNX_OFED_LINUX-24.07-0.6.1.0-debian12.5-x86_64/DEBS# dpkg -i opensm*deb libopensm*deb libibumad*deb
- +
-Newer versions of MLNX_OFED have newer versions of OpenSM. I haven't tried them.+
  
 There's also ibdump, with which you must be very careful: it really does capture everything! There's also ibdump, with which you must be very careful: it really does capture everything!
  
-    # dpkg -i ibdump_6.0.0-1.49710_amd64.deb+    # dpkg -i ibdump_6.0.0-1.2407061_amd64.deb
  
 =====The Subnet Manager: OpenSM===== =====The Subnet Manager: OpenSM=====
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 Here's a block for my ATA over Ethernet experiments. Subject to change. IP addresses are necessary for setting up VXLAN tunnels. Checking if IPv6 tunnels perform differently from IPv4 tunnels is on the to-do list. I suspect they perform better. Needs testing. Here's a block for my ATA over Ethernet experiments. Subject to change. IP addresses are necessary for setting up VXLAN tunnels. Checking if IPv6 tunnels perform differently from IPv4 tunnels is on the to-do list. I suspect they perform better. Needs testing.
  
-  mp1=0x3128, ipoib, rate=12, mtu=5, scope=2, defmember=full:+  storage=0xb128, ipoib, rate=12, mtu=5, scope=2, defmember=full:
       mgid=ff12:401b::ffff:ffff   # IPv4 Broadcast address       mgid=ff12:401b::ffff:ffff   # IPv4 Broadcast address
       mgid=ff12:401b::1           # IPv4 All Hosts group       mgid=ff12:401b::1           # IPv4 All Hosts group
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 ====Partitions: Host configuration==== ====Partitions: Host configuration====
 There's no functional netlink interface for creating child interfaces. You must use the sysfs interface. There's no functional netlink interface for creating child interfaces. You must use the sysfs interface.
-  echo 0xb129 > /sys/class/net/ib0/create_child+  # echo 0xb128 > /sys/class/net/ib0/create_child
  
-The sysfs interface for deleting child interfaces doesn't work (for me at least). You must use the netlink interface. +Resist the temptation to rename the interface to something descriptive. **It's already self-descriptive**. Creative naming is for VXLAN tunnels and bridges, e.g.:
-  ip link del ib0.b129+
  
-Resist the temptation to rename the interface to something descriptive. **It's already self-descriptive**. Creative naming is for VXLAN tunnels and bridges.+  # ip link add vx128 type vxlan id 128 local 172.20.128.13 group 225.172.20.128 
 +  # ip link set master aoe1 dev vx128 
 + 
 +The sysfs interface for deleting child interfaces doesn't work (for me at least). You must use the netlink interface. 
 +  # ip link del ib0.b128
  
-If you unset the high bit on the partition number (0x3129 instead of 0xb129) Linux will set the high bit before joining the partition. If OpenSM's configuration has that partition's membership set for "partial" or "both", the Linux host will not be able to connect to everything on that subnet, or possibly //anything// on that subnet, regardless of which value you use.+If you unset the high bit on the partition number (0x3128 instead of 0xb128) Linux will set the high bit before joining the partition. If OpenSM's configuration has that partition's membership set for "partial" or "both", the Linux host will not be able to connect to everything on that subnet, or possibly //anything// on that subnet, regardless of which value you use.
  
 It's worth finding out if Netplan can manage IB child interfaces. It's worth finding out if Netplan can manage IB child interfaces.
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 Since I don't have any newer hardware, I don't have any information about Enhanced IPoIB. Since I don't have any newer hardware, I don't have any information about Enhanced IPoIB.
 +
 =====SR-IOV===== =====SR-IOV=====
 ====Hardware Settings==== ====Hardware Settings====
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     SRIOV_EN                                    True(1)     SRIOV_EN                                    True(1)
  
-FPP_EN (Flow Priority something ENable) controls whether the card appears as two PCI devices, or as a single device with two ports. Under mlx4, every VF on a dual-port HCA has both ports, and NUM_OF_VFs is how many dual-port devices to create. Under mlx5, each port gets its own pool of VFs and NUM_OF_VFs is per-port.+FPP_EN (Function Per Port ENable) controls whether the card appears as two PCI devices, or as a single device with two ports. Under mlx4, every VF on a dual-port HCA has both ports, and NUM_OF_VFs is how many dual-port devices to create. Under mlx5, each port gets its own pool of VFs and NUM_OF_VFs is per-port.
  
 I haven't tried large numbers of VFs. The hardware upper limit is 63 for Connect-IB and 127 for ConnectX-3. Any number of system components could impose lower limits. For example, my consumer boards that are SR-IOV capable can only have VFs on port 1, not on port 2; the EPYC server system can create VFs on both ports. I don't expect to need so many guests with IOV networking anyway... I haven't tried large numbers of VFs. The hardware upper limit is 63 for Connect-IB and 127 for ConnectX-3. Any number of system components could impose lower limits. For example, my consumer boards that are SR-IOV capable can only have VFs on port 1, not on port 2; the EPYC server system can create VFs on both ports. I don't expect to need so many guests with IOV networking anyway...
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 GUIDs need to be set before attaching a VF to a VM. It should be possible to change state (simulating unplugging the cable) while a VM is using a VF but I haven't tested this. GUIDs need to be set before attaching a VF to a VM. It should be possible to change state (simulating unplugging the cable) while a VM is using a VF but I haven't tested this.
  
-Lazy copy-pasta for southpark. Note this only sets up VFs for port 1, but that's the only port plugged in right now anyway, so w/e. +Configuration is managed in /etc/rc.local.
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 0 node_guid 58:49:56:0e:53:b7:0b:02 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 0 port_guid 58:49:56:0e:53:b7:0b:02 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 0 state enable +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 1 node_guid 58:49:56:0e:53:b7:0b:03 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 1 port_guid 58:49:56:0e:53:b7:0b:03 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 1 state enable +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 2 node_guid 58:49:56:0e:53:b7:0b:04 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 2 port_guid 58:49:56:0e:53:b7:0b:04 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 2 state enable +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 3 node_guid 58:49:56:0e:53:b7:0b:05 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 3 port_guid 58:49:56:0e:53:b7:0b:05 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 3 state enable +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 4 node_guid 58:49:56:0e:53:b7:0b:06 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 4 port_guid 58:49:56:0e:53:b7:0b:06 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 4 state enable +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 5 node_guid 58:49:56:0e:53:b7:0b:07 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 5 port_guid 58:49:56:0e:53:b7:0b:07 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 5 state enable +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 6 node_guid 58:49:56:0e:53:b7:0b:08 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 6 port_guid 58:49:56:0e:53:b7:0b:08 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 6 state enable +
- +
-Lazy copy-pasta for sadness: +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 0 node_guid 58:49:56:0e:58:5c:03:02 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 0 port_guid 58:49:56:0e:58:5c:03:02 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 0 state enable +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 1 node_guid 58:49:56:0e:58:5c:03:03 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 1 port_guid 58:49:56:0e:58:5c:03:03 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 1 state enable +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 2 node_guid 58:49:56:0e:58:5c:03:04 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 2 port_guid 58:49:56:0e:58:5c:03:04 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 2 state enable +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 3 node_guid 58:49:56:0e:58:5c:03:05 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 3 port_guid 58:49:56:0e:58:5c:03:05 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 3 state enable +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 4 node_guid 58:49:56:0e:58:5c:03:06 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 4 port_guid 58:49:56:0e:58:5c:03:06 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 4 state enable +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 5 node_guid 58:49:56:0e:58:5c:03:07 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 5 port_guid 58:49:56:0e:58:5c:03:07 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 5 state enable +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 6 node_guid 58:49:56:0e:58:5c:03:08 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 6 port_guid 58:49:56:0e:58:5c:03:08 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 6 state enable +
- +
-Lazy (and incomplete) copy-pasta for shark: +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 0 node_guid 58:49:56:0e:59:11:02:02 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 0 port_guid 58:49:56:0e:59:11:02:02 +
-  ip link set dev ib0 vf 0 state enable +
- +
-These should really go on their own page. Or better yet, figure out how to configure them on the host! +
 =====Upper-Layer Protocols (ULPs)===== =====Upper-Layer Protocols (ULPs)=====
 RDMA opens all kinds of possibilities for RDMA-aware protocols to be amazing and fast. They probably all deserve their own pages. RDMA opens all kinds of possibilities for RDMA-aware protocols to be amazing and fast. They probably all deserve their own pages.
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 ====Networking==== ====Networking====
 ===VXLAN=== ===VXLAN===
-VXLAN is not the only way to get an Ethernet device on Infiniband, but as far as I can tell it's the only decent one. Neither ConnectX-3 nor Connect-IB has VXLAN offload support. Despite this, in connected mode, VXLAN is still blazing despite being basically a million-times-faster winmodem.+VXLAN is not the only way to get an Ethernet device on Infiniband, but as far as I can tell it's the only decent one. None of my hardware has VXLAN offload support.
  
   * VXLAN id can be anything from 0-16777215 inclusive. I make it match the network number.   * VXLAN id can be anything from 0-16777215 inclusive. I make it match the network number.
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 I also want to throw audio frames around with "no latency added". Someday, someday, someday. I also want to throw audio frames around with "no latency added". Someday, someday, someday.
 +
 +=====GUIDs=====
 +  * 5849560e59150301 - shark Connect-IB
 +  * 5849560e53b70b01 - southpark Connect-IB
 +  * 5849560e53660101 - duckling Connect-IB
 +  * 7cfe900300a0a080 - uninstalled Connect-IB
 +  * (there are several more uninstalled Connect-IB cards)
 +  * f4521403002c18b0 - uninstalled ConnectX-3 2014-01-29
 +  * 0002c90300b37f10 - uninstalled ConnectX-3 with no date on the label
 +  * 001175000079b560 - uninstalled qib
 +  * 001175000079b856 - uninstalled qib
 +
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