A.6 Verifying Infiniband On The Remaining Servers; A.7 Complete Installation Of Additional Ib Management Nodes - Qlogic Fast Fabric User Manual

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5. Setup password-less SSH/SCP.
6. TCP/IP Name Resolution configured on all hosts.
a. if using /etc/hosts - Copy /etc/hosts to all hosts.
b. if using DNS - /etc/resolv.conf copied or configured on all hosts.
7. Show uname -a for all hosts and verify OS version installed.
8. Install QuickSilver software.
9. Configure IPoIB IP Addresses.
10. Build MPI Test Apps and copy to hosts.
11. Reboot hosts.
12. Any additional host configuration completed.
A.6
Verifying Infiniband on the Remaining Servers
1. Fastfabric.conf file reviewed.
2. /etc/sysconfig/iba/allhosts file created listing all hosts including IB
management nodes.
3. Verify hosts via Ethernet ping.
4. Summary of fabric components reviewed.
5. Port state and symbol errors checked via iba_report to show status of host
IB ports.
6. Verify hosts can see each other.
7. Verify hosts ping via IPoIB.
8. Refresh SSH known hosts.
9. Check MPI performance.
A.7
Complete Installation of additional IB Management Nodes
For Each IB management node:
1. Install additional Fabric Access software components.
2. Copy Fast Fabric configuration files from initial IB management node and edit
host lists.
3. Setup password-less SSH/SCP.
4. Refresh SSH known hosts.
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