Figure 48 InfiniBand network cabling diagram
Downloading and installing the InfiniBand software
HP supports Mellanox OFED v1.5.3 for use with 8xxx and 93xx systems.
1.
Download the software from the InfinBand for HP servers website
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1.www2.hp.com/hpc/us/en/infiniband-matrix.html.
2.
Locate the HCA that you have installed, and click Firmware/Software.
3.
Select your version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server, and then download the appropriate
Mellanox InfiniBand driver.
4.
Install OFED 1.5.3 on each node, following the installation instructions provided with the
software.
5.
Review the release notes for general limitation information and known issues with OFED
v1.5.3.
Installing the driver for InfiniBand
To install the driver:
1.
Install the IB OFFED stack without 32-bit and without ib-bonding, and then run the following
command:
mlnxofedinstall --without-32bit - -without-ib-bonding
2.
Examine the affected kernel files.
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