How to turn off chksum in ESX using Oracle OVN (Xsigo)
add vnic 2018_pviB.esx01 dmznet_2018_pvi -checksum-offload=true
IB
IB cheat sheet
Enable switch port enableswitchport 10A Disable switch port disableswitchport 10A Disable ports if to many errors Remove ports (port 17b) from autodisable list autodisable del 17B L autodisable del 17B H display autodisable list autodisable list Note: if a port gets disabled because of errors run this enableswitchport –automatic 17B To get a list of …
Set on solaris the xsigo driver timeout
svccfg -s svc:/application/xsadmd:default setprop startd/startup_delay=45 svccfg -s svc:/application/xsadmd:default refresh svcadm clear svc:/application/xsadmd
How To Turn Off rx/tx Chksums in Xsigo / Linux Driver
Modifying rx/tx Chksums in Linux Driver Using the Xsigo Driver To modify chksum offload to off on Linux To turn off on the fly – but wont stay after a reboot Firs, remove the module by running run rmmod xve Next, add back the module by running modprobe xve xs_seq_file=1 xve_no_tx_checksum_offload=1 modinfo xve For permanent …
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Mirroring A Port / Vnic On Oracle OVN (Xsigo)
Mirroring A Port / Vnic On Oracle OVN (Xsigo) To mirror a single vnic to a single vnic or full port, the dest vnic needs to be on the same card/module. To mirror a source vnic to dest vnic, Note: Its advicsed to create a new vnic on the dest server set vnic all_nets.esx07 -mirror …
Upgrading infinband drivers in Solaris
Get your device address fwflash -l Get the firmware from MOS fwflash -f fw-ConnectX3-rel-2_11_1280-e0-7046442.bin -d /devices/pci@3c0/pci@1/pci@0/pci@7/pciex15b3,673c@0:devctl
Xsigo management startup fails / how to fix that
How to fix Oracle OVN (Xsigo) startup errors xms startup will fail with log4j errors log4j:ERROR Error occured while converting date. java.lang.NullPointerException To fix the error stop xms service xms stop Changed log4j pattern in /opt/xsigo/xms/webapps/xms/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.xml From value=”%d %-5p: %c – %m%n” To value=”%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} Then start the xms, it should start with out any …
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How to install IB and Xsigo driver on Solaris x86
First install the reqired packges pkg install system/io/infiniband/open-fabrics system/io/infiniband/ethernet-over-ib system/io/infiniband/ib-device-mgt-agent system/io/infiniband/ib-sockets-direct system/io/infiniband/ip-over-ib system/io/infiniband/reliable-datagram-sockets system/io/infiniband/reliable-datagram-sockets-v3 system/io/infiniband/rpc-over-rdma system/io/infiniband/udapl driver/infiniband/connectx