User Manual

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5 Configuring the Mellanox InfiniBand OFED Driver for
VMware vSphere
5.1 Configuring an Uplink
To configure an Uplink:
1. Add the device as an uplink to an Existing vSwitch using the CLI.
a. Log into the ESXi server with root permissions.
b. Add an uplink to a vSwitch.
2. Verify the uplink is added successfully.
 To remove the device locally:
1. Log into the ESXi server with root permissions.
2. Remove an uplink from a vSwitch.
For further information, please refer to:
http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.vcli.migration.doc_50/
cos_upgrade_technote.1.9.html#1024629
5.2 Configuring VMware ESXi Server Settings
VMware ESXi Server settings can be configured using the vSphere Client. Once the InfiniBand
OFED driver is installed and configured, the administrator can make use of InfiniBand software
available on the VMware ESXi Server machine. The InfiniBand package provides networking
and storage over InfiniBand. The following sub-sections describe their configuration.
This section includes instructions for configuring various module parameters.
From ESXi 5.0 use esxcli system module parameters list -m <module name> for viewing all the
available module parameters and default settings.
When using ESXi, use vMA or remote CLI vicfg-module.pl to configure the module parameters
in a similar way to what is done in the Service Console (COS) for ESXi.
5.2.1 Subnet Manager
The driver package requires InfiniBand Subnet Manager (SM) to run on the subnet. The driver
package does not include an SM.
If your fabric includes a managed switch/gateway, please refer to the vendor's user's guide to
activate the built-in SM.
If your fabric does not include a managed switch/gateway, an SM application should be installed
on at least one non-ESXi Server machine in the subnet. You can download an InfiniBand SM
such as OpenSM from www.openfabrics.org under the Downloads section.
#> esxcli network vSwitch standard uplink add <uplink_name> -v <vswitch_name>
#> esxcli network vSwitch standard list <vswitch_name>
#> esxcli network vSwitch standard uplink remove <uplink_name> -v <vswitch_name>