Installation guide
This bug aects Dell PowerEdge R610 and R710 servers.
Workaround: Perform the following steps:
1. Use more than 1 Gbyte of RAM.
2. Create a hostname.bnxX for each interface.
3. Reboot your system.
4. Download and install the latest BNX driver 4.6.2.
5. Modify the bnx.conf le to use the default setting for tx_descriptor_count.
x64: PCI Subsystem ID Changes in ConnectX Firmware
2.6.0 From Mellanox (6810093)
Upgrading the ConnectX rmware to version 2.6.000 or higher on a running system might
cause problems in some HCAs and x64 platforms. This issue aects only Mellanox-branded
HCAs. Sun-branded PCIe HCAs, EMs, NEMs, and SPARC platforms are not aected.
You might be unable to boot the system or the systrem might hang during boot. ibd (IPoverIB)
instance numbers might change and prevent the system from booting and plumb ibd devices.
Workaround 1: Before rebooting the system after updating the rmware using cxash, remove
the ibd<x> instances from the /etc/path_to_inst le and /dev directory. Perform the
following steps:
1. Log in as the root user. The device tree information might look like this:
# ls -R /devices | grep 15b3
/devices/pci@0,0/pci10de,5d@e/pci15b3,634a@0
/devices/pci@0,0/pci10de,5d@e/pci15b3,634a@0/ibport@1,ffff,ipib
/devices/pci@0,0/pci10de,5d@e/pci15b3,634a@0/ibport@1,ffff,ipib:ibd0
/devices/pci@0,0/pci10de,5d@e/pci15b3,634a@0/ibport@2,ffff,ipib
/devices/pci@0,0/pci10de,5d@e/pci15b3,634a@0/ibport@2,ffff,ipib:ibd1
/devices/pci@0,0/pci10de,5d@e/pci15b3,634a@0:devctl
Note – Device specics vary depending on the Mellanox-branded card installed.
2. Edit the path_to_inst le. Perform the following steps:
a. Make a backup copy of the existing path_to_inst le.
# cp /etc/path_to_inst /etc/path_to_inst.backup
b. Open the path_to_inst le:
# vi /etc/path_to_inst
Hardware–Related Issues and Bugs
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