User guide
2–FastFabric TUI Menu
Fast Fabric IB Host Setup
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Install/Upgrade QLogic IB Software
(Host) This will run the iba_host_admin load or iba_host_admin update
command to install the QLogicIB software on all the hosts. By default it will look in
the current directory for the FF_PRODUCT
.FF_PRODUCT_VERSION.tgz file. If it is
not found in the current directory, it will prompt for input of a directory name where
this file can be found.
Prompts will guide the user through options:
upgrade - updates all servers with new release. Only components
previously installed are upgraded. Will fail for any hosts which have no
QLogicIB software currently installed
initial install/load - uninstalls any existing QLogicIB software and
installs the given release based on
fastfabric.conf installation options
specified.
After the install is completed, the hosts will still need to be rebooted to bring up the
new InfiniBand drivers. This can be performed using Reboot Hosts option.
If any hosts fail to be updated, use the View iba_host_admin result files option to
review the result files from the update. For more details, see FastFabric
Command Line Interface Reference Guide.
Configure IPoIB IP Address
(Host) This will run the iba_host_admin configipoib command to create the
ifcfg-ib0 files on each host. The file will be created with a statically assigned
IPv4 address. The IPoIB IP address for each host will be determined by the
resolver (Linux host command). If not found using the resolver,
/etc/hosts on
the given host will be checked.
NOTE:
When using the QLogicIB packaging of OFED, the entire InfiniBand stack
may be installed using FastFabric, which is the recommended approach.
When using other packagings of OFED, FastFabric may be used to install
the QLogicIB Tools (
InfiniServTools.FF_PRODUCT_VERSION.tgz) on the
remaining hosts. To do so,
FF_PRODUCT_VERSION must be set to the desired
InfiniServTools release level and OFED must be installed on each host
manually.
NOTE:
The InfiniBand software selected for installation must be appropriate for the
OS version and distribution installed on the destination hosts.