Installation guide

QLogic OFED+ Host Software Page 5 of 14
Known Issue
Workaround
Test rdma_bw fails if it detects conflicting CPU
frequencies.
Ensure that the same cpu frequancies are at both
ends when using rdma_bw.
When using vFabric to change an IPoIB application
from Networking to Non-Networking, the IPoIB
interface may remain in a running state.
After changing the application, restart the network
services or bring the interface down/up to force
IPoIB to re-query the SM and correct the situation.
When installing the QLogic-Basic or QLogic-IFS SW
on SLES10SP3, there may be conflicts with
software that is already installed on the system.
The following message may appear:
error: %preun(ofed-1.4.1-0.14.9.x86_64)
scriptlet failed, exit status 1
Manually uninstall the old version OFED before you
install the newer software.
As root, run the following command:
rpm -e --noscripts ofed
Re-run the normal installation.
When uninstalling MVAPICH2 (for verbs or PSM),
some files under the /usr/mpi/*/mvapich2*/
directory tree that are created at runtime by
MVAPICH2 may not be removed. One example is
mpdlib.pyc.
After uninstalling, remove any undesired files left
in the /usr/mpi/ directory.
When installing the QLogic-Basic or QLogic-IFS SW
on SLES11SP1, there may be conflicts with
software that is already installed on the system.
The following message may appear:
error: %preun(ofed-1.4.2-0.9.6.x86_64)
scriptlet failed, exit status 1
error: %preun(opensm-3.2.6_20090317-
0.1.42.x86_64)scriptlet failed, exit status
1
Unable to uninstall previous OFED RPMs
Manually uninstall the old version OFED before you
install the newer software.
1. As root, run the following command:
rpm -e --noscripts ofed
2. Re-run the normal installation.
After installing IFS on a Lustre1.8.5 patched kernel
,there can be a lot of messages in dmesg from
ib_iser complaining about Unknown symbol.
Disabling iscsi and iscsid via chkconfig
resolves the issue.
When installing Moab, the following error is seen:
[nsgib103 .ssh (Thu May 12 05:43:36)]#
ldconfig
ldconfig: /usr/local/lib/libsqlite3.so.0 is
not a symbolic link
Move/Delete libsqlite3.so.0 files and execute
ldconfig command.
ldconfig can create symbolic link properly and
the error message will not appear.
LSF job submission does not work correctly with
PCM
Obtain the patched binaries for "blaunch" and
"res" from Platform which has made the files
available as "blaunch.706" and "res.706". Replace
these two files on all the nodes in the cluster. The
directory locations of the files are:
/opt/lsf/7.0/linux2.6-glibc2.3-
x86_64/bin/blaunch
/opt/lsf/7.0/linux2.6-glibc2.3-
x86_64/etc/res
The Command Task dropdown in the PCM GUI
does not always show all of the options properly.
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