Ken, MCX3 cards can be gotten for $25-$50, and the switch can be gotten for a ballpark of $100-$200. These cards are primarily for me to test the Infiniband stack with OpenIndiana as part of the verification and test process in my home office lab.
I do agree that in a production sense, that it is better to get the more recent cards such as the MHQH29C-XTR for 40gbps of throughput. This is the sort of network that we are building, and is why I have one on hand temporarily for my home office. It has been a frustrating process, as there is no one guide to Infiniband on Solaris -- partially because Oracle rearranged the old Sun support and document sites so many sources of information no longer exist. -Wes On May 22, 2012, at 8:26 AM, ken mays wrote: > Wesley, > > Only an issue if someone wants to use the MCX3* cards > > ~ Ken Mays > > > > ________________________________ > From: Wesley Brown <wesbrow...@gmail.com> > To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 12:07 PM > Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Mellanox MHQH29C-XTR Infiniband HCA > compatibility > > Martyn, Rich, > > This may be a little late to the party, but I'd like to chime in that the > MHQH29C-XTR works beautifully on Open Indiana. The hermon driver attaches, > IPoIB works, as does SRP. I answer this question because I was attempting to > research this very subject, and found a scarcity of information on this. > > root@stratus:~# dladm show-ib > LINK HCAGUID PORTGUID PORT STATE PKEYS > ibp0 2C9030057B3E0 2C9030057B3E1 1 up FFFF > ibp1 2C9030057B3E0 2C9030057B3E2 2 down FFFF > > Additional notes for other members of the list: > * 'memfree' InfiniHost III cards such as the MHEA28-XTC do not work at > all with Open Indiana. > * if you are wanting a vintage and affordable card, the 128MB version of > the above card such as the MHGA28-1TC should work. I am getting one in soon > for testing. > > -Wes > >> Since, to my knowledge, all of the Sun^WOracle branded IB HCAs are >> using Mellanox ICs, I'd be extremely surprised if they were >> unsupported. >> >> - Rich >> >> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 10:36 PM, Martyn Klassen >> < > mklassen at imaging.robarts.ca >> wrote: >> > I have been unsuccessfully trying to find compatibility information on the > Mellanox MHQH29C-XTR Infiniband HCA with OpenIndiana. > >> >> It is a memfree ConnectX 2 based card that I think should work. I have a >> ConnectX based card the works fine with the hermon driver in oi_148, but I >> have been unable to find any information about Solaris or OpenIndiana >> support for any of the ConnectX 2 HCAs. I was hoping someone might be using >> the card (or any of the other PCI device ID 26428 cards >> http://www.mellanox.com/content/pages.php?pg=firmware_table_ConnectX2IB > ) and can confirm compatibility? > >> >> > Martyn Klassen > >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > >> OpenIndiana-discuss at openindiana.org >> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
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