Dell PowerEdge M420 InfiniScale IV 16+16 Port 40Gb/s InfiniBand Switch for Del - Page 14

M3601Q 16+16 Port 40Gb/s InfiniBand Switch User Manual 14 3 Cluster Management and Firmware 3.1 Network Management and Clustering Software Download and install, on all nodes, the Mellanox OpenFabric software package for Linux, Windows, or other operating systems from the Mellanox software website: http://www.mellanox.com >Downloads > InfiniBand SW/Drivers. This software package provides connectivity for server and storage systems utilizing High Performance Computing (HPC) or enterprise data center (EDC) applications across an InfiniBand fabric. It also provides a Subnet Manager for simple network configuration and network administration and diagnostic tools for network management. 3.2 Updating Firmware The switch is delivered with the latest Firmware available at the time of production. New firmware versions will be posted on the Mellanox firmware download page. Firmware can be updated inband using the Mellanox Firmware Tools (MFT). You will need the Mellanox Firmware Tools package available in MLNX_OFED to update firmware for this switch. It also can be downloaded from: http://www.mellanox.com > Downloads > Firmware Tools. The latest firmware can be found at: http://www.mellanox.com > Support > Dell. 3.2.1 Instructions for Reprogramming Over the InfiniBand Network To update an MT48436 InfiniScale IV switch device having a specific GUID (for example, 0x00000006660abcd0) or LID, the following are the recommended steps to update the device firmware. 1. Make sure all subnet ports are in the active state. One way to check this is to run opensm, the Subnet Manager. [root@mymach]> /etc/init.d/opensmd start opensm start [ OK ] 2. Make sure the local ports are active by running 'ibv_devinfo'. 3. Obtain the device LID. There are two ways to do that: I. Using the "mst ib add" command: The "mst ib add"runs the ibdiagnet tool to discover the InfiniBand fabric and then lists the discovered IB nodes as an mst device under /dev/mst/ directory. These devices can be used for access by other MFT tools. [root@mymach]> mst ib add -I- Running ibdiagnet to discover the fabric ... Loading IBDIAGNET from: /usr/local/lib/ibdiagnet1.2 -W- Topology file is not specified. Reports regarding cluster links will use direct routes. Loading IBDM from: /usr/local/lib/ibdm1.2 Mellanox Technologies Rev 1.1