9–iSER Configuration
Configuring iSER for RHEL
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Configuring iSER for RHEL
To configure iSER for RHEL:
1.
Install inbox OFED as described in
“RoCE Configuration for RHEL” on
.
2.
Unload any existing FastLinQ drivers as described in
.
3.
Install the latest FastLinQ driver and libqedr packages as described in
“Installing the Linux Drivers with RDMA” on page 17
4.
Load the RDMA services as follows;
systemctl start rdma
modprobe qedr
modprobe ib_iser
modprobe ib_isert
5.
Verify that all RDMA and iSER modules are loaded on the initiator and target
devices by issuing the
lsmod | grep qed
and
lsmod | grep iser
commands.
6.
Verify that there are separate
hca_id
instances by issuing the
ibv_devinfo
command, as shown in
on
.
7.
Check the RDMA connection on the initiator device and the target device.
a.
On the initiator device, issue the following command:
rping -s -C 10 -v
b.
On the target device, issue the following command:
rping -c -a 192.168.100.99 -C 10 -v
NOTE
Out-of-box OFEDs are not supported for iSER because the ib_isert
module is not available in the out-of-box OFED 3.18-2 GA/3.18-3 GA
versions. The inbox ib_isert module does not work with any out-of-box
OFED versions.
