ConnectX-2 Ethernet Card User Manual
Rev 1.6
Mellanox Technologies
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4.3.1.2 Linux
Get the device location on the PCI bus by running lspci and locating lines with the string “Mel-
lanox Technologies”:
> lspci | grep Mellanox
2:00.0 InfiniBand:
Mellanox Technologies MT26428
[ConnectX VPI PCIe
2.0 5GT/s - IB QDR / 10GigE] (rev b0)
Make sure that either the MLNX_OFED driver or the MLNX_EN driver is loaded and configured.
Check the link status
First check the network interface name by running the
“ifconfig –a”
command.
To check the Ethernet link status, for EN only and VPI cards, run:
ethtool <interface>
Host# ethtool eth1
Supported ports: [ TP ]
Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Speed: Unknown! (0)
Duplex: Half
Port: Twisted Pair
PHYAD: 1
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: on
Supports Wake-on: g
Wake-on: d
Current message level: 0x000000ff (255)
Link detected: yes
To check the IB link status, for IB and VPI cards, run “
ibstat
” and focus on the Physical state
attributes.
Example:
Host# ibstat
CA 'mlx4_0'
CA type: MT26428
Number of ports: 1
Firmware version: 2.7.616
Hardware version: b0
Node GUID: 0x0002c903000c8710
System image GUID: 0x0002c903000c8713
Port 1:
State: Down
Physical state: Polling
