3 – Getting Started
Verifying InfiniBand on the Remaining Servers
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Each time this is executed a Linux shell command (or sequence of commands
separated by semicolons) may be specified to be executed against all selected
hosts.
NOTE:
It is recommended at this time to run the "date" command to verify the
the date and time is consistent on all hosts. If needed "Copy a file to all
hosts" may be used to copy the appropriate files to all hosts to enable
and configure NTP.
3.8
Verifying InfiniBand on the Remaining Servers
Upon completion of the preceeding sections, the hosts are all booted, installed and
operational. The subsequent steps will verify the operation of the hosts and fabric.
1.
(All)
Select the "Host Admin via Fast Fabric" option from the main menu.
2. Select the items shown as "Perform" in the menu below and press the P key
to perform them:
SilverStorm Technologies Inc. IB Host Admin Menu (4.1.1.0.15)
Fast Fabric Host List: /etc/sysconfig/iba/allhosts
0) Edit Config and Select/Edit Hosts Files [
Perform
]
1) Verify Hosts via Ethernet ping [
Perform
]
2) Summary of Fabric Components [
Perform
]
3) Show Status of Host IB Ports [ Skip ]
4) Verify Hosts see each other [
Perform
]
5) Verify Hosts ping via IPoIB [
Perform
]
6) Refresh ssh Known Hosts [
Perform
]
7) Check MPI Performance [
Perform
]
8) Generate all Hosts Problem Report Info [ Skip ]
9) Run a command on all hosts [ Skip ]
a) View ibtest result files [ Skip ]
P) Perform the selected actions
N) Select None
X) Return to Previous Menu (or ESC)
3.
(All)
"Edit Config and Select/Edit Hosts Files" will permit the hosts and
fastfabric.conf files to be edited. When placed in the editor for fastfabric.conf,
review all the settings. Especially review the FF_IPOIB_SUFFIX,
ff_host_basename_to_ipoib, and ff_host_basename. Consult
appendix B
for
more information about fastfabric.conf.
When placed in the editor for allhosts, create the file with the IB Management
node's hosts names (the TCP/IP management network names) (shown as
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