QDR InfiniBand Switch Platform User Manual
Rev 2.9
Mellanox Technologies
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• Flash memory
The manager also has the ability to burn new firmware on the switch.
4.2.1 Subnet Management
The Subnet management features include:
• upgrading drivers
• upgrading software
• monitoring of:
AC power to the PSUs
DC power out from the PSUs
board temperature
fan module unit
failure in the switch system
system failure in the switch system
• querying for board serial numbers and their revisions
In addition, the tools enable firmware management capabilities such as:
• querying for existing firmware versions
• burning new firmware (from scratch or for recovery from damaged firmware)
• querying for and changing system GUIDs
• checking for duplicate or bad GUIDs
4.2.2 Fabric Management with UFM
For an added licensing fee you can purchase Mellanox's Unified Fabric. UFM is a powerful plat-
form for managing scale-out computing environments. it enables data center operators to effi-
ciently monitor and operate the entire fabric, boost application performance and maximize fabric
resources utilization.
UFM provide a central management console including the following main features:
• Fabric dashboard including Fabric Congestion Map
• Advance Fabric-wide real-time and history monitoring
• Quality of Service
• Traffic Aware Routing Algorithm (TARA)
• Central Device Management
• Task automation
• Threshold based alerts
• Fabric segmentation/isolation
• Logging
• High-Availability
