User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Mellanox WinOF VPI User Manual
- Table of Contents
- List of Tables
- Document Revision History
- About this Manual
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Driver Features
- 3 Deploying Windows Server 2012 with SMB Direct
- 4 Driver Configuration
- 5 Performance Tuning
- 6 OpenSM - Subnet Manager
- 7 InfiniBand Fabric
- 7.1 Network Direct Interface
- 7.2 part_man - Virtual IPoIB Port Creation Utility
- 7.3 InfiniBand Fabric Diagnostic Utilities
- 7.4 InfiniBand Fabric Performance Utilities
- 7.4.1 ib_read_bw
- 7.4.2 ib_read_lat
- 7.4.3 ib_send_bw
- 7.4.4 ib_send_lat
- 7.4.5 ib_write_bw
- 7.4.6 ib_write_lat
- 7.4.7 ibv_read_bw
- 7.4.8 ibv_read_lat
- 7.4.9 ibv_send_bw
- 7.4.10 ibv_send_lat
- 7.4.11 ibv_write_bw
- 7.4.12 ibv_write_lat
- 7.4.13 ibaddr
- 7.4.14 ibcacheedit
- 7.4.15 iblinkinfo
- 7.4.16 ibqueryerrors
- 7.4.17 ibsysstat
- 7.4.18 perfquery
- 7.4.19 saquery
- 7.4.20 smpdump
- 8 Software Development Kit
- 9 Troubleshooting
- 10 Documentation
IntroductionRev 4.3
Mellanox Technologies
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1 Introduction
This User Manual addresses the Mellanox WinOF driver Rev 4.3 package distributed for:
• Windows Server 2012 (64 bit only)
• Windows Server 2008 (32 bit, and 64 bit)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 (64 bit only)
Mellanox WinOF is composed of several software modules that contain an InfiniBand and Ether-
net driver. The Mellanox WinOF driver supports Infiniband and 40/10GB Ethernet ports. The port
type is determined upon boot based on card’s capability and user setting.
1.1 Mellanox VPI Package Contents
The Mellanox WinOF for Windows package contains the following components:
• Core and ULPs
• IB network adapter cards low-level drivers (mlx4)
• IB Access Layer (IBAL)
• Ethernet driver (ETH)
• IP over InfiniBand (IPoIB)
• Upper Layer Protocols (ULPs):
• NetworkDirect (ND)
• Utilities
• SW Development Kit (SDK)
• Documentation
1.2 Hardware and Software Requirements
• Administrator privileges on your machine(s)
• Disk Space for installation: 100MB
1.3 Supported Network Adapter Cards
Mellanox MLNX_WinOF_4.3_<OS_type>_<arch>.exe supports the following Mellanox net-
work adapter cards:
ConnectX®-3 Pro QDR/FDR10/FDR and ConnectX®-3 Pro EN - For the firmware
version, please contact Mellanox support.
ConnectX®-3 QDR/FDR10/FDR and ConnectX®-3 EN - Firmware v2.11.0500 and
above
ConnectX®-2 SDR/DDR/QDR and ConnectX®-2 EN - Firmware v2.9.1200 and
above
The adapter card may not have been shipped with the latest firmware version. This section
describes how to update firmware.