HP ProLiant Essentials RDMA for HP Multifunction Network Adapters User Guide Part Number 432562-00B February 2007 (Second Edition)
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Contents Overview..................................................................................................................................... 4 About HP ProLiant Essentials RDMA for HP Multifunction Network Adapters ...................................................... 4 HP RDMA environment and configuration requirements .................................................................................. 4 Supported operating systems .................................................................
Overview In this section About HP ProLiant Essentials RDMA for HP Multifunction Network Adapters .................................................... 4 HP RDMA environment and configuration requirements ................................................................................ 4 Supported operating systems .....................................................................................................................
For optimal performance on any system with an HP RDMA-enabled multifunction server adapter, HP recommends downloading and installing Microsoft support files (WindowsServer2003-KB910481-x86ENU.exe for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x86 and WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB910481x64-ENU.exe for Windows Server 2003 x64 operating systems) located on the Microsoft website (http://www.support.microsoft.com/kb/910481).
Installation In this section HP NCU software installation .................................................................................................................... 6 HP ProLiant Essentials RDMA Networking Pack license installation ................................................................. 6 HP NCU software installation If you do not have HP NCU software installed on your server, use the included HP ProLiant Networking Software CD to install the NCU for Windows operating systems. 1. 2. 3.
2. Click License Manager. The License Manager appears. 3. Click Install License(s)…. Select the Install a single license key option and enter the license key string. Click Install. The installed license appears in the Currently installed licenses window. 4. 5.
1. 2. 3. 4. Follow steps 1—3 above, selecting the Install license keys from a file option and click Open License Key File.... The Open dialog box appears. Select the [filename].key file and click Open. A list of keys available for installation displays in the "Install ProLiant Essentials License Key(s)" window. Select the license keys to install by clicking the check boxes. Selecting Invert all reverses all check box selections. Click Install to install all selected licenses.
Configuration In this section Enabling RDMA devices............................................................................................................................ 9 Testing HP RDMA functionality using the Microsoft wsdping.exe utility.......................................................... 14 Disabling an HP RDMA device ................................................................................................................
1. On the NCU Main window, select an HP Multifunction Server Adapter. The Properties option appears. NOTE: HP BladeSystem servers report an IO Bay number instead of a Slot number. 2. 3. Click Properties. The Multifunction Adapter Properties window appears with the Settings tab selected. Select the Enable Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) checkbox. (Optional: Type a user-defined MAC address to be used for the RDMA device in the Locally Administered Address text box.
NOTE: When iSCSI is enabled, RDMA cannot be enabled.
4. Click OK. The HP Network Configuration Utility Properties window appears.
5. Click the RDMA Enabled Devices tab to view the configured RDMA device. 6. Click OK to save the new RDMA device configuration. The following window appears. 7. Click Yes to continue with the configuration. The following window appears. 8. Click Yes to reboot the system. The Multifunction Server Adapter is now configured for RDMA functionality. After a Multifunction Server Adapter is enabled as an RDMA device, the device is displayed on the RDMA Enabled Devices tab off the NCU Main window.
Testing HP RDMA functionality using the Microsoft wsdping.exe utility After completing RDMA installation and configuration, use the Microsoft wsdping.exe utility to verify that RDMA is installed correctly and to verify connectivity between two RDMA-enabled adapters located on separate servers. Obtaining the Microsoft wsdping.exe utility Complete the following steps to install the Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Test (HCT) 12.1 kit on a server. Microsoft HCT 12.
WinSock Direct Pinging 169.59.141.159 over SAN path with 32 bytes of data: Reply Reply Reply Reply from from from from 169.59.141.159: 169.59.141.159: 169.59.141.159: 169.59.141.159: bytes=32 bytes=32 bytes=32 bytes=32 time= time= time= time= 238 126 119 124 Ping statistics for 169.59.141.159: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0 percent loss) Examine the first server screen for the following successful client connection information: Waiting for clients to connect to: 169.59.141.
1. Select the HP Multifunction Server Adapter in the RDMA Enabled Devices tab. The Properties option appears. NOTE: HP BladeSystem servers report an IO Bay number instead of a Slot number. 2. Click Properties. The Multifunction Adapter Settings tab appears.
3. Deselect the Enable Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) check box to remove the RDMA option for the adapter.
4. Click OK. The RDMA Enabled Devices tab appears showing that the Multifunction Server Adapter has been removed. 5. Click OK to save the new device configuration. The following window appears. 6. Click Yes to complete the configuration change. RDMA functionality is disabled for the selected Multifunction Server Adapter. A reboot is required after the last RDMA device on the system has been disabled. The following window appears. 7. 8. Click Yes to reboot the system.
Statistics In this section Displaying RDMA Statistics...................................................................................................................... 19 Displaying RDMA Statistics To view RDMA statistics: 1. 2. 3. On the NCU Main window or on the RDMA Enabled Devices tab, select the Multifunction Adapter. Click Properties. The Multifunction Adapter Properties window appears. Select the RDMA Information and Statistics tab.
The following read-only statistics are available. RDMA Information o Hardware State. Displays Fault if the RDMA hardware has encountered a problem and is no longer functional, otherwise displays Active. o Teaming State. Displays Teamed when an RDMA-enabled adapter is teamed and displays UnTeamed when the adapter is not teamed. Currently, RDMA-enabled adapters cannot be teamed so the teaming state is always Un-Teamed. RDMA Performance Statistics o Number of Active Connections.
o Maximum Connections Available. Displays the maximum number of RDMA connections available. o Maximum RDMA Reads per Connections. Displays the maximum number of concurrent RDMA reads allowed per connection.
Acronyms and abbreviations CPU central processing unit IP Internet Protocol NCU Network Configuration Utility NDIS network driver interface specification RDMA Remote Direct Memory Access WSD Windows Socket Direct or Winsock Direct Acronyms and abbreviations 22
Index C configuration 9 D disabling RDMA 15 E enabling RDMA devices 9 environmental requirements 4 I Install ProLiant Essentials License Key(s) 6 installation, NCU 6 installation, RDMA license 6 R RDMA Pack for Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapters 6 S statistics 19 supported operating systems 5 W wsdping.
