[mvapich-discuss] How to configure IPoIB when using OFED1.2 ?

[Dhabaleswar Panda]

Based on your e-mail, it appears that you are trying to run MVAPICH2
over IPoIB interface (not basic Gen2 interface) with OFED 1.2.5.

If this is correct, please refer to section 5.6 of MVAPICH2 user guide.
You can download the user guide from mvapich web page. 

DK

> Hi all
> 
> ===	I installed OFED 1.2.5 on my InfiniBand connected cluster. but It dosn't work. I want the inifinBand network use  IP 10.0.0.*, so I configure the ofed_net.conf file as follow
> 
> LAN_INTERFACE_ib0=eth0
> IPADDR_ib0=10.0.0.*
> NETMASK_ib0=255.255.255.0
> NETWORK_ib0=10.0.0.0
> BROADCAST_ib0=10.0.0.255
> ONBOOT_ib0=1
> 
> 
> === when I mpdboot on one machine, I got the message
> 
> mpdboot_inode01 (handle_mpd_output 359): failed to ping mpd on inode01; recvd output={}
> 
> and the /tmp/mpd2_logfile_me is 
> 
> logfile for mpd with pid 21779
> inode01_32928: mpd_uncaught_except_tb handling:
>   exceptions.TypeError: sequence item 0: expected string, int found
>     /usr/mpi/gcc/mvapich2-0.9.8-15/bin/mpdlib.py  733  handle_ring_listener_connection         newsock.correctChallengeResponse = \
>     /usr/mpi/gcc/mvapich2-0.9.8-15/bin/mpdlib.py  488  handle_active_streams
>         handler(stream,*args)
>     /usr/mpi/gcc/mvapich2-0.9.8-15/bin/mpd.py  266  runmainloop
>         rv = self.streamHandler.handle_active_streams(timeout=8.0)
>     /usr/mpi/gcc/mvapich2-0.9.8-15/bin/mpd.py  240  run
>         self.runmainloop()
>     /usr/mpi/gcc/mvapich2-0.9.8-15/bin/mpd.py  1344  ?
>         mpd.run()
> 
> 
> === PS:	when I start openibd, 
> 
> [root at inode01 ~]# /etc/init.d/openibd start
> Loading HCA driver and Access Layer:                       [  OK  ]
> Setting up InfiniBand network interfaces:
> Bringing up interface ib0:                                 [  OK  ]
> Bringing up interface ib1:                                 [  OK  ]
> Setting up service network . . .                           [  done  ]
> Setting up VNIC interfaces...
> Error in parsing VNIC configuration file. Please refer to /var/log/messages.
> Bringing up VNIC interfaces                                [FAILED]
> 
> I don't know where the problem is, anyone has a suggestion?
> thanks in advance
> 
> 
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