Re: [gpfsug-discuss] EDR and omnipath

2016-09-19 Thread Aaron Knister
Here's where I read about the inter-operability of the two: http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/white-papers/omni-path-storage-white-paper.pdf This is what Intel says: In a multi-homed file system server, or in a Lustre Networking (LNet) or IP router, a single

Re: [gpfsug-discuss] EDR and omnipath

2016-09-19 Thread Aaron Knister
Ah, that makes complete sense. Thanks! I had been doing some reading about OmniPath and for some reason was under the impression the OmniPath adapter could load itself as a driver under the verbs stack of OFED. Even so, that raises support concerns as you say. I wonder what folks are doing

Re: [gpfsug-discuss] EDR and omnipath

2016-09-19 Thread Sven Oehme
Because they both require a different distribution of OFED, which are mutual exclusive to install. in theory if you deploy plain OFED it might work, but that will be hard to find somebody to support. Sent from IBM Verse Aaron Knister --- Re: [gpfsug-discuss] EDR and omnipath ---

Re: [gpfsug-discuss] EDR and omnipath

2016-09-19 Thread Aaron Knister
I must admit, I'm curious as to why one cannot use GPFS with IB and OPA both in RDMA mode. Granted, I know very little about OPA but if it just presents as another verbs device I wonder why it wouldn't "Just work" as long as GPFS is configured correctly. -Aaron On 9/19/16 3:11 AM, Vic

[gpfsug-discuss] increasing inode

2016-09-19 Thread Matt Weil
All, What exactly happens that makes the clients hang when a file set inodes are increased? The materials in this message are private and may contain Protected Healthcare Information or other information of a sensitive nature. If you are not the intended

Re: [gpfsug-discuss] EDR and omnipath

2016-09-19 Thread Vic Cornell
Bump I can see no reason why that wouldn't work. But it would be nice to a have an official answer or evidence that it works. Vic > On 15 Sep 2016, at 5:49 pm, Brian Marshall wrote: > > All, > > I see in the GPFS FAQ A6.3 the statement below. Is it possible to have GPFS