configuring IP over infiband (IPoIB) in RHEL 7, scp speed
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I am giving myself a crash course on infiniband in RHEL 7.9. I have server(s) each having an HDR ConnectX-6 card installed; this is in my lab and it's on a simple LAN where each server is connected to a Q8700 mlnx *switch* and for starters we just want basic network functionality over the infiniband so we can
ssh
, scp
and create a basic nfs mount between servers.
- I have 5 servers, named c1
to c5
- Each is running RHEL 7.9 x86-64
- I did mlnxofedinstall
from the MLNX_OFED_LINUX-5.2-1.0.4.0-rhel7.9-x86_64.iso
on each
- I did systemctl enable openibd
on each followed by a reboot
- after that I manually /etc/init.d/opensmd start
but only on c1
- using the NetworkManager gui in RHEL 7 I configured the ib0
interface to be
- 192.168.2.1 to 192.168.2.5 for c1..c5 respectively
- subnet mask is 255.255.255.0 for each with no gateway specified.
- if i do ip ib0
it reports link speed of 100000
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- is this all there is to it or am I missing a whole bunch of other stuff ?
- in doing scp
over my copper 1gbps network, I always see a solid 112MB/sec; my take is 1000 mbps / 8 = 125 MBps then at 89.6% efficiency is 112 MBps. If I assume 100000 mb/s on HDR infiniband datagram IPoIB being 100x faster I should see 11200 MB/sec ?
- I am getting 262 MB/sec currently (scp'ing a 30gb tar file) having done only what's mentioned above. Should I be getting better if so how much?
Asked by ron
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Feb 25, 2021, 07:57 PM
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