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INFINIBAND: How To Create VNIC on Infiniband (IB) Switches? ("createvnic" Command)

Below is the command to create VNICs on Infiniband (IB) Switches.
createvnic <connector port> -GUID <GUID> -mac <MAC address> -vlan <VLAN ID> -pkey <partition key>

Lets assume the Node for which you want to create has GUID 0xabcde76232ac4df8 and HW address as 00:14:4f:f8:e3:27, and you want to create VNIC on connector port 0A-ETH-1 and partition key 8007, then your createvnic command will look as follows:
createvnic 0A-ETH-1 -GUID ab:cd:e7:62:32:ac:4d:f8 -mac 00:14:4f:f8:e3:27 -vlan 314 -pkey 0x0007

In above command for specifying the GUID 0xabcde76232ac4df8, you want to remove 0x at the beginning after every 2 characters you have to put ":". Please note 8007 partition key has to be specified as 0007 in createvnic command. Because in latest firmware versions of Infiniband after firmware version 2.1.5 & later the first number 8 of partition key is replaced with 0.

Products to which Article Applies

Infiniband Switches


Additional References

https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26699_01/html/E26706/z40000401971679.html

 


tarun boyella

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