The PKeys window allows users to create new groups of ports and provides information about existing PKeys. 

For further information about InfiniBand partitioning (Pkeys management), please refer to the Partitioning Appendix. 

Creating New PKey

To create a PKey: 

1. Click the “New” button under “PKeys".
   Please note that the yellow highlighted PKeys are predefined ones.
   
   
   
2. In the New PKey wizard, fill in the required information under the General tab:
   
   • Name—must be between 0x1 and 0x7fff, inclusive
   • Index-0 attribute—True/False
   • IP Over IB attribute—True/False
     
     
     
3. Click "Next."
4. Under Members tab, select the device of which ports you would like to group in one PKey, and move the members (ports) from the Available list to the Selected list. For each member (port) you may specify a membership type (Full/limited).
   
   
   

5. Click “Finish”. The new PKey will become available under the PKey window.

When selecting a PKey from the PKeys table, PKey Information table will appear on the right side of the screen. This table provides information on the PKey's members and QoS settings.

PKey Members Tab

Provides details on the PKey members: port’s hostname (node), device's IP address, port GUID, port number, membership and index-0 attributes values.

PKey QoS Tab

Displays the current partitioning parameter settings of the selected PKey: MTU Limit, Service Level and Rate limit. These settings can be modified by the user.

PKey Actions

Right-clicking one PKey from the list enables performing the following actions:

• Modify Members – PKeys can be modified either by editing the attributes under General tab, or updating the members under Members tab. Including updating ports memberships.

• Remove – existing PKeys can be deleted from the list.
  

  For information on partitioning, refer to Appendix – Partitioning.

  Note that restarting OpenSM is required for the QoS parameters change to take effect.

  Support Pkey with Virtual Ports

Creating a pkey with virtual ports is supported, so pkey can contain the following types of port:

• Physical
• Virtual
• Both physical and virtual

The create new pkey wizard dropdown includes port types.