MLNX IB Management Installation Guide v5.15.0

MLNXSM and ibdiagnet

MLNXSM is an InfiniBand Subnet Manager and Subnet Administrator based on OpenSM.

  • Binary file location : MLNXSM binary file: /opt/mellanox/ib_mgmt/sbin/mlnxsm.

  • Default configuration file: Default configuration file: /opt/mellanox/ib_mgmt/etc/opensm/opensm.conf.

  • Logs and dump directories: By default, MLNXSM creates logs and dump files in /var/log directory, with opensm prefix.
    For example, default log file: /var/log/opensm.log

Running MLNXSM

  1. Start MLNXSM service:

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    systemctl start mlnxsm.service

  2. Stopping MLNXSM service:

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    systemctl stop mlnxsm.service

ibdiagnet is a diagnostic utility for InfiniBand fabrics. ibdiagnet is provided with IBUtils2 package.

Binary files location: ibdiagnet binary file: /opt/mellanox/ib_mgmt/bin/ibdiagnet.

Default configuration file: Default configuration file location: /etc/ibutils2/ibdiag.conf.

Logs and dump directories: By default, ibdiagnet creates all logs and dump files in /var/tmp/ibdiagnet2/.
For example, default log file: /var/tmp/ibdiagnet2/ibdiagnet2.log

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