Networking (InfiniBand)

The following Mellanox network cards support InfiniBand using TripleO and their firmware:

Installing and Running NEO and UFM

To install and run an InfiniBand fabric with OpenStack in it, the UFM and NEO management software components are required.

1. Install and configure NVIDIA Mellanox Unified Fabric Manager (UFM)

2. Install and configure Mellanox NEO.

3. Disable https from NEO. Run the following command inside the NEO machine:

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   $ yum install crudini
   $ crudini --set /opt/neo/controller/conf/controller.cfg API secure false
           

4. Configure NEO, to add UFM connection details:

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   $vi /opt/neo/files/providers/ib/conf/netservice.cfg 
    
   [UFM IB Params] 
    #ip = ip,ip,... 
    ip = <UFM server IP> 
    #user = user,user,... 
    user = <UFM user> 
    #password = password,password,... 
    password = <UFM passworda> 
    #http or https 
    supplier_protocol = https 
           

5. Restart the NEO server.

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   $ /opt/neo/neoservice restart