Device Management Feature Support for InfiniBand
The following table describes the management features available on supported devices.
|
Feature |
10 Gb Ethernet Gateway Module |
Grid Director 4700/ 4200/ 4036/ 4036E v3.5 |
Managed IS5000 Switches1 |
Managed SX6000 Switches1 |
Externally Managed IS5000 / SX6000 Switches |
Gateway BX5020 |
HPC-Class |
Linux Hosts |
Windows Hosts |
|
Discovery |
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IB L2 Discovery |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Advanced Discovery (IP, hostname, Hosts: CPU, memory, FW version) |
Yes |
Yes |
No (Yes for IS5030, IS5035) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes with UFM Host Agent |
No |
|
Ethernet access Management interface |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Provisioning/Configuration |
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IB Partitioning (pkey) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
QoS: SL (SM configuration) |
N/A |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
QoS: Rate Limit (SM configuration) 2 |
N/A |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Interface/VIF Configuration (IP, hostname, mtu, Bonding) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
No |
N/A |
Yes with UFM Host Agent |
No |
|
Device Monitoring |
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Device Resources: CPU, Memory, Disk |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes with UFM Host Agent |
No |
|
Get device alerts (Temperature, PS, Fan) |
Yes |
Yes |
No (Yes for IS5030, IS5035) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
L1 (Physical Port) -Monitoring3 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
L2-3 (Interface/VIF) -Monitoring |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes with UFM Host Agent |
No |
|
Congestion Monitoring per port (enables congestion map) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Congestion Monitoring per flow (Advanced Package) |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Device Management |
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Add/remove to/from Rack |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Add/remove to/from Logical Server |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
Yes |
|
View/clear Alarms |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
SSH terminal to device |
Yes |
Yes |
No (Yes for IS5030, IS5035) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Power On 4 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes with IPMI |
No |
|
Reboot 4 |
No |
No |
No (Yes for IS5030, IS5035) |
Yes (SX3606 only) |
No |
No |
No |
Yes with IPMI |
No |
|
Shutdown 4 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes with IPMI |
No |
|
Port Enable/Disable |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Firmware Upgrade (HCA & switch) 4 |
No |
Yes |
No (Yes for IS5030, IS5035) |
Yes (Upon SW upgrade - SX6036 only) |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
Inband Firmware Upgrade (over InfiniBand connection) |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Software Upgrade (OFED & switch) |
No |
Yes |
No (Yes for IS5030, IS5035) |
Yes (SX3606 only) |
No |
No |
No |
Yes with UFM Host Agent |
No |
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Protocols |
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Communication UFM®-SDN Appliance UFM®-SDN Appliance- Device |
IB/SNMP |
IB/UDP/SSH |
IB |
IB/HTTP/SSH |
IB |
IB |
IB |
IB, SSH, IPMI, UDP |
IB |
For a full list of supported IS5000 switches, see “Mellanox Devices Supported by UFM” on page 378.
QoS Rate Limit (SM configuration): On ConnectX® HCAs-only, for hosts.
XmitWait counter monitoring requires ConnectX HCAs with firmware version 2.6 and above.
This feature requires that the IP address is configured.