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 | |||||||||
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 | |||||||||
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 | |||||||||
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 | |||||||||
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 |
Protocols | |||||||||
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.