ibstatus Command

Queries basic status of InfiniBand devices. Issued on the Linux InfiniBand host.

Syntax

ibstatus [-h][devname[:IB_port]]...

where:

• devname is the InfiniBand device name.

• IB_port is the port number of the InfiniBand device.

Description

This InfiniBand software command displays basic information retrieved from the local InfiniBand driver. Output of the command includes:

• LID

• SMLID

• port logical state

• link width

• port physical state

Options

The -h option provides help.

Example

The following example shows how to display the basic status from the local InfiniBand driver with the ibstatus command.

# ibstatus
Infiniband device ’mlx4_0’ port 1 status:
     default gid:     fe80:0000:0000:0000:0003:ba00:0100:c709
     base lid:        0x0
     sm lid:          0x0
     state:           1: DOWN
     phys state:      2: Polling
     rate:            10 Gb/sec (4X)
Infiniband device ’mlx4_0’ port 2 status:
     default gid:     fe80:0000:0000:0000:0003:ba00:0100:c70a
     base lid:        0x3a
     sm lid:          0x3a
     state:           4: ACTIVE
     phys state:      5: LinkUp
     rate:            40 Gb/sec (4X QDR)
#

Related Information

• ibstatus man page

• ibstat Command