ibstat Command

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

Syntax

ibstat [-d][-e][-h][-l][-s][-p][-V] ca_name [ca_port]

where:

• ca_name is the channel adapter name.

• ca_port is the channel adapter port.

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

The ibstat command is similar to the ibstatus command, however, the ibstat command is a binary executable, has options to display channel adapters and ports, and provides more information than the ibstatus command.

Options

The following table describes the options to the ibstat command and their purposes:

Example

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

# ibstat
CA ’mlx4_0’
    CA type: MT26428
    Number of ports: 2
    Firmware version: 2.5.926
    Hardware version: a0
    Node GUID: 0x0003ba000100c708
    System image GUID: 0x0003ba000100c70b
    Port 1:
        State: Down
        Physical state: Polling
        Rate: 10
        Base lid: 0
        LMC: 0
        SM lid: 0
        Capability mask: 0x02510868
        Port GUID: 0x0003ba000100c709
    Port 2:
        State: Active
        Physical state: LinkUp
        Rate: 40
        Base lid: 58
        LMC: 0
        SM lid: 58
        Capability mask: 0x0251086a
        Port GUID: 0x0003ba000100c70a
#

Related Information

• ibstat man page

• ibstatus Command