Preface

The Sun trademark Dual Port 4x IB Host Channel Adapter PCI-X Installation and User's Guide provides installation instructions for the Sun Dual Port 4x IB Host Channel Adapter PCI-X card. This manual includes an overview of the adapter, supported platforms, cable information, and related documentation.

These instructions are designed for system administrators with experience installing network hardware and software.

Note - The Sun Dual Port 4x IB Host Channel Adapter PCI-X card is an InfiniBand (IB) host channel adapter (HCA) card. The adapter is referred to as IB-HCA in this manual.

How This Book Is Organized

The manual is organized as follows:

Chapter 1 provides a description of the adapter.

Chapter 2 details how to install the adapter card and cables, and how to verify the installation.

Chapter 3 contains information for configuring Internet Protocol over InfiniBand (IPoIB).

Chapter 4 gives an overview of the InfiniBand software.

Appendix A contains information on the InfiniBand cable and connector pin outs.

Appendix B provides an overview of the SunVTS trademark diagnostic software and the ibhcatest test. The appendix also includes some troubleshooting tasks.

Using UNIX Commands

This document might not contain information about basic UNIX® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices. Refer to the following for this information:

Software documentation that you received with your system

Solaris Operating System documentation, which is at:

http://docs.sun.com

Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell	machine_name`%`
C shell superuser	machine_name`#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser	`#`

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Examples

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output

Edit your .login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

% You have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output

% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized

Command-line variable; replace with a real name or value

Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide.

These are called class options.

You must be superuser to do this.

To delete a file, type rm filename.

Sun Dual Port 4x IB Host Channel Adapter PCI-X Release Notes (819-1281)
System Administration Guide: Devices and Files System (817-5093)
System Administration Guide: Network Services (816-4555)
Sun InfiniBand Switch Nine-Port Hardware Installation Guide (819-0504)
Sun InfiniBand Switch Nine-Port Administration Guide (819-0502)
Sun InfiniBand Switch Nine-Port Release Notes (819-1278)
PCI-X Addendum to the PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.0

Documentation, Support, and Training

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Support and Training	`http://www.sun.com/supportraining/`	Obtain technical support, download patches, and learn about Sun courses

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