Oracle® Virtual Networking Host Drivers for Oracle Linux 7 Release Notes

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Updated: January 2016
 
 

Install Host Drivers for Red Hat-Compatible Kernels

  1. Remove any InfiniBand stack that is earlier than version 1.5.3.2.
  2. Remove the existing host drivers.
  3. Download the suitable drivers from:

    http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/otn_software/xsigo/5.1.0-LX.zip

  4. Install the host driver.

    For example:

    # rpm -ivh xsigo-hostdrivers-kmod-3.10.0_123.el7.5.1.0.LX-native.x86_64.rpm
  5. Enable the ovn.service service to start at boot time.
    # systemctl enable ovn.service
  6. Reboot the host.
  7. Verify that the server is detected by the Oracle Fabric Interconnect.
    # show physical-server
    
    name     guid           descr port       os                                       version        server-profile
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    halfdome 2c903000451d1 jammu:ServerPort7 Linux/3.8.13-35.2.1.el7uek.x86_64/x86_64 2.9.1000/3.0.0 halfdome