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Updated: August 2021
 
 

RDMA service fails to start on a system running Oracle Linux 7.1 UEK3 or 7.2, or RHEL 7.1 or 7.2

Bug ID 20912503

Issue: Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) service fails to start on a system running Oracle Linux 7.1 Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel, Release 3 (UEK3) Quarterly Update 5 (QU5) or 7.2, or Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.1 or 7.2 with the Sun Storage 16 Gb Fibre Channel PCIe Universal Host Bus Adapter, QLogic card installed. The following error message is displayed:

[root@x86bj073 ~]# systemctl start rdma.service
Job for rdma.service failed. See 'systemctl status rdma.service' and
'journalctl -xn' for details.
[root@x86bj073 ~]# systemctl status rdma.service
rdma.service - Initialize the iWARP/InfiniBand/RDMA stack in the kernel
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/rdma.service; disabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2015-04-20 14:31:15 CST; 1h
44min ago
     Docs: file:/etc/rdma/rdma.conf
  Process: 1076 ExecStart=/usr/libexec/rdma-init-kernel (code=exited,
status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 1076 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
.
Apr 20 14:31:15 x86bj073.cn.oracle.com rdma-init-kernel[1076]: modprobe:
FATAL: Module ocrdma not found.
Apr 20 14:31:15 x86bj073.cn.oracle.com rdma-init-kernel[1076]: Failed to load
.
module ocrdma
Apr 20 14:31:15 x86bj073.cn.oracle.com systemd[1]: rdma.service: main process
.
exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Apr 20 14:31:15 x86bj073.cn.oracle.com systemd[1]: Failed to start Initialize
.
the iWARP/InfiniBand/RDMA stack in the kernel.
Apr 20 14:31:15 x86bj073.cn.oracle.com systemd[1]: Unit rdma.service entered
failed state.

Affected hardware and software:

  • Oracle Linux 7.1 UEK3 QU5, or later, and 7.2

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.1 and 7.2

  • Sun Storage 16 Gb Fibre Channel PCIe Universal Host Bus Adapter, QLogic

Workaround: No workaround exists for this issue.