1.
05 Feb, 2013
SAKURA Internet Research Center
Senior Researcher / Naoto MATSUMOTO

2.
HighGig Market Overview
56Gbps-HCA $1,311- Over $16,000- 56Gbps-IBSW/40GbE-SW
40Gbps-HCA $814- $8,280 - $11,750
10GbE-SW(48-64P)
40GbE-NIC $779-
$1,923 - $6,250
10GbE-NIC $299- 40Gbps-IBSW(8-18-36P)
$Network Adapter $Network Switch
Lowest Price (Dual-Port) Lowest Price (8-18-36-48-64-Port)
SOURCE: © 2013 Colfax International.

3.
HighGig Network Benchmark
RAMDISK SERVER SERVER RAMDISK
5.58 Gbit/sec
using
8.00 Gbit/sec THTTPD
13.68 Gbit/sec
RCOPY
18.23 Gbit/sec
Corei7-3930K CPU @ 3.20GHz / 32GB DDR3-DIMM / PCI Express 3.0 / Mellanox Connect-X3 VPI Card (10/40/56Gbit/s) SOURCE: SAKURA Internet Research Center. 12/2012 rev2 Project THORN.
using “wget + thttpd” and “rcopy libcm package” for 10GB DATA Chunk Transfer.

4.
InfiniBand-Ethernet Interconnect
Peak (RX) 8.23 Gbit/s 709,288 pps (MTU1500)
Peak (RX) 308.99 Mbit/s 791,004 pps (MTU64)
Packet Generator VyattaCore 6.5R1[VM] SERVER
CLIENT VMware ESXi 5.1 SERVER
Ethernet InfiniBand
SERVER
10Gbit/s 40/56Gbit/s
IP over Ethernet Network IP over Infiniband Network
Corei7-3930K CPU @ 3.20GHz / 32GB DDR3-DIMM / PCI Express 3.0 / Mellanox Connect-X3 VPI Card (10/40/56Gbit/s) SOURCE: SAKURA Internet Research Center. 02/2013 Project THORN.
using linux standard pktgen.

5.
Cost Effective IP networking model
Flexibility /Cost Effective
Existing Infrastructure / Resource High Performance
* 48/64 port 10GbE Switch $8,280 - $11,750 * 8/18/36 port 40G IBSwitch $1,923 - $6,250
Cost
>
Ethernet
IPoIB Gateway InfiniBand
(Software/Hardware)
10Gbit/s 40/56Gbit/s
IP over Ethernet Network IP over Infiniband Network
SOURCE: © 2013 Colfax International.
SOURCE: SAKURA Internet Research Center. 02/2013 Project THORN.

6.
(C)Copyright 1996-2010 SAKURA Internet Inc.

7.
Infiniband Device list
40/56Gbit/s Infiniband mode
10/40Gbit/s Ethernet mode
*Mellanox VPI (Virtual Protocol Interconnect) Only
Infiniband HCA
(Host Channel Adapter)
Infiniband 40/56Gbit/s QDR Switch QSFP Cable (Copper/Fibre)
+
Infiniband OFED (OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution) Software

8.
IB Networking Example
SERVER OpenSM *OpenSM
InfiniBand subnet manager and administration
Loop-Free
IB-SWITCH OpenSM OpenSM IB-SWITCH
IB-SWITCH IB-SWITCH IB-SWITCH IB-SWITCH

9.
Install OFED for Linux
1) Download MLNX_OFED
# uname -a
Linux 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Sat Dec 10 17:04:11 CST 2011
# wget http://mellanox.com/downloads/ofed/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-1.5.3-3.1.0
-rhel6.2-x86_64.tgz
2) Install MLNX_OFED Package
# yum install tcl tk glibc-develglibc-devel.i686
# tar xzvf ./MLNX_OFED_LINUX-1.5.3-3.1.0-rhel6.2-x86_64.tgz
# ./MLNX_OFED_LINUX-1.5.3-3.1.0-rhel6.2-x86_64/mlnxofedinstall
# chkcnfig opensmd on; opensm –c /etc/opensm/opensm.conf
# sync; sync; sync; reboot

10.
Install OFED for VMware ESXi 5.1
1) Enable ESXi Shell & SSH
Troubleshooting Options > Enable ESXi Shell, Enable SSH and SSH login.
# vmware -v
VMware ESXi 5.1.0 build-799733
2) Download/Install MLNX_OFED
# cd /opt
# wget http://mellanox.com/downloads/Drivers/MLNX-OFED-ESX-1.8.0.0.zip
# esxcli software vib install -d /opt/MLNX-OFED-ESX-1.8.0.0.zip
# sync; sync; sync; reboot –f
# esxcfg-nics –l
vmnic_ib0 0000:01:00.00 ib_ipoib Up 56252Mbps Full
00:02:c9:34:1c:f1 1500 Mellanox Technologies MT27500 Family [ConnectX-3]

11.
Install OFED for Windows
1) DownloadMLNX_OFED from Mellanox Web page.
2) Install MLNX_OFED Package.

12.
IB Fabric Example
VM VM VM VM
VMware VMware
Windows Linux
Windows Linux
Windows Linux
40/56Gbit/s
Windows Linux
IP over Infiniband Network
High Speed Server Interconnect Fabric for Mixed PHYSICAL and VIRTUAL.

13.
IB Diagnostic Commands
# ibhosts *show InfiniBand host nodes in topology
Ca : 0x0002c9030010c36c ports 2 "hostname HCA-2"
Ca : 0x0002c9030010c360 ports 2 "hostname HCA-2"
Ca : 0x0002c9030010c328 ports 2 "sl6 HCA-1
# iblinkinfo *report link info for all links in the fabric
Switch 0x000b8cffff006f38 MT43132 Mellanox Technologies:
:
2 6[ ] ==( 4X 2.5 Gbps Active/ LinkUp)==> 8 1[ ] "sl6 HCA-1" ( )
2 7[ ] ==( 4X 2.5 Gbps Active/ LinkUp)==> 9 1[ ] "hostname HCA-2" ( )
2 8[ ] ==( 4X 2.5 Gbps Active/ LinkUp)==> 10 1[ ] "hostname HCA-2" ( )
# ibtracert 9 10 *trace InfiniBand path
From ca {0x0002c9030010c360} portnum 1 lid 9-9 "hostname HCA-2"
[1] -> switch port {0x000b8cffff006f38}[7] lid 2-2 "MT43132 Mellanox Technologies"
[8] -> ca port {0x0002c9030010c36d}[1] lid 10-10 "hostname HCA-2"
To ca {0x0002c9030010c36c} portnum 1 lid 10-10 "hostname HCA-2"

14.
Thanks for your interest.
SAKURA Internet Research Center.