README for RDS release for OEL 5 -------------------------------- This release of RDS is supported for Oracle Enterprise Linux release 5.1 to Oracle Enterprose Linux 5.5. Starting Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.4 RDS driver is built into kernel. No further actions or downloads are required. Following are the RDS channels name on Unbreakable Linux Network - ULN (http://linux.oracle.com) i386: RDS packages for Enterprise Linux 5 (i386) x86_64: RDS packages for Enterprise Linux 5 (x86_64) These channels need to be subscibed manually through web interface before installing the packages (Only for OEL 5.1 through 5.3). Installation procedure: 1. Install Supported Oracle Enterprise Linux Operating System 2. Stop openib service $ service openibd stop 3. Installing / Upgrading RDS packages from ULN - Register system to the ULN using your CSI number - Subscribe to the Supported Enterprise Linux Release 5 and RDS channels using webinterface (http://linux.oracle.com). Registration process automatically subscribe to the Oracle Enterprise Linux Relase 5 latest channel. - Perform following steps to install/upgrade packages $ up2date -u ibutils libcxgb3 libibcm libibcommon libibmad libibumad libibverbs libmlx4 libmlx4-static libmthca librdmacm ofed-docs ibutils-libs libibcm-devel libibcommon-devel libibmad libibumad libibverbs-devel libibverbs-utils librdmacm-devel librdmacm-utils opensm-libs qperf srptools mstflint perftest tvflash infiniband-diags (Only for Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.2) $ up2date -u libipathverbs (only for Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.2 x86_64) $ up2date -u ibutils dapl dapl-devel dapl-utils libcxgb3 libibcm libibcm-devel libibcommon libibcommon-devel libibmad libibmad-devel libibumad libibumad-devel libibverbs libibverbs-devel libibverbs-utils libmthca librdmacm librdmacm-devel librdmacm-utils libsdp srptools opensm-devel opensm-libs qlvnictools sdpnetstat infiniband-diags libmlx4 libmlx4-static ofed-docs (Only for Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.1) $ up2date --get mstflint perftest tvflash opensm (Only for Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.1) $ cd /var/spool/up2date; rpm -Uhv mstflint-1.3-2.ofed1.3.1.*.rpm perftest-1.2-12.ofed1.3.1.*.rpm tvflash-0.9.0-3.ofed1.3.1.*.rpm opensm-3.1.11-1.ofed1.3.1*.rpm (Only for Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.1) $ update the kernel to 2.6.18-128.1.16.0.1.el5 (Only for Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.3) $ update the kernel to kernel-2.6.18-164.15.1.0.1.el5 or later (For Enterprise Linux 5.4) $ update the kernel to kernel-2.6.18-194.3.1.0.1.el5 or later (For Enterprise Linux 5.5) $ up2date -u openib rds-tools ofa-`uname -r` ( For Enterprise Linux 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3) $ up2date -u rds-tools ( For Enterprise Linux 5.4 and 5.5 ) $ reboot the system. 4. Set the initialization parameters in /etc/ofed/openib.conf 5. Start the openib service $ service openibd start Upgrade Procedure: Upgrading installed OFED packages from openfabrics.org ----------------------------------------------------- If you have already installed OFED packages from the openfabrics.org site, you need to uninstall them as the packages provided here are essentially a rebuild of the OFED packages for Oracle Enterprise Linux and are meant to install on top of a "vanilla" Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.1/5.2, so both sets cannot be installed at the same time (there will be duplicates that cause conflicts). The OFED tarball from openfabrics.org should have installed an uninstall shell script as /usr/sbin/ofed_uninstall.sh. Run this to uninstall the packages and then follow step 2 to 5 under installation procedure