Manual Pages — MLX4IB

NAME

mlx4ib – Mellanox ConnectX-3 10GbE/40GbE network adapter driver

SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
HARDWARE
SUPPORT
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
AUTHORS

SYNOPSIS

To compile this driver into the kernel, place these lines in your kernel configuration file: options COMPAT_LINUXKPI device mlx4 device mlx4ib

To load the driver as a module at run-time, run this command as root:

kldload mlx4ib

To load the driver as a module at boot time, place this line in loader.conf(5):

mlx4ib_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION

Mellanox ConnectX adapter cards with Virtual Protocol Interconnect (VPI) provide the highest performing and most flexible interconnect solution for Enterprise Data Centers, High-Performance Computing, and Embedded environments. Clustered data bases, parallelized applications, transactional services and high-performance embedded I/O applications will achieve significant performance improvements resulting in reduced completion time and lower cost per operation.

HARDWARE

The mlx4ib driver supports the following network adapters:

Mellanox ConnectX-2 (IB)
Mellanox ConnectX-3 (IB)

SUPPORT

For general information and support, go to the Mellanox support website at:
.Lk http://www.mellanox.com/ .

If an issue is identified with this driver and a supported network adapter, please email the specific information to <Mt freebsd-drivers@mellanox.com>.

HISTORY

The mlx4ib device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 9.x .

AUTHORS

The mlx4ib driver was written by Mellanox Technologies <freebsd-drivers@mellanox.com>.

MLX4IB (4)

March 1, 2017

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