fuel-plugin-mellanox/doc/source/known_issues.rst

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Known issues

Issue 1
  • Description: For custom (OEM) adapter cards based on Mellanox ConnectX-4 ICs, adapter firmware must be manually burnt prior to the installation with SR-IOV support
  • Workaround: See the firmware installation instructions.
Issue 2
  • Description: The number of SR-IOV virtual functions supported by Mellanox adapters is up to 31 on ConnectX-4 adapters (depends on your HW capabilities).
  • Workaround: NA
Issue 3
  • Description: When using a dual port physical NIC for SR-IOV over Ethernet, the Openstack private network has to be allocated on the first port.
  • Workaround: NA
Issue 4
  • Description: Changing port type in bootstrap stage over a single port HCA is not supported
  • Workaround: Create a bootstrap image with link type current, and change the port type manually.
Issue 5
  • Description: Starting large amount (>15) of IB VMs with normal port at once may result in some VMs not getting DHCP over InfiniBand networks.
  • Workaround: Reboot VMs that didn't get IP from DHCP on time or start VMs in smaller chunks (<10).
Issue 6
  • Description: Network verification for IB network is not supported over untagged networks or after deployment.
  • Workaround: NA
Issue 7
  • Description: When using NEO auto provisioning, network verification should fail for the private network VLANs
  • Workaround: NA
Issue 8
  • Description: When deploying an Infiniband cluster with iSER over VLAN, all controllers should be deployed at once.
  • Workaround: Use untagged storage network when using Infiniband with iSER over VLAN, or deploy all controllers at once.