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Which ESXi driver to use for SRP/iSER over IB (... | Mellanox Interconnect Community)
* disable native driver for vRDMA - this is very buggy
esxcli system module set --enabled=false -m=nrdma
esxcli system module set --enabled=false -m=nrdma_vmkapi_shim
esxcli system module set --enabled=false -m=nmlx4_rdma
esxcli system module set --enabled=false -m=vmkapi_v2_3_0_0_rdma_shim
esxcli system module set --enabled=false -m=vrdma
* uninstall inbox driver - also useless function that can't support ethernet iSER properly
esxcli software vib remove -n net-mlx4-en
esxcli software vib remove -n net-mlx4-core
esxcli software vib remove -n nmlx4-rdma
esxcli software vib remove -n nmlx4-en
esxcli software vib remove -n nmlx4-core
esxcli software vib remove -n nmlx5-core
Reboot,
Get package as described here:
ConnectX-2 and ESXi 6.0
http://www.mellanox.com/downloads/Software/MLNX-OFED-ESX-1.8.2.5-10EM-600.0.0.2494585.zip
* install Mellanox OFED 1.8.2.5 for ESXi 6.x.
esxcli software vib install -d /var/log/vmware/MLNX-OFED-ESX-1.8.2.5-10EM-600.0.0.2494585.zip
reboot