FlexBoot for ConnectX-3 Release Notes
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1. e Updated the port event handling process e Enabled console output in Debug mode e Disabled the serial output e Disabled the banner in BEV execution e Disabled function 0x04 in int21 when serial console is disabled e Preserved COM port settings 3 4 460 e Boot Menu support Added new FlexBoot GUI The device can now be configured in the POST stage e Non volatile memory read write support e Configurable URI boot retry and delay between retries e Configurable iSCSI settings using DHCP NVM e Added new interface in order to update the registered devices on the PXE stage e Enabled ConnectX Ethernet adapter cards family to work with interrupts e Enabled PXE to work in promiscuous VLAN mode configurable through the INI e Synced version with ipxe org Now the latest code in iPXE is used e Added boot priority capability iSCSI vs PXE and fallback in case one fails e Updated the Proxy DHCP request method for non existing option 54 ProxyDHCP request is sent to port 67 with broadcast IP address if the server identifier in option 54 is zero Packets with source port different than BOOTPS_PORT and PXE_PORT are filtered by the PROXY e SHELL CLI is currently supported on ConnectX 3 and ConnectX 3 Pro adapter cards only e Both the GUID and the MAC are printed on the screen when the port link layer is set as InfiniBand e PROXYDHCP and PXEBS settings are saved under netdevice settings e rootpath filename nextserver are now fetched fr2. BILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE Mellanox TECHNOLOGIES Mellanox Technologies 350 Oakmead Parkway Suite 100 Sunnyvale CA 94085 U S A www mellanox com Tel 408 970 3400 Fax 408 970 3403 Copyright 2015 Mellanox Technologies All Rights Reserved Mellanox Mellanox logo Bridge X8 ConnectX Connect IBG CoolBox CORE Direct GPUDirect InfiniBridge InfiniHost InfiniScale Kotura Kotura logo Mellanox Connect Accelerate Outperform logo Mellanox Federal Systems Mellanox Open Ethernet Mellanox Virtual Modular Switch MetroDX MetroX MLNX OS Open Ethernet logo PhyX Scalable HPC SwitchX TestX The Generation of Open Ethernet logo UFM Virtual Protocol Interconnect Voltaire and Voltaire logo are registered trademarks of Mellanox Technologies Ltd CyPU ExtendX FabricIT FPGADirect HPC X Mellanox Care Mellanox CloudX Mellanox NEO Mellanox Open Ethernet Mellanox PeerDirect NVMeDirect StPU Spectrum Switch IB Unbreakable Link are trademarks of Mellanox Technologies Ltd All other trademarks are property of their respective owners ae S Mellanox Technologies Table of Contents Rev 3 4 648 Table of Contents Document Revision 5 1 eras dn een Medea ries ieee aden 6 1 1 Supported Adapter Cards and Firmwar
3. E ER EE HER 12 Mellanox Technologies FlexBoot for ConnectX 3 Release Notes Rev 3 4 648 Document Revision History Table 1 Document Revision History Revision Date Description 3 4 648 September 2015 Initial release of this FlexBoot version 2 Mellanox Technologies Rev 3 4 648 Overview 1 Overview These are the release notes for Mellanox FlexBoot the software for Boot over Mellanox Technologies adapter devices supporting VPI FlexBoot enables booting kernels or operating systems OS from remote servers in compliance with the PXE specification This package is based on the open source project iPXE available at http www ipxe org 1 1 Supported Adapter Cards and Firmware Table 2 Supported Adapter Cards and Firmware Adapter Cards Firmware Version ConnectX 3 Pro 2 35 5000 ConnectX 3 2 35 5000 1 2 Supported Tools MFT Table 3 Supported Tools MFT Tools Version MFT Mellanox Firmware Tools 4 1 0 1 3 Supported Operating Systems Table 4 Operating Systems OSs Version ESXi 5 5 RHEL 6 4 RHEL 6 6 RHEL 7 0 RHEL 7 1 SLES 11 3 SLES 11 4 Ethernet only SLES 12 Ubuntu 14 04 Ethernet only Ubuntu 15 4 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012R2 c C Mellanox Technologies Tested Platforms Table 5 Tested Platforms FlexBoot for ConnectX 3 Rel
4. Mellanox TECHNOLOGIES Connect Accelerate Outperform Mellanox FlexBoot for ConnectX 3 Release Notes Rev 3 4 648 www mellanox com Mellanox Technologies NOTE THIS HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR TEST SUITE PRODUCT PRODUCT S AND ITS RELATED DOCUMENTATION ARE PROVIDED BY MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES AS IS WITH ALL FAULTS OF ANY KIND AND SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF AIDING THE CUSTOMER IN TESTING APPLICATIONS THAT USE THE PRODUCTS IN DESIGNATED SOLUTIONS THE CUSTOMER S MANUFACTURING TEST ENVIRONMENT HAS NOT MET THE STANDARDS SET BY MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES TO FULLY QUALIFY THE PRODUCT S AND OR THE SYSTEM USING IT THEREFORE MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES CANNOT AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THAT THE PRODUCTS WILL OPERATE WITH THE HIGHEST QUALITY ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT ARE DISCLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL MELLANOX BE LIABLE TO CUSTOMER OR ANY THIRD PARTIES FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PAYMENT FOR PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OFLIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT S AND RELATED DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSI
5. Synced the source with iPXE upstream sync Spanning Tree Added support for detecting Spanning Tree Protocol non forwarding ports Protocol RSTP MSTP BIOS Compatibility Moved to flat real mode when calling INT 1a b101 to avoid BIOSes issues Bug Fixes See section Bug Fixes History Mellanox Technologies FlexBoot for ConnectX 3 Release Notes Rev 3 4 648 3 Known Issues The following is a list of general limitations and known issues of the various components of this FlexBoot release Table 7 Known Issues Category Description Workaround Firmware Firmware 2 30 3000 and below does not support booting over Ethernet with VPI adapter cards when using QSFP cables 40GE hybrid cables N A Booting from WDS BIOS BIOS Large Receive Booting from WDS running on Windows 2008 R2 in InfiniBand mode is currently not supported due to compatibility issues between FlexBoot 3 4 142 and Mellanox WinOF v4 40 and below Several BIOS vendors have limited boot vector space and may not display FlexBoot in their boot menu In several BIOS the server might hang during FlexBoot booting due to wrong configuration of the PMM Large Receive Offload LRO and iSCSI may N A Disable the embedded NIC boot agent in BIOS N A Disable LRO in the Offload LRO not interoperate due to a bug in current Linux IPoIB module when ke
6. ay to Oxfd e Changed error print to debug print e Changed printed string when initializing devices e Kept the SAN connection permanently open to enable Windows install on iSCSI target even when the iSCSI target is empty e Readded COMBOOT image support by default e Prevented a netdevice VLAN from opening closing twice e Removed unsupported EQ event in Connect IB NN Mellanox Technologies Rev 3 4 648 Change Log History Release Changes e Disabled the waiting time for link up on trunk net device when VLAN is enabled on a port 3 4 142 e Enabled firmware to handle the link state with the Subnet Manager e Updated the DHCP class code to NONE e Added flash access capability for reading software to software configurations e Enabled DHCP validation of MAC address and XID for a unique tuple e Improved randomness algorithm for DHCP XID 3 4 000 e Increased the number of the supported systems e Added the ability to merge the PXE image with the UFI image 3 3 420 e Increased DHCP timeout 3 3 400 e Added ConnectX 3 support e Increased the number of the supported systems e AlliPXE features are now part of the ROM image e Support multiple functions Flex10 e Added support for Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP e Added ifenable ifdisable network interface command e Improved reliability 3 0 000 e Initial Release 14 Mellanox Technologies
7. dded compilation flag around the flash readout e Added URI Boot retry Default retries 0 e Added Unmap MPT command in teardown e Added support for HII ISCSI configuration e Added 64 bit PCI BAR support Large bar e Added the option added for running PXE with promiscuous VLAN e Re added COMBOOT image support by default e Enabled pages function handling in Connect IB initialization stage to work according to the PRM e Applied additional patches from ipxe org e Updated the window even if ACK does not acknowledge new data e Modified the error print to debug print e Modified the printed string when initializing devices e Modified the error print Added additional information to make the output more user friendly e Changed the size of the domain name array to Oxfd e Disabled the waiting period for link up on trunk net device when VLAN is enabled on port e Removed unsupported EQ event in Connect IB 3 4 225 e Added additional information to the error print output e Added compilation flag around the flash readout e Added URI Boot retry Default retries 0 e Added Unmap MPT command in teardown e Added 64 bit PCI BAR support e Added an option for running PXE with promiscuous VLAN e Added support for HII iSCSI configuration e Enlarged the mailbox size to 4kb e Enlarged the number of WQE to 64 from 4 e Enabled multiple DHCP offers to be received before proceeding to request state e Changed the size of the domain name arr
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9. ease Notes Rev 3 4 648 Server Vendor amp Model BIOS Manuf amp Version DELL C6220 Dell Inc 2 5 3 DELL C6220 II Dell Inc 2 4 2 DELL C7220N 2 1 11 DELL M630 DELL 1 0 3 DELL R720 DELL 2 5 2 DELL R730 DELL 1 3 6 DELL Stryper 3A06 HP BL460c Gen9 136 v1 50 HP DL160 Gen9 U20 HP DL360 Gen9 P89 v1 50 HP DL380 Gen9 P89 v1 50 HP Moonshot Anders M710 HP systems H03 HP ProLiant SE2140s Gen8 MiniPooch P87 HP ProLiant XL230b Gen9 U12 HP SE2140s Gen8 P87 HP SE2160w Gen9 U16 HP SL230s Gen8 P75 HP XL230a Gen9 U13 v1 40 HP XL230b Gen9 U12 v1 30 IBM Flex system x220 KSE142AUS 1 50 IBM Flex system x240 B2E142AUS 1 50 IBM System x3650 M4 VVE142EUS 1 80 IBM System x3850 X6 M4 WillyCat A8E11AUS 1 00 Quanta T6MG American Megatrends Inc C1031 BS 3A09 Quanta Winterfell American Megatrends Inc F03 3B07 Supermicro XODRW American Megatrends Inc 3 0c Wiwynn WCS American Megatrends Inc C1032 BS 1C03 GNI ZT American Megatrends Inc 2 59 Eo O a Mellanox Technologies Rev 3 4 648 Changes and New Features in Rev 3 4 6481 2 Changes New Features in Rev 3 4 648 Table 6 Changes and Fixes in Rev 3 4 648 Category Description FlexBoot Code Size Added support for mrom images larger than 128kB Boot over IB Added boot over IB with non default PKey for ConnectX 3 ConnectX 3 Pro cards Upstream sync
10. ehavior and possible system crash after the OS starts to load BIOS If a client returned control to the BIOS after a Follow the instructions successful connection to an iSCSI target but described in the UM for did not boot from it then unexpected the proper iSCSI behavior may occur boot install IPv6 IPv6 is currently not supported Spanning Tree Occasionally using the Spanning Tree Enable the edgemode Protocol STP Protocol STP in the switches may cause if disabled on the packet drops and boot failure in the system switch or use either portfast or edgemode functionality on the switch ports connected to the NICs SR IOV Setting the number of Virtual Functions higher N A than the machine s memory capability may cause memory issues and system instability PXE Boot In some cases PXE boot will not work if the N A client was given only the filename without next server siaddr Chain loading gPXE Chain loading gPXE stack may result in N A undesirable behavior Mellanox Technologies Rome d o oM FlexBoot for ConnectX 3 Release Notes Rev 3 4 648 4 Bug Fixes History Table 8 Bug Fixes History Description Fixed in Release 1 Fixed HTTP boot over IPoIB 3 4 648 2 Fixed BEV posting issue in hybrid BIOS 3 4 648 3 Fixed transmission of IPoIB multicast packets as broadcasts 3 4 648 4 Fixed HTTP download over IPoIB 3 4 521 5 Fixed completion w
11. ith error handling process 3 4 521 6 Fixed an issue for TLV with length 0 3 4 306 p Fixed an issue related to sync VLAN IRQ operation with trunk IRQ 3 4 306 operation 8 Fixed an issue which enabled a netdevice VLAN to open close twice 3 4 306 9 Fixed an issue which prevented the iSCSI initiator s name from being 3 4 306 received from HII 10 Fixed an issue related to dual port adapters occasionally booting from the 3 4 306 second port resulted in TFTP download failure when the first port was already linked up with DHCP and has received a TFTP address 11 Fixed an issue which caused PXE boot failure when using a filename if 3 4 306 iSCSI rootpath is set 12 Fixed an issue which prevented the device to PXE boot from the 2nd port if 3 4 306 first port was already downloaded 13 Fixed compilation issue 3 4 306 14 Fixed a broken VLAN issue 3 4 306 15 Fixed a retry issue when the value is infinite 3 4 306 16 Fixed Impossible to PXE boot from 2nd port if first port already 3 4 225 downloaded issue 17 Fixed no more network devices issues 3 4 000 N 11 Mellanox Technologies Rev 3 4 648 Change Log History 5 Change Log History Table 9 Change Log History Release Changes 3 4 521 e Added iSCSI CHAP and mutual CHAP configuration e Added the GRH size when allocating receive buffer for IPoIB e Updated VLAN netdevice s settings with all the trunk s iSCSI required settings
12. om the netdevice settings e The cached DHCP packet are received only if working with the same net device When pxelinux 0 receives the cached DHCP packet from the UNDI API it constructs a new fake packet for the current net device e Ifthe process is stopped and then restarted and booted from the next boot device which serves as the second port in the HCA a new fake DHCP packet is not constructed The previous packet which includes all the information of the first port IP MAC Netmask etc is used e Ifan old fake DHCP packet is discovered its chaddr is compared to the chaddr in the pxe_netdev if not similar a new fake DHCP packet is created e PXE shutdown is called if int22 with function 0 000 is called e The server s IP address in DHCP server replies is now checked before checking the reply type This will ignore NACK replies from servers which already were ignored by the te Mellanox Technologies Mellanox FlexBoot for ConnectX 3 Release Notes Rev 3 4 648 Release Changes client In case of 2 DHCP servers in the same subnet the client will eventually choose one of them by sending the DHCP REQUEST with DHCP Server Identifier option 54 filled with the requested server s IP address e Changed DHCP discover timeouts to comply with PXE spec 3 4 306 e Added validation script for the released ROMs e Added the option to always keep SAN hook to enable WIN install on iSCSI target e A
13. rnel distributions using iSCSI See the Mellanox FlexBoot user s manual for details under the Diskless Machines chapter InfiniBand Ports iSCSI over IB iSCSI over IB is not tested N A iSCSI over DCB iSCSI over DCB is not supported N A MTU Flexboot supports only 2K MTU N A BIOS Compatibility Only EBX ESI DS ES registers can be saved in N A Boot Entry Protocols SLAM FTP HTTPS and SRP are currently not N A supported FCoE BCV FCoE BCV are not supported N A Boot over VLAN Boot over VLAN with IB port is currently not N A supported FlexBoot Boot Menu Boot menu is displayed as READ ONLY if the N A HCA card does not support flash configuration PXE Boot after PXE boot after iSCSI boot with static N A iSCSI Boot configuration is currently not supported Mellanox Technologies aa Rev 3 4 648 Known Issues Category Description Workaround iSCSI Boot Boot retries is currently not functional when N A booting from iSCSI Blink LEDs Blink LEDs are currently not functional N A iSCSI Connection FlexBoot supports only a single active iSCSI N A connection Thus when iSCSI boot via Port 1 succeeds to connect but fails to boot it will fail to connect via Port 2 FlexBoot Boot Menu FlexBoot Boot Menu will not be visible in N A serial output Link Speed 56Gb s is currently not supported N A Boot Loaders Some faulty boot loaders do not close the N A underlying UNDI device which may result in unexpected b
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