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ibv_generate_infiniband_test_load results

0. ibv_generate_infiniband_test_load results

Notes about results of ibv_generate_infiniband_test_load.

Currently, for RoCE hard coded to use RoCEv1 only.

1. ConnectX-4 Lx

Dual 10 GbE ports connected to a switch. AlmaLinux release 8.10 with Kernel 4.18.0-553.104.1.el8_10.x86_64.

Initially the active MTU set to 1024:

$ ibv_devinfo 
hca_id:	rocep33s0f0
	transport:			InfiniBand (0)
	fw_ver:				14.32.1010
	node_guid:			9803:9b03:0077:e152
	sys_image_guid:			9803:9b03:0077:e152
	vendor_id:			0x02c9
	vendor_part_id:			4117
	hw_ver:				0x0
	board_id:			MT_2420110004
	phys_port_cnt:			1
		port:	1
			state:			PORT_ACTIVE (4)
			max_mtu:		4096 (5)
			active_mtu:		1024 (3)
			sm_lid:			0
			port_lid:		0
			port_lmc:		0x00
			link_layer:		Ethernet

hca_id:	rocep33s0f1
	transport:			InfiniBand (0)
	fw_ver:				14.32.1010
	node_guid:			9803:9b03:0077:e153
	sys_image_guid:			9803:9b03:0077:e152
	vendor_id:			0x02c9
	vendor_part_id:			4117
	hw_ver:				0x0
	board_id:			MT_2420110004
	phys_port_cnt:			1
		port:	1
			state:			PORT_ACTIVE (4)
			max_mtu:		4096 (5)
			active_mtu:		1024 (3)
			sm_lid:			0
			port_lid:		0
			port_lmc:		0x00
			link_layer:		Ethernet

Results:

[mr_halfword@skylake-alma release]$ ibv_generate_infiniband_test_load/ibv_generate_infiniband_test_load 0
PRBS32 pattern period is 4294967295
Press Ctrl-C to stop the RDMA test load
^C
rocep33s0f1 port 1 rx_buffer compare : PASS
rocep33s0f0 port 1 -> rocep33s0f1 port 1 RDMA write transmitted 525059751936 bytes in 462.273715 seconds, 1135.8 Mbytes/sec
rocep33s0f0 port 1 transmitted 563887357956 bytes in 462.273715 seconds, 1219.8 Mbytes/sec
rocep33s0f0 port 1 received 564025459276 bytes in 462.273715 seconds, 1220.1 Mbytes/sec
rocep33s0f0 port 1 rx_buffer compare : PASS
rocep33s0f1 port 1 -> rocep33s0f0 port 1 RDMA write transmitted 525059751936 bytes in 462.241296 seconds, 1135.9 Mbytes/sec
rocep33s0f1 port 1 transmitted 564025556140 bytes in 462.241296 seconds, 1220.2 Mbytes/sec
rocep33s0f1 port 1 received 563887357956 bytes in 462.241296 seconds, 1219.9 Mbytes/sec

Set the Ethernet device MTU to 9600 bytes:

[mr_halfword@skylake-alma release]$ sudo ip link set ens1f0 mtu 9600
[sudo] password for mr_halfword: 
[mr_halfword@skylake-alma release]$ sudo ip link set ens1f1 mtu 9600

RoCE active MTU then increases to 4096:

$ ibv_devinfo 
hca_id:	rocep33s0f0
	transport:			InfiniBand (0)
	fw_ver:				14.32.1010
	node_guid:			9803:9b03:0077:e152
	sys_image_guid:			9803:9b03:0077:e152
	vendor_id:			0x02c9
	vendor_part_id:			4117
	hw_ver:				0x0
	board_id:			MT_2420110004
	phys_port_cnt:			1
		port:	1
			state:			PORT_ACTIVE (4)
			max_mtu:		4096 (5)
			active_mtu:		4096 (5)
			sm_lid:			0
			port_lid:		0
			port_lmc:		0x00
			link_layer:		Ethernet

hca_id:	rocep33s0f1
	transport:			InfiniBand (0)
	fw_ver:				14.32.1010
	node_guid:			9803:9b03:0077:e153
	sys_image_guid:			9803:9b03:0077:e152
	vendor_id:			0x02c9
	vendor_part_id:			4117
	hw_ver:				0x0
	board_id:			MT_2420110004
	phys_port_cnt:			1
		port:	1
			state:			PORT_ACTIVE (4)
			max_mtu:		4096 (5)
			active_mtu:		4096 (5)
			sm_lid:			0
			port_lid:		0
			port_lmc:		0x00
			link_layer:		Ethernet

Results:

[mr_halfword@skylake-alma release]$ ibv_generate_infiniband_test_load/ibv_generate_infiniband_test_load 0
PRBS32 pattern period is 4294967295
Press Ctrl-C to stop the RDMA test load
^C
rocep33s0f1 port 1 rx_buffer compare : PASS
rocep33s0f0 port 1 -> rocep33s0f1 port 1 RDMA write transmitted 6019128229888 bytes in 4983.480160 seconds, 1207.8 Mbytes/sec
rocep33s0f0 port 1 transmitted 6176364832464 bytes in 4983.480160 seconds, 1239.4 Mbytes/sec
rocep33s0f0 port 1 received 6176369936084 bytes in 4983.480160 seconds, 1239.4 Mbytes/sec
rocep33s0f0 port 1 rx_buffer compare : PASS
rocep33s0f1 port 1 -> rocep33s0f0 port 1 RDMA write transmitted 6019128229888 bytes in 4983.495318 seconds, 1207.8 Mbytes/sec
rocep33s0f1 port 1 transmitted 6176369977964 bytes in 4983.495318 seconds, 1239.4 Mbytes/sec
rocep33s0f1 port 1 received 6176364832464 bytes in 4983.495318 seconds, 1239.4 Mbytes/sec
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