IBPING - ping an InfiniBand address

HalRosenstock
              <  <halr@voltaire.com>  >

                                                   2012-05-14                                          IBPING(8)

       ibping  uses  vendor  mads  to validate connectivity between IB nodes.  On exit, (IP) ping like output is
       show. ibping is run as client/server.  Default is to run as client. Note also that a default ping  server
       is implemented within the kernel.

CONFIGFILE
       /etc/infiniband-diags/ibdiag.conf

       A global config file is provided to set some of the common options for all tools.   See  supplied  config
       file for details.

       IBPING - ping an InfiniBand address

-c,--count stop after count packets

       -f,--flood flood destination: send packets back to back without delay

       -o,--oui use specified OUI number to multiplex vendor mads

       -S,--Server start in server mode (do not return)

   AddressingFlags-L,--Lid   The address specified is a LID

       -G,--Guid     The address specified is a Port GUID

       -s,--sm_port<smlid>     use 'smlid' as the target lid for SA queries.

   PortSelectionflags-C,--Ca<ca_name>    use the specified ca_name.

       -P,--Port<ca_port>    use the specified ca_port.

   LocalportSelection
       Multiple  port/Multiple  CA  support:  when  no  IB  device  or  port  is  specified (see the "local umad
       parameters" below), the libibumad library selects the port to use by the following criteria:

          1. the first port that is ACTIVE.

          2. if not found, the first port that is UP (physical link up).

          If a port and/or CA name is specified, the libibumad library attempts to fulfill the user request, and
          will fail if it is not possible.

          For example:

              ibaddr                 # use the first port (criteria #1 above)
              ibaddr -C mthca1       # pick the best port from "mthca1" only.
              ibaddr -P 2            # use the second (active/up) port from the first available IB device.
              ibaddr -C mthca0 -P 2  # use the specified port only.

   Configurationflags--config,-z<config_file> Specify alternate config file.
          Default: /etc/infiniband-diags/ibdiag.conf

       -t,--timeout<timeout_ms> override the default timeout for the solicited mads.

   Debuggingflags-h,--help      show the usage message

       -d     raise the IB debugging level.  May be used several times (-ddd or -d -d -d).

       -e     show send and receive errors (timeouts and others)

       -v,--verbose
              increase the application verbosity level.  May be used several times (-vv or -v -v -v)

       -V,--version     show the version info.

       ibping [options] <dest lid | guid>