Validator for RDMA Configuration and Best Practices

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Validator for RDMA Configuration and Best Practices

How to do the Installation and first run in 5 minutes with Validate-DCB

• How to review the result from Validate-DCB

More information on GitHub

• Validate-DCB
• WSLab Scripts for Validate-DCB

Video part 1 to 4

Part 1 - Installation

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Installation

• Install-Module Validate-DCB

After installation of the Validate-DCB Module you can run the wizard:

1. Run the Validate-DCB from PowerShell and the wizard will start <Next>
2. Add the Cluster name
3. Resolve
4. The Cluster Nodes are listed
5. Next
6. Add vSwitch Name
7. Add pNIC, vNIC and vlan information
8. Select RDMA type iWARP or RoCE
9. Select the Jumbo Frames (Ethernet MTU size)
   Note: the MTU for RDMA is not the same as Ethernet MTU
   For Mellanox list the Ethernet and RoCE/RDMA MTU with "mlx5cmd.exe -Stat"
   Both the pNIC and the vNIC for SMB need to have the same MTU Size
10. Next
11. Policy Name
12. Bandwidth Reservation
13. Next
14. Save the configuration file
15. Export (the job will start)