NAME¶

mlx4ib — Mellanox ConnectX-3 10GbE/40GbE network adapter driver

SYNOPSIS¶

To compile this driver into the kernel, place these lines in your kernel configuration file:

To load the driver as a module at run-time, run this command as root:

kldload mlx4ib

To load the driver as a module at boot time, place this line in loader.conf(5):

mlx4ib_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION¶

Mellanox ConnectX adapter cards with Virtual Protocol Interconnect (VPI) provide the highest performing and most flexible interconnect solution for Enterprise Data Centers, High-Performance Computing, and Embedded environments. Clustered data bases, parallelized applications, transactional services and high-performance embedded I/O applications will achieve significant performance improvements resulting in reduced completion time and lower cost per operation.

HARDWARE¶

The mlx4ib driver supports the following network adapters:

• Mellanox ConnectX-2 (IB)
• Mellanox ConnectX-3 (IB)

SUPPORT¶

For general information and support, go to the Mellanox support website at: http://www.mellanox.com/.

If an issue is identified with this driver and a supported network adapter, please email the specific information to <freebsd-drivers@mellanox.com>.

SEE ALSO¶

mlx4en(4), ifconfig(8)

HISTORY¶

The mlx4ib device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 9.x.

AUTHORS¶

The mlx4ib driver was written by Mellanox Technologies <freebsd-drivers@mellanox.com>.