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-################################################################################
-# #
-# NFS/RDMA README #
-# #
-################################################################################
-
- Author: NetApp and Open Grid Computing
- Date: May 29, 2008
-
-Table of Contents
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Overview
- - Getting Help
- - Installation
- - Check RDMA and NFS Setup
- - NFS/RDMA Setup
-
-Overview
-~~~~~~~~
-
- This document describes how to install and setup the Linux NFS/RDMA client
- and server software.
-
- The NFS/RDMA client was first included in Linux 2.6.24. The NFS/RDMA server
- was first included in the following release, Linux 2.6.25.
-
- In our testing, we have obtained excellent performance results (full 10Gbit
- wire bandwidth at minimal client CPU) under many workloads. The code passes
- the full Connectathon test suite and operates over both Infiniband and iWARP
- RDMA adapters.
-
-Getting Help
-~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- If you get stuck, you can ask questions on the
-
- nfs-rdma-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
-
- mailing list.
-
-Installation
-~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- These instructions are a step by step guide to building a machine for
- use with NFS/RDMA.
-
- - Install an RDMA device
-
- Any device supported by the drivers in drivers/infiniband/hw is acceptable.
-
- Testing has been performed using several Mellanox-based IB cards, the
- Ammasso AMS1100 iWARP adapter, and the Chelsio cxgb3 iWARP adapter.
-
- - Install a Linux distribution and tools
-
- The first kernel release to contain both the NFS/RDMA client and server was
- Linux 2.6.25 Therefore, a distribution compatible with this and subsequent
- Linux kernel release should be installed.
-
- The procedures described in this document have been tested with
- distributions from Red Hat's Fedora Project (http://fedora.redhat.com/).
-
- - Install nfs-utils-1.1.2 or greater on the client
-
- An NFS/RDMA mount point can be obtained by using the mount.nfs command in
- nfs-utils-1.1.2 or greater (nfs-utils-1.1.1 was the first nfs-utils
- version with support for NFS/RDMA mounts, but for various reasons we
- recommend using nfs-utils-1.1.2 or greater). To see which version of
- mount.nfs you are using, type:
-
- $ /sbin/mount.nfs -V
-
- If the version is less than 1.1.2 or the command does not exist,
- you should install the latest version of nfs-utils.
-
- Download the latest package from:
-
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/nfs
-
- Uncompress the package and follow the installation instructions.
-
- If you will not need the idmapper and gssd executables (you do not need
- these to create an NFS/RDMA enabled mount command), the installation
- process can be simplified by disabling these features when running
- configure:
-
- $ ./configure --disable-gss --disable-nfsv4
-
- To build nfs-utils you will need the tcp_wrappers package installed. For
- more information on this see the package's README and INSTALL files.
-
- After building the nfs-utils package, there will be a mount.nfs binary in
- the utils/mount directory. This binary can be used to initiate NFS v2, v3,
- or v4 mounts. To initiate a v4 mount, the binary must be called
- mount.nfs4. The standard technique is to create a symlink called
- mount.nfs4 to mount.nfs.
-
- This mount.nfs binary should be installed at /sbin/mount.nfs as follows:
-
- $ sudo cp utils/mount/mount.nfs /sbin/mount.nfs
-
- In this location, mount.nfs will be invoked automatically for NFS mounts
- by the system mount command.
-
- NOTE: mount.nfs and therefore nfs-utils-1.1.2 or greater is only needed
- on the NFS client machine. You do not need this specific version of
- nfs-utils on the server. Furthermore, only the mount.nfs command from
- nfs-utils-1.1.2 is needed on the client.
-
- - Install a Linux kernel with NFS/RDMA
-
- The NFS/RDMA client and server are both included in the mainline Linux
- kernel version 2.6.25 and later. This and other versions of the Linux
- kernel can be found at:
-
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/
-
- Download the sources and place them in an appropriate location.
-
- - Configure the RDMA stack
-
- Make sure your kernel configuration has RDMA support enabled. Under
- Device Drivers -> InfiniBand support, update the kernel configuration
- to enable InfiniBand support [NOTE: the option name is misleading. Enabling
- InfiniBand support is required for all RDMA devices (IB, iWARP, etc.)].
-
- Enable the appropriate IB HCA support (mlx4, mthca, ehca, ipath, etc.) or
- iWARP adapter support (amso, cxgb3, etc.).
-
- If you are using InfiniBand, be sure to enable IP-over-InfiniBand support.
-
- - Configure the NFS client and server
-
- Your kernel configuration must also have NFS file system support and/or
- NFS server support enabled. These and other NFS related configuration
- options can be found under File Systems -> Network File Systems.
-
- - Build, install, reboot
-
- The NFS/RDMA code will be enabled automatically if NFS and RDMA
- are turned on. The NFS/RDMA client and server are configured via the hidden
- SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA config option that depends on SUNRPC and INFINIBAND. The
- value of SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA will be:
-
- - N if either SUNRPC or INFINIBAND are N, in this case the NFS/RDMA client
- and server will not be built
- - M if both SUNRPC and INFINIBAND are on (M or Y) and at least one is M,
- in this case the NFS/RDMA client and server will be built as modules
- - Y if both SUNRPC and INFINIBAND are Y, in this case the NFS/RDMA client
- and server will be built into the kernel
-
- Therefore, if you have followed the steps above and turned no NFS and RDMA,
- the NFS/RDMA client and server will be built.
-
- Build a new kernel, install it, boot it.
-
-Check RDMA and NFS Setup
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Before configuring the NFS/RDMA software, it is a good idea to test
- your new kernel to ensure that the kernel is working correctly.
- In particular, it is a good idea to verify that the RDMA stack
- is functioning as expected and standard NFS over TCP/IP and/or UDP/IP
- is working properly.
-
- - Check RDMA Setup
-
- If you built the RDMA components as modules, load them at
- this time. For example, if you are using a Mellanox Tavor/Sinai/Arbel
- card:
-
- $ modprobe ib_mthca
- $ modprobe ib_ipoib
-
- If you are using InfiniBand, make sure there is a Subnet Manager (SM)
- running on the network. If your IB switch has an embedded SM, you can
- use it. Otherwise, you will need to run an SM, such as OpenSM, on one
- of your end nodes.
-
- If an SM is running on your network, you should see the following:
-
- $ cat /sys/class/infiniband/driverX/ports/1/state
- 4: ACTIVE
-
- where driverX is mthca0, ipath5, ehca3, etc.
-
- To further test the InfiniBand software stack, use IPoIB (this
- assumes you have two IB hosts named host1 and host2):
-
- host1$ ip link set dev ib0 up
- host1$ ip address add dev ib0 a.b.c.x
- host2$ ip link set dev ib0 up
- host2$ ip address add dev ib0 a.b.c.y
- host1$ ping a.b.c.y
- host2$ ping a.b.c.x
-
- For other device types, follow the appropriate procedures.
-
- - Check NFS Setup
-
- For the NFS components enabled above (client and/or server),
- test their functionality over standard Ethernet using TCP/IP or UDP/IP.
-
-NFS/RDMA Setup
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- We recommend that you use two machines, one to act as the client and
- one to act as the server.
-
- One time configuration:
-
- - On the server system, configure the /etc/exports file and
- start the NFS/RDMA server.
-
- Exports entries with the following formats have been tested:
-
- /vol0 192.168.0.47(fsid=0,rw,async,insecure,no_root_squash)
- /vol0 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(fsid=0,rw,async,insecure,no_root_squash)
-
- The IP address(es) is(are) the client's IPoIB address for an InfiniBand
- HCA or the client's iWARP address(es) for an RNIC.
-
- NOTE: The "insecure" option must be used because the NFS/RDMA client does
- not use a reserved port.
-
- Each time a machine boots:
-
- - Load and configure the RDMA drivers
-
- For InfiniBand using a Mellanox adapter:
-
- $ modprobe ib_mthca
- $ modprobe ib_ipoib
- $ ip li set dev ib0 up
- $ ip addr add dev ib0 a.b.c.d
-
- NOTE: use unique addresses for the client and server
-
- - Start the NFS server
-
- If the NFS/RDMA server was built as a module (CONFIG_SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA=m in
- kernel config), load the RDMA transport module:
-
- $ modprobe svcrdma
-
- Regardless of how the server was built (module or built-in), start the
- server:
-
- $ /etc/init.d/nfs start
-
- or
-
- $ service nfs start
-
- Instruct the server to listen on the RDMA transport:
-
- $ echo rdma 20049 > /proc/fs/nfsd/portlist
-
- - On the client system
-
- If the NFS/RDMA client was built as a module (CONFIG_SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA=m in
- kernel config), load the RDMA client module:
-
- $ modprobe xprtrdma.ko
-
- Regardless of how the client was built (module or built-in), use this
- command to mount the NFS/RDMA server:
-
- $ mount -o rdma,port=20049 <IPoIB-server-name-or-address>:/<export> /mnt
-
- To verify that the mount is using RDMA, run "cat /proc/mounts" and check
- the "proto" field for the given mount.
-
- Congratulations! You're using NFS/RDMA!