msthca_self_test.ofed(1) checker for InfiniBand Adapter (HCA) health

SYNOPSIS

msthca_self_test.ofed

DESCRIPTION

hca_self_test.ofed is a script that checks the health of the HCAs found on the local host. The output of the script consists of information on the discovered HCAs and various health attributes of the local host.


    Output system information includes the following items:
     - Number of HCAs
     - Host driver version
     - Host architecture type
     - Node GUIDs of HCAs
     - Number of active HCA ports
     - State of HCA ports


    Output of system checks includes the results of following items:
     - Number of HCAs
         - Driver initialization status
         - HCA Firmware version
         - RPMs installation
         - Driver error messages in kernel logs
         - IB Port error counters 
         

NOTES:


     - hca_self_test.ofed must be run as root
     - The version numbers of the most current HCA firmware  releases should be stated inside the file.