RDMA-SYSTEM(8)

NAME
rdma-system - RDMA subsystem configuration

SYNOPSIS

rdma [ OPTIONS ] sys { COMMAND | help }

OPTIONS := { -V[ersion] | -d[etails] }

rdma system show

rdma system set netns NEWMODE

rdma system set privileged-qkey NEWSTATE

rdma system help

DESCRIPTION

  rdma system set - set RDMA subsystem network namespace mode or
privileged qkey mode

  rdma system show - display RDMA subsystem network namespace mode,
privileged qkey state and whether RDMA monitoring is supported.

NEWMODE - specifies the RDMA subsystem mode. Either exclusive or shared. When user wants to assign dedicated RDMA device to a particular network namespace, exclusive mode should be set before creating any network namespace. If there are active network namespaces and if one or more RDMA devices exist, changing mode from shared to exclusive returns error code EBUSY.

When RDMA subsystem is in shared mode, RDMA device is accessible in all network namespace. When RDMA device isolation among multiple network namespaces is not needed, shared mode can be used.

It is preferred to not change the subsystem mode when there is active RDMA traffic running, even though it is supported.

NEWSTATE - Specifies the new state of the privileged-qkey parameter, either on or off. This parameter determines whether a non-privileged user is allowed to specify a controlled QKEY or not.

EXAMPLES

rdma system show
    Shows the state of RDMA subsystem network namespace mode on the system, the state of privileged qkey parameter and whether RDMA monitor is supported.

rdma system set netns exclusive
    Sets the RDMA subsystem in network namespace exclusive mode. In this mode RDMA devices are visible only in single network namespace.

rdma system set netns shared
    Sets the RDMA subsystem in network namespace shared mode. In this mode RDMA devices are shared among network namespaces.

rdma system set privileged-qkey on
    Sets the privileged-qkey parameter to on. In this state non-privileged user is allowed to specify a controlled QKEY.

rdma system set privileged-qkey off
    Sets the privileged-qkey parameter to off. In this state non-privileged user is *not* allowed to specify a controlled QKEY.

SEE ALSO
rdma(8), rdma-link(8), rdma-resource(8), rdma-monitor(8), network_namespaces(7), namespaces(7),

AUTHOR
Parav Pandit <parav@mellanox.com>