Ubuntu and (Mellanox) infiniband

[Joe McDonagh]

Mark van Harmelen wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> Has anyone successfully used the Mellanox OpenFabrics Enterprise 
> Distribution for Linux (MLNX_OFED) 
> <http://www.mellanox.com/content/pages.php?pg=products_dyn&product_family=26&menu_section=34> 
> together with any Ubuntu release to implement InfiniBand 
> communications? And, specifically, I'd be interested to know if you 
> are using the Mellanox's IP over IB facilities.
>
> As background, I want to run this on a supermicro board with built in 
> Mellanox IB hardware, eg this 
> <http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/QPI/5500/X8DTT-IBQF.cfm>.
>
> Any hints for successful adoption most welcome.
> Ditto any use of other protocol stacks with Mellanox IB devices.
>
> thanks/regards
> mark
We may be picking this platform up and I'd also like to know how well 
Infiniband works on Ubuntu. I know RHEL can, but not so sure about Ubuntu.