IJ43166: ADD A RDMA PREREQUISITE CHECK FOR GDS MONITORING

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The systemhealth monitor for GDS (GPUDirect Storage)
  does not warn if RDMA is not enabled.
  An enabled RDMA (mmchconfig  verbsRdma=enable)
  is needed as prerequisite to use GDS.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• The systemhealth monitor for GDS (GPUDirect Storage)
  does not warn if RDMA is not enabled.
  An enabled RDMA (mmchconfig  verbsRdma=enable)
  is needed as prerequisite to use GDS.
  

Problem conclusion

• This problem is fixed in 5.1.5 PTF 1
  To see all Spectrum Scale APARs and
  their respective fix solutions refer to page
  https://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/spectrumscale/spectrum_scale_
  apars.html
  
  
  Benefits of the solution:
  Provide a new event gds_prerequisite_bad to
  signal the not-enabled RDMA configuration.
  
  Work Around:
  None
  Problem trigger:
  GDS monitoring enabled, but verbsRdma not enabled
  Symptom: Unexpected Results/Behavior
  GDS does not run when RDMA is not enabled
  Platforms affected:
  ALL Linux OS environments
  Functional Area affected:
  RDMA
  Customer Impact:
  Low
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  SPEC SCALE STD

• Fixed component ID

  5737F33AP

Applicable component levels