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Possibility of data corruption on Power 9 systems with 10Gb and 40Gb Ethernet adapters

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Abstract

While running a workload on any of the affected systems with the specified ethernet adapters, data corruption has been observed in high network stress testing.

Content

Linux Releases Affected
All

Mellanox OFED Releases Affected

MLNX_OFED 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5


IBM Systems Affected
9008-22L

9009-22A

9009-41A

9009-42A

9223-22H

9223-42H
 

Affected I/O Feature Codes

#EL3X / #EC37 / #EL53 / #EC38: 2-PORT 10GbE EN/RoCE PCIe 3.0 X8 ADAPTER

#EL40 / #EC2M / #EL54 / #EC2N: 2-PORT 10GbE EN/RoCE PCIe 3.0 X8 ADAPTER W/OPTICS

#EC3A / #EC3B: 2-PORT 40GbE RoCE SFP+ PCIe 3.0 ADAPTER

Symptoms
While testing Power 9 based servers, IBM recently found an issue with the specified Ethernet adapters. The issue has the potential to cause undetected data corruption.

Workaround
There is no known workaround for this issue.

Fix Outlook
A fix for this issue is available for download direct from Mellanox in the MLNX_OFED 4.5-2.2.0.1 release at the following link: http://www.mellanox.com/page/firmware_table_IBM_SystemP

Related Information

Mellanox OFED Download

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Document Information

Modified date:
26 September 2022

UID

ibm10870438

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