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PMDAIB(1) General Commands Manual PMDAIB(1)
pmdaib - Infiniband performance metrics domain agent (PMDA)
$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/infiniband/pmdaib [-c configFile] [-D debug] [-d
domain] [-l logfile] [-w]
pmdaib is a Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) which exports
information and performance metrics about local Infiniband HCAs
and local or remote Infiniband GUIDs.
A brief description of the pmdaib command line options follows:
-c Location of the config file. By default, the config file is
named $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/infiniband/config. See CONFIG FILE for
more information.
-D A debug values, as specified by pmdbg(1)
-d Specify an alternate performance metrics domain number.
Almost never necessary.
-l Location of the log file. By default, a log file named
ib.log is written to $PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd. If the log file
cannot be created or is not writable, output is written to
the standard error instead.
-w Write out the default config file to
$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/infiniband and exit immediately. The written
config file will contain the local HCA ports. It will not
overwrite an existing file. This argument should only be
used to create the template config file and should never
appear in pmcd.conf. See CONFIG FILE for more information
on the file format and on monitoring remote GUIDs.
By default, the PMDA will operate without using a config file.
In this mode of operation the local HCA ports will be monitored.
Note that if a new HCA is added to the machine that instance
domain naming may change because it will always be based on the
kernel's naming.
In cases where this is not acceptable, or in the case where
monitoring remote Infiniband ports is required, a config file
must be created. A "template" file can be created by running the
pmdaib daemon with the -w argument. This will create a config
file with the local ports and GUIDs.
If the config file is executable then it will be run and the
output will be used as the config file.
The config file is composed of line-based records. Blank lines
and everything after the hash (#) character are ignored. Each
line has 6 fields:
[instName] [portGUID] [portNum] via
[localPortName]:[localPortNum]
The first field is used to give a static instance name to the
Infiniband port that has a specific GUID. All of the other
fields must be properly specified in order to monitor a
particular port.
For example, to monitor port 1 of the local HCA called 'mthca0' a
possible config file line would be:
myPort1 0xdeadbeef01234567 1 via mthca0:1
Remote ports can be easily monitored by specifying the GUID of
the HCA or switch and specifying the remote port number. The
localPortName:localPortNum tuple specifies which local HCA and
port to use as the "first hop" in contacting the remote GUID.
E.g., to monitor port 13 of a remote switch which is connected to
the fabric on the first port of the second HCA:
switch13 0xfeeffeefabcdabcd 13 via mthca1:1
PCPIntro(1), pmcd(1), PMAPI(3) and ibnetdiscover(8).
This page is part of the PCP (Performance Co-Pilot) project.
Information about the project can be found at
⟨http://www.pcp.io/⟩. If you have a bug report for this manual
page, send it to [email protected]. This page was obtained from the
project's upstream Git repository
⟨https://github.com/performancecopilot/pcp.git⟩ on 2024-06-14.
(At that time, the date of the most recent commit that was found
in the repository was 2024-06-14.) If you discover any rendering
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Performance Co-Pilot PCP PMDAIB(1)
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