Exalogic: Compute Node IB Ports State Shown As "UP" Whereas Corresponding Infiniband Switch Port Status Shown As "DOWN" intermittently In "listlinkup" (Doc ID 2421118.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 08, 2024

Applies to:

Symptoms

On Exalogic Virtual racks, following issues are seen:

• All vServers on compute node are not accessible in case of Virtual rack.
• When running command "df" on compute node, it hang before displaying any NFS mount points.
• Port 1 is shown as UP in "ibstat" output on a specific compute node, however the corresponding link is shown as "DOWN" on IB switch end:

Even though the issue illustrated in this Note with example is specific to Exalogic Virtual rack, the issue mentioned in this Note can be seen both on Exalogic Linux and Physical racks.

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Cause

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