Configuring the OpenSM service

OpenSM is an InfiniBand compliant Subnet Manager and Subnet Administrator, which is required to initialize the InfiniBand hardware. In the default mode, OpenSM scans the IB fabric, initializes the hardware, and checks the fabric occasionally for changes.

For InfiniBand network, make sure to configure subnet manager if you have not already configured the service.

  1. Modify the OpenSM configuration file if you plan to configure multiple links under LLT.

    On RHEL, update the /etc/sysconfig/opensm file.

  2. Start OpenSM.

    On RHEL7, run # systemctl start opensm.service

    On other Linux systems, run # /etc/init.d/opensm start

  3. Enable Linux service to start OpenSM automatically after restart.

    On RHEL Linux, # chkconfig --level 235 opensm on

    On SUSE Linux, # chkconfig --level 235 opensmd on