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IBV_UD_PINGPONG(1) USER COMMANDS IBV_UD_PINGPONG(1)

NAME

ibv_ud_pingpong - simple InfiniBand UD transport test

SYNOPSIS

ibv_ud_pingpong [-p port] [-d device] [-i ib port] [-s size] [-r rx depth] [-n iters] [-l sl] [-e] HOSTNAME

ibv_ud_pingpong [-p port] [-d device] [-i ib port] [-s size] [-r rx depth] [-n iters] [-l sl] [-e]

DESCRIPTION

Run a simple ping-pong test over InfiniBand via the unreliable datagram (UD) transport.

OPTIONS

use TCP port PORT for initial synchronization (default 18515)
use IB device DEVICE (default first device found)
use IB port PORT (default port 1)
ping-pong messages of size SIZE (default 2048)
post DEPTH receives at a time (default 500)
perform ITERS message exchanges (default 1000)
send messages with service level SL (default 0)
sleep while waiting for work completion events (default is to poll for completions)

SEE ALSO

ibv_rc_pingpong(1), ibv_uc_pingpong(1), ibv_srq_pingpong(1)

AUTHORS

<rolandd@cisco.com>

BUGS

The network synchronization between client and server instances is weak, and does not prevent incompatible options from being used on the two instances. The method used for retrieving work completions is not strictly correct, and race conditions may cause failures on some systems.

August 30, 2005 libibverbs