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.TH RXE_CFG 8 2011-06-29 1.0.0
.SH "NAME"
rxe_cfg \- rxe configuration tool for RXE (Soft RoCE)
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fBrxe_cfg [status]\fR
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\fBrxe_cfg start\fR [\fB\-p\fR \fIproto\fR]
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\fBrxe_cfg stop\fR
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\fBrxe_cfg persistent\fR
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\fBrxe_cfg add\fR [\fB\-n\fR] \fIethN\fR
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\fBrxe_cfg remove\fR [\fB\-n\fR] \fIethN\fR|\fIrxeN\fR
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\fBrxe_cfg crc enable\fR|\fBdisable\fR
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\fBrxe_cfg\fR \fBmtu\fR [\fB\-f\fR] [\fIrxeN\fR] \fImtu_size\fR
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
rxe_cfg is the configuration tool for the RXE software implementation of the RoCE protocol.  

The RXE kernel modules are loaded, configured, reconfigured and unloaded via the various rxe_cfg command options, documented below.

.SH "PARAMETERS"
.TP
\fIproto\fR
Ethertype field. Default value is 0x8915. This value must be changed to use RXE on Mellanox ConnectX adapters.

.TP
\fIethN\fR
Network device name as listed in /sys/class/net. Only Ethernet devices are supported; ie. eth0 or eth0.1234 for VLANs.

.TP
\fIrxeN\fR
RXE device name as listed in /sys/class/infiniband/. Examples are rxe0 or rxe1.

.TP
\fImtu_size\fR
RoCE mtu. For RoCE the mtu represents the payload excluding headers and has the possible values: 256, 512, 1024, 2048 and 4096.

.SH "COMMANDS"
.TP
[\fBstatus\fR]
The \fBstatus\fR command prints a table of information on available Ethernet devices and configured RXE instances.  The status display is the default if no options are provided.

.TP
\fBstart\fR [\fB\-p\fR \fIproto\fR]
The \fBstart\fR command loads the RXE modules and configures any persistent instances.  If the \fB-p\fR \fIproto\fR option is included, the RXE modules will be configured to use Ethertype = \fIproto\fR.  (This allows testing RXE on devices, like Mellanox ConnectX, that already support the default RoCE Ethertype in hardware.)

.TP
\fBstop\fR
The \fBstop\fR command unconfigures all RXE instances and attempts to unload the kernel modules.

.TP
\fBpersistent\fR
The \fBpersistent\fR command prints the list of Ethernet devices for which a RXE instance is persistently configured.

.TP
\fBadd\fR [\fB\-n\fR] \fIethN\fR
The \fBadd\fR command will configure a RXE instance on Ethernet device \fIethN\fR (e.g. eth0).  The RXE modules must have already been loaded via \fBrxe_cfg start\fR.

The default behavior is to add \fIethN\fR to a file of persistent configurations and the same RXE device will be configured the next time that \fBrxe_cfg start\fR is run.  If the \fB-n\fR option is included the device is not added to the persistence file.

.TP
\fBremove\fR [\fB\-n\fR] \fIethN\fR|\fIrxeN\fR
The \fBremove\fR command will remove the specified RXE instance.  The parameter must match a currently active ethN or rxeN name.

If the \fB-n\fR option is included the RXE device will be removed but not removed from the persistent state. So it will be recreated the next time that \fBrxe_cfg start\fR is run.

.TP
\fBmtu\fR [\fB\-f\fR] [\fIrxeN\fR] \fImtu_size\fR
The \fBmtu\fR command will set the RoCE MTU of all RXE devices to \fImtu_size\fR, provided that the underlying Ethernet MTU is sufficiently large.  If the Ethernet MTU is not large enough, RXE will use the largest MTU that fits; the driver remembers the requested RoCE MTU and will increase the currently active MTU if the Ethernet MTU is later changed up to the requested MTU.

If the \fB-f\fR option is included the underlying Ethernet MTUs will be increased if necessary to the minimum size to accommodate a RoCE MTU of \fIsize\fR.

If a \fIrxeN\fR instance is specified then only that instance will be affected by the command.

.TP
\fBcrc\fR \fBenable\fR|\fBdisable\fR
The \fBcrc\fR command will enable or disable RoCE ICRC calculation.  Valid ICRCs are be required to communicate hardware RoCE NICs, but when a RXE instance is communicating with another RXE instance the performance will be better with the CRC disabled.

This option is global to all RXE instances.

.SH "FILES"
.TP
\fB[PREFIX]/etc/rxe.conf\fR
RXE configuration file. Contains the list of persistent RXE instances.  All persistent RXE instances can be removed by deleting this file (note this will take effect on the next "rxe_cfg start" -- to remove actively configured instances, you must "rxe_cfg stop").

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR rxe (7),
.SH "AUTHORS"
Written by John Groves, Frank Zago and Bob Pearson at System Fabric Works.