Hardware support for Intel/QLogic QLE7300 series InfiniBand adapters, which was included in RHEL 5.9, is removed in RHEL 5.10

Environment

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.10

Issue

• In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9, the ib_ipath driver was incorrectly upgraded to the ib_qib driver, which supports the QLE7300 series adapters.
• In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.10, the ib_qib driver has been removed and the ib_ipath driver has been re-instated.

Resolution

Customers requiring hardware enablement for the QLE7300 adapter should contact Intel Support at Content from www.intel.com is not included.Content from www.intel.com is not included.http://www.intel.com/infiniband to obtain the necessary Infiniband driver and libraries. Intel provides support for the ib_qib driver and libraries for the QLE7300 adapter.

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