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# #
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# NFS/RDMA README #
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# #
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################################################################################
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Author: NetApp and Open Grid Computing
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Date: May 29, 2008
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Table of Contents
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- Overview
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- Getting Help
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- Installation
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- Check RDMA and NFS Setup
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- NFS/RDMA Setup
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Overview
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This document describes how to install and setup the Linux NFS/RDMA client
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and server software.
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The NFS/RDMA client was first included in Linux 2.6.24. The NFS/RDMA server
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was first included in the following release, Linux 2.6.25.
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In our testing, we have obtained excellent performance results (full 10Gbit
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wire bandwidth at minimal client CPU) under many workloads. The code passes
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the full Connectathon test suite and operates over both Infiniband and iWARP
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RDMA adapters.
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Getting Help
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~~~~~~~~~~~~
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If you get stuck, you can ask questions on the
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nfs-rdma-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
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mailing list.
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Installation
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These instructions are a step by step guide to building a machine for
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use with NFS/RDMA.
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- Install an RDMA device
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Any device supported by the drivers in drivers/infiniband/hw is acceptable.
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Testing has been performed using several Mellanox-based IB cards, the
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Ammasso AMS1100 iWARP adapter, and the Chelsio cxgb3 iWARP adapter.
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- Install a Linux distribution and tools
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The first kernel release to contain both the NFS/RDMA client and server was
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Linux 2.6.25 Therefore, a distribution compatible with this and subsequent
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Linux kernel release should be installed.
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The procedures described in this document have been tested with
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distributions from Red Hat's Fedora Project (http://fedora.redhat.com/).
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- Install nfs-utils-1.1.2 or greater on the client
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An NFS/RDMA mount point can be obtained by using the mount.nfs command in
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nfs-utils-1.1.2 or greater (nfs-utils-1.1.1 was the first nfs-utils
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version with support for NFS/RDMA mounts, but for various reasons we
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recommend using nfs-utils-1.1.2 or greater). To see which version of
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mount.nfs you are using, type:
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$ /sbin/mount.nfs -V
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If the version is less than 1.1.2 or the command does not exist,
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you should install the latest version of nfs-utils.
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Download the latest package from:
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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/nfs
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Uncompress the package and follow the installation instructions.
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If you will not need the idmapper and gssd executables (you do not need
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these to create an NFS/RDMA enabled mount command), the installation
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process can be simplified by disabling these features when running
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configure:
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$ ./configure --disable-gss --disable-nfsv4
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To build nfs-utils you will need the tcp_wrappers package installed. For
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more information on this see the package's README and INSTALL files.
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After building the nfs-utils package, there will be a mount.nfs binary in
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the utils/mount directory. This binary can be used to initiate NFS v2, v3,
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or v4 mounts. To initiate a v4 mount, the binary must be called
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mount.nfs4. The standard technique is to create a symlink called
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mount.nfs4 to mount.nfs.
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This mount.nfs binary should be installed at /sbin/mount.nfs as follows:
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$ sudo cp utils/mount/mount.nfs /sbin/mount.nfs
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In this location, mount.nfs will be invoked automatically for NFS mounts
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by the system mount commmand.
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NOTE: mount.nfs and therefore nfs-utils-1.1.2 or greater is only needed
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on the NFS client machine. You do not need this specific version of
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nfs-utils on the server. Furthermore, only the mount.nfs command from
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nfs-utils-1.1.2 is needed on the client.
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- Install a Linux kernel with NFS/RDMA
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The NFS/RDMA client and server are both included in the mainline Linux
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kernel version 2.6.25 and later. This and other versions of the 2.6 Linux
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kernel can be found at:
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ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/
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Download the sources and place them in an appropriate location.
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- Configure the RDMA stack
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Make sure your kernel configuration has RDMA support enabled. Under
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Device Drivers -> InfiniBand support, update the kernel configuration
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to enable InfiniBand support [NOTE: the option name is misleading. Enabling
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InfiniBand support is required for all RDMA devices (IB, iWARP, etc.)].
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Enable the appropriate IB HCA support (mlx4, mthca, ehca, ipath, etc.) or
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iWARP adapter support (amso, cxgb3, etc.).
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If you are using InfiniBand, be sure to enable IP-over-InfiniBand support.
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- Configure the NFS client and server
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Your kernel configuration must also have NFS file system support and/or
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NFS server support enabled. These and other NFS related configuration
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options can be found under File Systems -> Network File Systems.
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- Build, install, reboot
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The NFS/RDMA code will be enabled automatically if NFS and RDMA
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are turned on. The NFS/RDMA client and server are configured via the hidden
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SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA config option that depends on SUNRPC and INFINIBAND. The
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value of SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA will be:
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- N if either SUNRPC or INFINIBAND are N, in this case the NFS/RDMA client
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and server will not be built
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- M if both SUNRPC and INFINIBAND are on (M or Y) and at least one is M,
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in this case the NFS/RDMA client and server will be built as modules
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- Y if both SUNRPC and INFINIBAND are Y, in this case the NFS/RDMA client
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and server will be built into the kernel
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Therefore, if you have followed the steps above and turned no NFS and RDMA,
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the NFS/RDMA client and server will be built.
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Build a new kernel, install it, boot it.
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Check RDMA and NFS Setup
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Before configuring the NFS/RDMA software, it is a good idea to test
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your new kernel to ensure that the kernel is working correctly.
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In particular, it is a good idea to verify that the RDMA stack
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is functioning as expected and standard NFS over TCP/IP and/or UDP/IP
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is working properly.
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- Check RDMA Setup
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If you built the RDMA components as modules, load them at
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this time. For example, if you are using a Mellanox Tavor/Sinai/Arbel
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card:
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$ modprobe ib_mthca
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$ modprobe ib_ipoib
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If you are using InfiniBand, make sure there is a Subnet Manager (SM)
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running on the network. If your IB switch has an embedded SM, you can
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use it. Otherwise, you will need to run an SM, such as OpenSM, on one
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of your end nodes.
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If an SM is running on your network, you should see the following:
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$ cat /sys/class/infiniband/driverX/ports/1/state
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4: ACTIVE
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where driverX is mthca0, ipath5, ehca3, etc.
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To further test the InfiniBand software stack, use IPoIB (this
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assumes you have two IB hosts named host1 and host2):
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host1$ ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.x
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host2$ ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.y
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host1$ ping a.b.c.y
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host2$ ping a.b.c.x
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For other device types, follow the appropriate procedures.
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- Check NFS Setup
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For the NFS components enabled above (client and/or server),
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test their functionality over standard Ethernet using TCP/IP or UDP/IP.
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NFS/RDMA Setup
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We recommend that you use two machines, one to act as the client and
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one to act as the server.
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One time configuration:
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- On the server system, configure the /etc/exports file and
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start the NFS/RDMA server.
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Exports entries with the following formats have been tested:
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/vol0 192.168.0.47(fsid=0,rw,async,insecure,no_root_squash)
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/vol0 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(fsid=0,rw,async,insecure,no_root_squash)
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The IP address(es) is(are) the client's IPoIB address for an InfiniBand
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HCA or the cleint's iWARP address(es) for an RNIC.
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NOTE: The "insecure" option must be used because the NFS/RDMA client does
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not use a reserved port.
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Each time a machine boots:
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- Load and configure the RDMA drivers
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For InfiniBand using a Mellanox adapter:
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$ modprobe ib_mthca
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$ modprobe ib_ipoib
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$ ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.d
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NOTE: use unique addresses for the client and server
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- Start the NFS server
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If the NFS/RDMA server was built as a module (CONFIG_SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA=m in
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kernel config), load the RDMA transport module:
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$ modprobe svcrdma
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Regardless of how the server was built (module or built-in), start the
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server:
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$ /etc/init.d/nfs start
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or
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$ service nfs start
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Instruct the server to listen on the RDMA transport:
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$ echo rdma 2050 > /proc/fs/nfsd/portlist
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- On the client system
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If the NFS/RDMA client was built as a module (CONFIG_SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA=m in
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kernel config), load the RDMA client module:
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$ modprobe xprtrdma.ko
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Regardless of how the client was built (module or built-in), use this
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command to mount the NFS/RDMA server:
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$ mount -o rdma,port=2050 <IPoIB-server-name-or-address>:/<export> /mnt
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To verify that the mount is using RDMA, run "cat /proc/mounts" and check
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the "proto" field for the given mount.
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Congratulations! You're using NFS/RDMA!
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