LINUX: mlx4_vnic_info command to list all details of Ethernet Interface (MTU, Link Status, VLAN, PKEY, MAC, Switch It is Associated etc.)

Below mlx4_vnic_info command on Linux node will list all details of Ethernet Interface (MTU, Link Status, VLAN, PKEY, MAC, Switch It is Associated etc.)

mlx4_vnic_info -i

Below is exanple output of above command.

NETDEV_REGIST yes 
NETDEV_NAME   eth1286_1.324 
NETDEV_LINK   up 
NETDEV_OPEN   yes 
NETDEV_QSTOP  no 
NETDEV_MTU    1500 
IOA_PORT      mlx4_0:1 
IOA_NAME      MT25408 ConnectX Mellanox Technologies-P1 
IOA_LID       0x007d 
IOA_GUID      91:9b:f9:97:XXXXXXXX
IOA_LOG_LINK  up 
IOA_PHY_LINK  active 
IOA_MTU       2048 
EPORT_STATE   up 
EPORT_NAME    0A-ETH-1 
EPORT_QPN     0x800000 
EPORT_LID     0x0011 
EPORT_ID      1286 
BX_NAME       switch01 
BX_GUID       00:10:e0:62:XXXXXXXX
GW_TYPE       LEGACY 
SW_RSS        no 
SW_RSS_SIZE   1 
RX_RINGS_NUM  1 
RX_RINGS_LIN  no 
TX_RINGS_NUM  1 
TX_RINGS_ACT  1 
NDO_TSS       no 
NDO_TSS_SIZE  1 
MCAST_PROMISC no 
MCAST_MASK    48 
PKEY          0x8007 
PKEY_INDEX    0x000b 
PKEY_MEMBER   full 
SL_DATA       1 
SL_CONTROL    2 
LRO           yes 
LRO_NUM       32 
NAPI          yes 
NAPI_WEIGHT   32 
QPN           0x5c0748 
MAC           00:21:f6:XXXXXX
ADMIN_MODE    network 
VLAN          0x144 
SHARED_MAC    N/A 
SHARED_IP     N/A 

Products to which Article Applies
All Linux Hosts using Mellanox mlx4 stack

Article Author: Tarun Boyella