Ibdump with connect-5: Failed to set port sniffer1: command interface bad param

We are using centos7 and Mellanox ConnectX-5.

We are trying to use ibdump from ibdump-6.0.0-1.50100.0.x86_64.rpm

This is the log…

ibdump

Initiating resources …

searching for IB devices in host

Port active_mtu=1024

MR was registered with addr=0x1648010, lkey=0xafc0, rkey=0xafc0, flags=0x1


Device : “mlx5_0”

Physical port : 1

Link layer : Ethernet

Dump file : sniffer.pcap

Sniffer WQEs (max burst size) : 4096


Failed to set port sniffer1: command interface bad param

ethtool from mlnx-ethtool-5.4-1.50100.0.x86_64.rpm

I then obtained ethtool from mellanox site and

tried to run this command

ethtool --set-priv-flags enp130s0f0 sniffer on

I get

ethtool: bad command line argument(s)

For more information run ethtool -h

How do I run ibdump with connectx-5 successfully?

Thanks

Hello Sainath,

Thank you for posting your inquiry to the Mellanox Community.

We see that your organization currently has a valid support contract with Mellanox.

As such, we’ve opened a Mellanox support ticket on your behalf.

We will continue to track this issue via our support portal, and will provide further information to you directly.

Thank you,

Mellanox Technical Support

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HI Sainath,

Have you sloved this problem?​ I have the same problem with you. That is “Failed to set port sniffer1: command interface bad param”, i don’t know how to deal with it. If you know the answer, please share with me. Thank you a lot.😁

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Hello Sainath,

I have the same problem with you

Initiating resources …

searching for IB devices in host

Port active_mtu=1024

MR was registered with addr=0x22ca650, lkey=0x862f, rkey=0x862f, flags=0x1


Device : “mlx5_1”

Physical port : 1

Link layer : Ethernet

Dump file : sniffer.pcap

Sniffer WQEs (max burst size) : 4096


Failed to set port sniffer1: command interface bad param

i don’t know how to solve it.if you solve this problem,please share the answer with me,thank you