rdma-link(8)

rdma-link8

Rdma link configuration

Usage

rdma [OPTIONS] link {COMMAND | help}

OPTIONS := {-V [ersion] | -d [etails]}

rdma link show [DEV/PORT_INDEX]

rdma link add NAME type TYPE netdev NETDEV

rdma link delete NAME

rdma link help

Overview

rdma link show - display rdma link attributes

DEV/PORT_INDEX - specifies the RDMA link to show. If this argument is omitted all links are listed.

rdma link add - add an rdma link

Add an rdma link for the specified type to the network device.

NAME - specifies the new name of the rdma link to add

TYPE - specifies which rdma type to use. Link types:

rxe - Soft RoCE driver

siw - Soft iWARP driver

NETDEV - specifies the network device to which the link is bound

rdma link delete NAME - delete an rdma link

NAME - specifies the name of the rdma link to delete

Examples

rdma link show

Shows the state of all rdma links on the system.

rdma link show mlx5_2/1

Shows the state of the specified rdma link.

rdma link add rxe_eth0 type rxe netdev eth0

Adds a RXE link named rxe_eth0 to network device eth0.

rdma link del rxe_eth0

Removes RXE link rxe_eth0.

Releases

5 releases since Debian 10 (Buster); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 10
  2. 11–12
  3. 13
  4. Arch

Author

Leon Romanovsky <[email protected]>

From iproute2 7.3.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.