Suppose you have source and destination server with a IB Switch in-between

Server 1 is as below. I have changed the GUID and mask for confidentiality sake

[root@mtlacad03 ~]# ibstat
CA 'mlx4_0'
CA type: MT4103
Number of ports: 2
Firmware version: 2.33.5100
Hardware version: 0
Node GUID: 00000000000000
System image GUID: 00000000000
Port 1:
State: Active
Physical state: LinkUp
Rate: 56
Base lid: 15
LMC: 0
SM lid: 5
Capability mask: 0000000000000
Port GUID: 00000000000
Link layer: InfiniBand
Port 2:
State: Down
Physical state: Disabled
Rate: 40
Base lid: 0
LMC: 0
SM lid: 0
Capability mask: 111111111111
Port GUID: 1111111111111
Link layer: Ethernet

Server 2 is

[root@mtlacad07 ~]# ibstat
CA 'mlx4_0'
CA type: MT4103
Number of ports: 2
Firmware version: 2.33.5100
Hardware version: 0
Node GUID: 000000000000
System image GUID: 0000000000
Port 1:
State: Active
Physical state: LinkUp
Rate: 56
Base lid: 13
LMC: 0
SM lid: 5
Capability mask: 00000000000
Port GUID: 000000000000000
Link layer: InfiniBand
Port 2:
State: Down
Physical state: Disabled
Rate: 40
Base lid: 0
LMC: 0
SM lid: 0
Capability mask: 1111111111111
Port GUID: 1111111111111
Link layer: Ethernet

So if you do a ibtracert

[root@mtlacad07 ~]# ibtracert 13 15
From ca {0000000000000} portnum 1 lid 13-13 "mtlacad07 HCA-1"
[1] -> switch port {0000000000000}[2] lid 20-20 "MF0;Left-Leaf-SW03:SX6036G/U1"
[3] -> ca port {00000000000}[1] lid 15-15 "mtlacad03 HCA-1"
To ca {0000000000000} portnum 1 lid 15-15 "mtlacad03 HCA-1"

Basically, what it mean is that the

• Traffic is leaving mtlacad07 HCA-1 Port [1]
• Traffic is entering Switch Port 2 at the Left-Leaf Switch
• Traffic is leaving Switch Port 3 at the Left-Leaf Switch
• Traffic is entering mtlacad03 HCA-1 Port [1-