---
name: "rdma-link"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "iproute2"
version: "7.3.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rdma-link"
---

# rdma-link(8)

rdma link configuration

## NAME

rdma-link - rdma link configuration

## SYNOPSIS

**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**

## DESCRIPTION

### 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.

## SEE ALSO

[**rdma**(8)](/rdma/8.md), [**rdma-dev**(8)](/rdma-dev/8.md), [**rdma-resource**(8)](/rdma-resource/8.md), [**rdma-statistic**(8)](/rdma-statistic/8.md),\

## AUTHOR

Leon Romanovsky \<leonro@mellanox.com\>