Description of problem: VDSM throws an error when it encounters a network interface, such as InfiniBand, that does not have an accessible "speed" file in sysfs. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): vdsm-4.13.3-3.el6 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Enable an infiniband interface 2. Start vdsm 3. View /var/log/messages Actual results: vdsm root ERROR cannot read ib0 speed#012Traceback (most recent call last):#012 File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/vdsm/netinfo.py", line 297, in speed#012 s = int(speedFile.read())#012IOError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument Expected results: No message in /var/log/messages and VDSM logs "cannot read ib0 nic speed". Additional info: Verified that http://gerrit.ovirt.org/24197 solves this issue.