diff --git a/build/exadata/linux/ARCH/hc-exadata-platform/PKGBUILD b/build/exadata/linux/ARCH/hc-exadata-platform/PKGBUILD
index cf41b77..a70ab6a 100644
--- a/build/exadata/linux/ARCH/hc-exadata-platform/PKGBUILD
+++ b/build/exadata/linux/ARCH/hc-exadata-platform/PKGBUILD
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ package() {
     install -D -m 755 opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_cell_luns.sh ${pkgdir}/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_cell_luns.sh
     install -D -m 755 opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_cell_megaraid.sh ${pkgdir}/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_cell_megaraid.sh
     install -D -m 755 opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_cell_physicaldisks.sh ${pkgdir}/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_cell_physicaldisks.sh
+    install -D -m 755 opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_ib_status.sh ${pkgdir}/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_ib_status.sh
     install -D -m 755 opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_megaraid.sh ${pkgdir}/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_megaraid.sh
     install -D -m 755 opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_zfs_cluster.sh ${pkgdir}/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_zfs_cluster.sh
     install -D -m 755 opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_zfs_logs.sh ${pkgdir}/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_zfs_logs.sh
diff --git a/build/exadata/linux/SPECS/hc-exadata-platform.spec b/build/exadata/linux/SPECS/hc-exadata-platform.spec
index 011549c..0d2e067 100644
--- a/build/exadata/linux/SPECS/hc-exadata-platform.spec
+++ b/build/exadata/linux/SPECS/hc-exadata-platform.spec
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ cp ../SOURCES/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_cell_griddisks.sh $RPM_B
 cp ../SOURCES/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_cell_luns.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_cell_luns.sh
 cp ../SOURCES/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_cell_megaraid.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_cell_megaraid.sh
 cp ../SOURCES/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_cell_physicaldisks.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_cell_physicaldisks.sh
+cp ../SOURCES/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_ib_status.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_ib_status.sh
 cp ../SOURCES/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_megaraid.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_megaraid.sh
 cp ../SOURCES/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_zfs_cluster.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_zfs_cluster.sh
 cp ../SOURCES/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_zfs_logs.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_zfs_logs.sh
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ echo "INFO: finished post-uninstall script"
 %attr(755, root, root) /opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_cell_luns.sh
 %attr(755, root, root) /opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_cell_megaraid.sh
 %attr(755, root, root) /opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_cell_physicaldisks.sh
+%attr(755, root, root) /opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_ib_status.sh
 %attr(755, root, root) /opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_megaraid.sh
 %attr(755, root, root) /opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_zfs_cluster.sh
 %attr(755, root, root) /opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_zfs_logs.sh
@@ -130,6 +132,8 @@ echo "INFO: finished post-uninstall script"
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jul 07 2020 <patrick@kudos.be> - 0.5.0
+- Added check_exadata_ib_status
 * Fri Jul 07 2019 <patrick@kudos.be> - 0.4.0
 - Added check_exadata_zfs_cluster
 * Fri May 14 2019 <patrick@kudos.be> - 0.3.0
diff --git a/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_ib_status.sh b/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_ib_status.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4de0f13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opt/hc/lib/platform/exadata/check_exadata_ib_status.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ksh
+#******************************************************************************
+# @(#) check_exadata_ib_status.sh
+#******************************************************************************
+# @(#) Copyright (C) 2020 by KUDOS BVBA (info@kudos.be).  All rights reserved.
+#
+# This program is a free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the same terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details
+#******************************************************************************
+#
+# DOCUMENTATION (MAIN)
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# @(#) MAIN: check_exadata_ib_status
+# DOES: see _show_usage()
+# EXPECTS: see _show_usage()
+# REQUIRES: data_comma2space(), dump_logs(), init_hc(), log_hc(), warn()
+#
+# @(#) HISTORY:
+# @(#) 2020-07-07: initial version [Patrick Van der Veken]
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# DO NOT CHANGE THIS FILE UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!
+#******************************************************************************
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+function check_exadata_ib_status
+{
+# ------------------------- CONFIGURATION starts here -------------------------
+typeset _VERSION="2020-07-07"                           # YYYY-MM-DD
+typeset _SUPPORTED_PLATFORMS="Linux"                    # uname -s match
+typeset _IBSTATUS_BIN="/usr/sbin/ibstatus"
+typeset _IBSWITCHES_BIN="/usr/sbin/ibswitches"
+# ------------------------- CONFIGURATION ends here ---------------------------
+
+# set defaults
+(( ARG_DEBUG > 0 && ARG_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0 )) && set ${DEBUG_OPTS}
+init_hc "$0" "${_SUPPORTED_PLATFORMS}" "${_VERSION}"
+typeset _ARGS=$(data_comma2space "$*")
+typeset _ARG=""
+typeset _MSG=""
+typeset _STC=0
+typeset _LOG_HEALTHY=0
+typeset _IBSTATUS_OUTPUT=""
+typeset _IBSWITCHES_OUTPUT=""
+typeset _NUM_INACTIVE_PORTS=0
+typeset _NUM_SWITCHES=0
+
+# handle arguments (originally comma-separated)
+for _ARG in ${_ARGS}
+do
+    case "${_ARG}" in
+        help)
+            _show_usage $0 ${_VERSION} ${_CONFIG_FILE} && return 0
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+# log_healthy
+(( ARG_LOG_HEALTHY > 0 )) && _LOG_HEALTHY=1
+if (( _LOG_HEALTHY > 0 ))
+then
+    if (( ARG_LOG > 0 ))
+    then
+        log "logging/showing passed health checks"
+    else
+        log "showing passed health checks (but not logging)"
+    fi
+else
+    log "not logging/showing passed health checks"
+fi
+
+# check IB tools
+if [[ ! -x ${_IBSTATUS_BIN} || -z "${_IBSWITCHES_BIN}" ]]
+then
+    warn "IB tools are not installed here. This is not an Exadata compute node?"
+    return 1
+fi
+
+# gather infiniband status data
+(( ARG_DEBUG > 0 )) && debug "executing command {${_IBSTATUS_BIN}}"
+_IBSTATUS_OUTPUT=$(${_IBSTATUS_BIN} 2>>${HC_STDERR_LOG})
+# shellcheck disable=SC2181
+if (( $?> 0 )) || [[ -z "${_IBSTATUS_OUTPUT}" ]]
+then
+    _MSG="unable to run command {${_IBSTATUS_BIN}}"
+    _STC=2
+    if (( _LOG_HEALTHY > 0 || _STC > 0 ))
+    then
+        log_hc "$0" ${_STC} "${_MSG}"
+    fi
+    (( ARG_DEBUG > 0 && ARG_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0 )) && dump_logs
+    return 1
+fi
+(( ARG_DEBUG > 0 )) && debug "executing command {${_IBSWITCHES_BIN}}"
+_IBSWITCHES_OUTPUT=$(${_IBSWITCHES_BIN} 2>>${HC_STDERR_LOG})
+# shellcheck disable=SC2181
+if (( $?> 0 )) || [[ -z "${_IBSWITCHES_OUTPUT}" ]]
+then
+    _MSG="unable to run command {${_IBSWITCHES_BIN}}"
+    _STC=2
+    if (( _LOG_HEALTHY > 0 || _STC > 0 ))
+    then
+        log_hc "$0" ${_STC} "${_MSG}"
+    fi
+    (( ARG_DEBUG > 0 && ARG_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0 )) && dump_logs
+    return 1
+fi
+
+# perform checks on IB status data
+_NUM_INACTIVE_PORTS=$(print -R "${_IBSTATUS_OUTPUT}" | grep -E -e '^[[:space:]]+state:' 2>/dev/null | grep -c -v "ACTIVE" 2>/dev/null)
+if (( _HAS_OFFLINE_PORTS > 0 ))
+then
+    _MSG="${_NUM_INACTIVE_PORTS} IB port(s) are/is in state INACTIVE"
+    _STC=1
+else
+    _MSG="all IB port(s) are/is in ACTIVE state"
+    _STC=0
+fi
+if (( _LOG_HEALTHY > 0 || _STC > 0 ))
+then
+    log_hc "$0" ${_STC} "${_MSG}"
+fi
+
+# perform checks on IB switches data
+_NUM_SWITCHES=$(print -R "${_IBSWITCHES_OUTPUT}" | wc -l 2>/dev/null)
+if (( _NUM_SWITCHES != 2 ))
+then
+    _MSG="only ${_NUM_SWITCHES} IB switch(es) are/is reporting (${_NUM_SWITCHES}<>2)"
+    _STC=1
+else
+    _MSG="${_NUM_SWITCHES} IB switch(es) are/is reporting"
+    _STC=0
+fi
+if (( _LOG_HEALTHY > 0 || _STC > 0 ))
+then
+    log_hc "$0" ${_STC} "${_MSG}"
+fi
+
+# add IB output to stdout log
+print "==== {${_IBSTATUS_BIN}} ====" >>${HC_STDOUT_LOG}
+print "${_IBSTATUS_OUTPUT}" >>${HC_STDOUT_LOG}
+
+print "==== {${_IBSWITCHES_BIN}} ====" >>${HC_STDOUT_LOG}
+print "${_IBSWITCHES_OUTPUT}" >>${HC_STDOUT_LOG}
+
+return 0
+}
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+function _show_usage
+{
+cat <<- EOT
+NAME        : $1
+VERSION     : $2
+PURPOSE     : 1) Checks that (local) Infiniband ports are in active
+              2) Checks that Infiniband switches are present (should be 2)
+LOG HEALTHY : Supported
+
+EOT
+
+return 0
+}
+
+#******************************************************************************
+# END of script
+#******************************************************************************