Myrinet System Interconnect Guide

Figure 3-6: Monitoring Line Card
The Ethernet ports are dual redundant and have the same MAC address. The
EthernetMACaddressisshownonalabelonthefrontpanelofthelinecard.
The dual-redundant, automatic-f ailover feature is im p lemented in th e f irmware.
The Ethernet ports also require a D H CP server on the network to give the card’s
microcontroller an IP address and subnet mask. The standard firmware supports
two software interfaces over the Ethernet connections: HTTP Web server and
SNMP.
Figure 3-7: External Features of the Monitoring Line Card
Item Description
1
Monitoring line card status light
2
Network port
Switch, spine and monitoring line cards 3-5