Cluster I/O Protocols (CIP) Configuration and Management Manual (H06.16+, J06.05+)

The CLIM can be configured for:
• IP protocols (IP CLIM and IP CLIM Carrier Grade (CG)
IP CLIMs are configured with a Mode attribute of IP
• Storage protocols (Storage CLIM and Storage CLIM CG)
Storage CLIMs are configured with a Mode attribute of STORAGE
• Telco protocols (Telco CLIM and Telco CLIM CG)
Telco CLIMs are configured with a Mode attribute of OPEN
• IB protocols (IB CLIM)
IB CLIMs are configured with a Mode attribute of OPEN
NOTE: To find out if your system supports Telco or IB CLIMs, see the planning guide for your
system.
The IP and Telco (OPEN mode) CLIMs are configured similarly and provide similar services. Notable
differences are that the Telco CLIM provides additional services provided by HP OpenCall software
for telecommunications. For information about the OpenCall product, see the Guide to Operations
and Maintenance for HP OpenCall Intelligent Network Server and the Installation Guide For HP
OpenCall Intelligent Network Server.
IB CLIMs (OPEN mode) provide InfiniBand connectivity to a customer-supplied IB switch using a
customer-supplied cable as part of the Low Latency Solution.
CIP NonStop Host System Software Overview
CIP requires the J06.04 or later J-series RVU, or the H06.16 or later H-series RVU, on the NonStop
host system.
CIP provides an integrated manageability solution from the NonStop host system to manage the
Linux capabilities of the CLIM. CIP provides SCF, a new command line interface, OSM, EMS, and
the NonStop I/O Essentials plug-in to HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM) for configuration, control,
and management of the NonStop connection to the CLIM, of TCP/IP, IPSec, and of LUNs on the
CLIM. CIP on the host also converts CLIM syslog and evlog events to EMS events.
NonStop Host System Management
The Subsystem Control Facility (SCF) is the management tool for the NonStop host system objects.
The objects in the NonStop host system allow monitoring of subsystem status and statistics and
provide a TCP/IP process to serve as a transport-service provider for NonStop host system socket
applications.
For information about SCF, see Chapter 10 (page 216).
Configuration Persistence
Persistence in the NonStop host system is provided through the system configuration database and
the persistence manager, which store and start the CIPMAN, CIPMON, CIPSAM (IP CIP only) SCF
objects ($ZZKRN.#ZZCIP, $ZZKRN.#cipsam_name and $ZZKRN.#CIPMON).
Maintenance Provider
Two SCF Provider objects (see “PROVIDER Object” (page 219)) are configured by default on two
IP or Telco CLIMs (one each) to provide OSM connectivity from the NonStop host system to the
dedicated service LAN and to support dedicated-service LAN traffic. These maintenance Providers
(MPs) connect through a logical interface (eth0:0).
The TYPE attribute for the maintenance Provider is MAINTENANCE.
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