HyperFabric Administrator's Guide (HP-UX 11i v1)

Configuring HyperFabric
Configuration Overview
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Configuration Overview
You do not need to configure the HyperFabric switch because the
HyperFabric management process performs automatic routing and
configuring for the switch. So, configuring HyperFabric consists only of
creating the HyperFabric /etc/rc.config.d/clic_global_conf global
configuration file on each node in the fabric. The configuration file
contains the following information:
• The IP addresses and subnet mask of the HyperFabric adapters
installed in the node.
• For each HyperFabric switch in the fabric — the switch’s IP address,
and the MAC address of the switch’s Ethernet port. This applies only
if you enable switch management. In addition, you cannot enable
switch management through SAM — you must use the clic_init
command.
• The IP multicast address that all the switches and nodes in the
fabric will register to (if you are going to enable switch management).
• The IP address of the local node’s Ethernet LAN interface. This LAN
interface must be on the same subnet as Ethernet ports of the
HyperFabric switches (if you are going to enable switch
management). (A node might have multiple LAN interfaces.)
• Whether the node can interoperate with nodes that are using any
HP-UX 11.0 HyperFabric versions earlier than B.11.00.11 or any
HP-UX 11i v1 HyperFabric versions earlier than B.11.11.01.
NOTE HP recommends that you do not enable switch management.
You can create the global configuration file by either running the
clic_init command or using SAM (on HP-UX 11.0 and 11i v1 only) to
configure each HyperFabric adapter.
The clic_init command and SAM also place the necessary entries into
the following three files:
• The system /etc/rc.config.d/netconf file.