AB291A Fabric Clustering System Support Guide (12-port Switch), April 2004

Index
308
slot notation on switches for CLI usage
, 66
slot#/port#, 67
SM (Subnet Manager)
definition
, 299
function, 13
ib sm subnet-prefix command, 235–238
show commands for, 148–173, 197–201
SMA (Subnet Management Agent)
definition
, 239–241
ib-agent channel-adapter command, 235, 238–239
ib-agent switch, 235, 240–241
role of, 237
show ib-agent channel-adapter command, 174–176
show ib-agent summary command, 177–178
show ib-agent switch all node-info command,
185–186
show ib-agent switch command, 179–180
show interface ib sm command, 197–199
SMPs (subnet management packets), 239
SNMP
adding new users
, 92
changing community strings, 94
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
definition
, 299
login procedures, 70
show snmp command, 128, 216
snmp-server command, 281–282
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) See
also community strings
snmp-server command
, 246, 281–282
software
architecture of IB
, 13
InfiniBand functionality, 20–21
installation, 28, 29
overview of components, 18
troubleshooting, 106
sound power level specifications, 126
specifications, component, 125
specifying new boot image, 77, 81
speed of IPoIB interface, 56
spigots See ports
SSH connection to switch management
, 71
startup-config
command
, 78
statistics for interface cards
IPoIB
, 56–57
itutil command, 44–46
Subnet Manager, 200–201
sub-command mode for CLI sessions, 61, 62
Subnet Management Agent (SMA) See SMA
subnet management packets (SMPs)
, 239
Subnet Manager (SM) See SM (Subnet Manager)
Subnet Manager functions, 13
super, 95
super-user privileges, 28, 60, 69, 90
switched communications fabric See HP Fabric
Clustering System
switches
administrative tasks
, 88–98
basic connectivity, 33, 36
CLI sessions, 59–68
configuration files, 72, 79–80, 82–85
configuration parameters, 22–24
HP Fabric Clustering System commands, 235–243
image files, 72–79, 82–85, 86–87
installation, 30–33
IP commands, 226–234
LEDs for, 100, 103–106
log files, 73, 80–83, 85–88
managing, 59, 70–296
monitoring and troubleshooting, 120–124
overview, 17–18
switches See also administrative commands
syslog See log files
system clock, setting
displaying data on
, 211
system clock, setting See clock, setting system
system hostname
, 68
system image
install
, 77
system images
boot-config command
, 245, 248–249
deleting inactive image connections, 86–87, 245,
247–248
install command, 266
listing, 128, 134–135
overview, 72
specifying, 77–78, 81, 128, 134–135
system images See also image files
system interface card See interface cards
system reboot
specifying the configuration to use (Element
Manager)
, 81
system services, displaying data on, 128, 217–218
system status LED, switches, 103
T
TCA (Target Channel Adapter), definition
, 299
TCP/IP protocol
IPoIB function
, 21
telnet command, 246, 282
Telnet connection to switch management, 71
temperature, displaying chassis, 128, 215
terminal configuration
HyperTerminal usage
, 292–296
show terminal command, 128, 219
terminal length command, 246, 282–283
terminal time-out command, 246, 283–284
terminal length command, 246
terminal time-out command, 246
TERSE trace level, 121
tftp
image upgrade summary, 73
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol), 76, 299
TFTP server, 76
time, system clock
clock command
, 245, 250–251
displaying data on, 128, 142, 211
ntp command, 246, 275
setting, 96–97
show clock command, 142
time-out settings, terminal, 283–284