Listing of Tables
10.2.5 The Elites Table
The elites table shown in Table 10.8, contains one entry for each switch in the
network. Its entries are created and maintained by the Switch Network Manager,
swmgr (see Section 4.5).
Table10.8: Elites Table
Field Type Description
name char(8) Elite name, a unique ID for each switch
layer 031 layer (or rail) number
level 03level number
netid 0255 network address within the layer
plane 063 plane number
board char(8) name of the board containingthe switch
chip 07chip number on the board
revision int chip revision number
ecount int error count at the last sample
ecount10 int error count for the last 10 samples
status char(8) Elite status (ok,unknown,error)
linkstate char(8) state of each link
linkerrors text description of errors in the last 10 samples
The linkstate field contains a characterfor each of the 8 links. Each link can be in one
of the states shown in Table B.2.
Entries in the linkerrors field give the IDof the link and then, in brackets, a vector of
counts for each of the supported error types (for more details on Compaq AlphaServer
SC Interconnect terms see Appendix A (Compaq AlphaServer SC Interconnect Terms)).
10.2.6 The Events Table
Entries are added to the events table shown in Table 10.9, each time an object
managed by the RMS changes state, for example, when a node status changes, a
partition starts or a component fails.
Table10.9: Events Table
Field Type Description
id int unique identifier for each event
name char(16) name of object that has changed state
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