Fujitsu M3000 CHAPTER 1 RCI Overview

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CHAPTER 1 RCI Overview

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This chapter gives an overview of the Remote Cabinet Interface (RCI).

1.1 RCI Features

The RCI is a device control interface used for connections of I/O units to an RCI host.

In this manual, a base cabinet and an I/O unit that support the RCI are referred to as an

RCI host and an RCI I/O unit (Note), respectively. Furthermore, RCI hosts and RCI

I/O units are generally referred to as RCI units.

Note: RCI I/O unit might be described as RCI-IO unit.

While multiple RCI units consisting of an RCI host, another RCI host, and RCI I/O

units are connected through the RCI, the RCI controls power supply to all these RCI

units together and performs other controls on the RCI I/O units.

By using RCI cables to connect RCI units and RCI setting commands, the following

RCI functions can be used:

zConnecting and controlling RCI I/O units

zAsynchronous RCI monitoring (Note) of RCI hosts in a cluster environment

Note: Asynchronous RCI monitoring is a function that immediately detects the

panic state in any of the nodes that compose a cluster. The asynchronous

monitoring enables the cluster to quickly recover from a failure in a

monitored node.

Note: When the RCI network is used, adequate consideration of security is

necessary for LAN connections of domains.

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Main Page Page Page Page C120-E360-06EN Preface Audience Glossary Structure and Contents of this Manual Page SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Documentation The manuals listed below are provided for reference. Page Page Abbreviated References to Other Documents Models The model names used in this manual are as follows. Text Conventions This manual uses the following fonts and symbols to express specific types of information. Prompt Notations Syntax of the Command-Line Interface (CLI) Command syntax Fujitsu Welcomes Your Comments Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i CHAPTER 2 Setup of the RCI for Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 CHAPTER 3 Command Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Page Page Page Page CHAPTER 1 RCI Overview 1.1 RCI Features 1.2 RCI Functions Page 1.3 RCI Connection Scheme Page Page CHAPTER 2 Setup of the RCI for Operation 2.1 Overview of RCI Setup 2.2 RCI Setup for Initial Installation 2.2.1 RCI setup flow 2 2.2.2 Confirming RCI initialization 2.2.3 Connecting RCI cables 2.2.4 Making an RCI address setting 1 2.2.5 Making an RCI construction setting 1 2.3 RCI Setup for Addition of an RCI I/O Unit 2.3.1 RCI setup flow 2.3.2 Connecting an RCI cable 2.3.3 Making an RCI expansion setting 1 2.4 RCI Setup for Addition of an RCI Base Cabinet 2.4.1 RCI setup flow 2.4.2 Confirming RCI initialization 2 2.4.3 Connecting an RCI cable 2.4.4 Making an RCI address setting 1 2.4.5 Making an RCI expansion setting 1 2.5 RCI Setup for Replacement of an RCI I/O Unit 3 1 2 3 2.5.3 Replacing an RCI I/O Unit 2.5.4 Making an RCI replacement setting 1 2.6 RCI Setup for Replacement of an RCI Base Cabinet 2.6.1 RCI setup flow 2.6.2 Replacing an RCI host 2.6.3 Confirming RCI initialization Page 2.6.6 Making an RCI replacement setting 1 Page Page CHAPTER 3 Command Reference 3.1 setrci of an RCI I/O unit. OPERANDS The following operands are supported: EXTENDED DESCRIPTION zWhen "-c stat" is specified, the following states are displayed: zWhen the RCI state is Active, the following information is displayed after List: Page Page Page EXAMPLE 2: Makes the first RCI setting on the first host in an M8000/M9000 server. EXIT STATUS The following exit values are returned: 3.2 setrcic Page Page CHAPTER 4 Error Status 4.1 setrci error status 4.2 setrcic error status