HP Fabric Clustering System HP-UX Administrators Guide
 Copyright 2004-2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P
 Table of Contents
 Interfaces
Configuration
 Switch Administration and Management
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 List of Figures
HyperTerminal Login
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 Show ib Keyword Descriptions
Default User Names, Passwords and Privileges
Description of Access Levels
List of Tables
 IP Commands
Show logging Command Syntax Description
Show trace Command Syntax Descriptions
Show user Command Syntax Descriptions
 Publishing History
About This Document
Intended Audience
New and Changed Documentation in This Edition
 Typographical Conventions
What’s in This Document
 Related Documents
Related Documents HP Encourages Your Comments
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 Introduction to Technology
Understanding the Fabric Clustering System
Understanding InfiniBand
 About the HP Fabric Clustering System Software Suite
 About the HP Fabric Clustering System Software Suite
User-Space Rdma Library
Kernel Rdma Subsystem
Interaction with HyperFabric Driver
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 HP offers the following new Host Channel Adapters HCA
Hardware Overview
Hardware Components
Host Channel Adapters
 Hardware Overview
 AB286C Host Channel Adapter Connector View
 AB286C Host Channel Adapter Side View
 AB286A Host Channel Adapter Connector View
 AB286A Host Channel Adapter Side View
 Figureigure
 Hardware Components
 Other Product Elements
Switch
 Hardware Overview
 Preliminary Considerations
Installation Planning
Preliminary Considerations
Applications
 Installation Planning
Site Set-up
Application Availability
 Installing HP Fabric Clustering System
HP Fabric Clustering System Installation Prerequisites
Enter your product name Click the double arrow
 Install HP Fabric Clustering System Adapters
Installing the AH304A Host Channel Adapter
Installing HP Fabric Clustering System
 Installing the 410533-B21 Host Channel Adapter
Installing the AD313A Host Channel Adapter
Secure the card and reassemble the system
 Inserting the AD313A Host Channel Adapter
Installing the AB286C Host Channel Adapter
 Inserting the AB286C Host Channel Adapter
On-Line Addition and Replacement Operations OL
 Install HP Fabric Clustering System Software
Where devicename is the name assigned to the CD-ROM drive
This opens the Software Selection window
 IB subsystem IB Rdma IPoIB IB device driver ibt
Install HP Fabric Clustering System Switches
T-25 Torx screwdrivers Second person for the installation
Rack Mount Preparation
 Fixed and Sliding Rails
Installing the Switch
 Attach Rail to Switch
 Remove Support Bracket if installed
Remove Shipping Sleeve
Securely attach all rails to the rack
 Attach Cable Guides & Cables
Cable Routing and Bend Limits
Attach Cable Guides & Cables
 Attach Cables
Cable Installation Minimum Bend Radius
 Attach to other HP Fabric devices
Switch Setup
Connect Cables to Switch
Switch or Adapter
 Enable the management port
Setting up the Switch
Enter configure to enter the global-configuration mode
Set the default gateway address. This address is an example
 Syntax and Example nwmgr -S ipoib
Internet Protocol over InfiniBand IPoIB
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 Configuration
Supported Features
Configuration Parameters
 Configurations up to 24 End Nodes
Non-Supported Features
Supported Configurations
Sample Configurations using the AB286A/C or AD313A HCA
 Sample Configurations using the AB286A/C or AD313A HCA
Configurations with More Than 24 End Nodes
 128 Node 50% non-Blocking Configuration
 Following is a listing of the major topics in this chapter
Administration and Management
 HP-UX Host Administration and Management
Using Itutil
Administration and Management
 Following syntax must be used with itutil command options
Summary of Itutil Command Options
Itutil Administrative Commands
Itutil Command Options
 Itutil Management Commands
 Syntax itutil Syntax Example itutil Output Example
 Syntax Example itutil -i ib0 Output Example
 Syntax Example itutil -s-i ib0 Output Example
Syntax Example itutil -t IB Output Example
 Administration and Management
 Displaying Connectivity Information Using Itutil
Syntax Example itutil -r Output Example
Syntax Example itutil -c Output Example
 Example itutil -T
 Viewing the Itutil Manpage
Using NetTL
 Syntax nettl -llog class -esubsystem
 IPoIB Tracing
IPoIB Administration and Management
Ifconfig Command
IB Tracing
 Level information for a given ipoibppa
Lanadmin Commands
Disable the IPoIB Interface To disable the IPoIB interface
Displaying IPoIB Interface Link-Level Information
 Syntax Example lanadmin -a Output Example
Syntax Example lanadmin -s Output Example
Syntax Example lanadmin -g Output Example
 Syntax lanadmin -x-hipoibppa Syntax Example lanadmin -x -h
 Serviceguard and IPoIB
Lanscan Command
Introduction
 Using Serviceguard and IPoverIB
Configuring IPoIB Interfaces for Serviceguard Clusters
 Switch Administration and Management
Switch Administration and Management
 Privilege Level
Using the CLI
CLI Overview
Starting a CLI Session
 Entering CLI Modes
Administrator Roles
 Exiting CLI Modes
Using Command Completion
 Quick Help
Command Abbreviation
 Command-Line Editing
 Key Stroke Shortcuts
Command before returning to user-execute mode
Exiting the CLI Session
Specifying the Card/Port
 Lists
Card/Port pairs
Ranges
Indicates ports 2 through 4 on card
 Enter the global-configuration mode
Advanced Switch Setup
Configuring the System Hostname
Testing Network Connectivity
 Logging On Through the CLI
Setting User Levels and Passwords
Managing the Switch
Logging Onto the System
 Managing Through the CLI
Management Methods
 Configuration, Image, and Log File Overview
Configuration, Image, and Log Files
 Set-Up the Hardware Connection
Understanding the Upgrade Process
Image Upgrade Procedure Summary
Upgrading Image Files
 Check the Image Version
Enter the privileged-execute mode
 Copy/Download the Image
 Install a New Image
Optional View the images by using the dir image command
 Show the new system -image
Specify a New Boot Image
 Reboot the System
Troubleshooting an Image Upgrade
Deleting System Images and Image Files
 Viewing Log Files
Listing Configuration, Image, and Log Files
Viewing Configuration Files
File Management
 Specifying the Configuration to Use at System Reboot
Saving Configuration Files
Saving for System Reboot
Saving the Backup Configuration
 Show the new system image
Arguments to the copy command are described below
Saving and Copying Files
Example
 Tslog. The .cfg extension is optional
Deleting Configuration, Image, and Log Files
Downloading Files to the System
Colon
 Display the log files that are in memory
Deleting Configuration Files
Determine the configuration files in memory
Deleting Log Files
 Determine the currently installed system-images
Verify that you had successfully removed the log file
Deleting Image Files
 Uploading Log Files
HP Fabric Switch devices use the following log format
Managing Log Files
Understanding the Log Format
 Switching User Identity
Administering the System
 Notifying Users
Broadcasting Messages to Users
Sending Messages to Individual Users
 Creating User Accounts
Understanding Usernames and Passwords
Default User Names, Passwords and Privileges
Setting or Changing a Password
 Adding New Users
Displaying User Information
 Deleting a User Account
 User Account Configuration Commands
User Account Administrative Commands
Community Strings
 Using DNS Services
Setting Administrative Roles
Following table displays the different access-levels
 Setting the System Clock
 Save your configuration
Setting the NTP Servers to Maintain the System Clock
Rebooting the System
Setting Time Through the CLI
 Reboot the System Through the CLI
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 Monitoring and Troubleshooting
Diagnosing Problems
Diagnosing Problems
 LED Color, Behavior, and Meaning
HP Fabric Switch Cluster Connection LEDs
HP Fabric Switch System Status
IB Port Status LED Indicators
 Rear System Status LED Indicator
Front System Status LED Indicator
 Power supply/ Fan Status LED Indicator
Power Supply Troubleshooting
 Bottom Top Green- over Green Off Flickering
Ethernet Port Status LED Indicators
Ethernet Management Port LEDs
HP Fabric HCA Connection LEDs
 HCA Connection LED Colors and Meanings
Logical Solid Indicates a
Been Top Established None HCA is not
 Determining if the Switch is Faulty
Determining Whether the HCA or Cable is Faulty
 Monitoring and Troubleshooting the HP-UX Host
HP-UX Host Troubleshooting Procedure
Next Steps
 Syntax example itutil Output example
Monitoring and Troubleshooting the HP-UX Host
 Monitoring and Troubleshooting
 Syntax example itutil -c fe802c9018a08a11 ib0
 Description Port failure
Sample nettl Log Messages
 Following are examples of nettl log output
Monitoring and Troubleshooting IPoIB
Nettl Sample Log Output
Sample IB Logs
 PDU in Trace
Sample IPoIB Logs
 Linkloop Command
Known Problems
NetTL
 CLI can also be used to monitor the system
Monitoring and Troubleshooting the Switch
Health Monitoring
IP Filter Product
 About Logging and Tracing
About HP Fabric Events
About Tracing
 Troubleshooting the HP Fabric Network
Ping
Flow
 Verify Link Speed
Setting Trace Levels
Enabling Tracing
Disabling Tracing
 Replacing Individual Components
Replacing a Power Supply Module
 HCA Environmental Specifications AB286C
Specifications
Physical and Environmental Specifications
HCA Physical Specifications AB286C
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 Using the Documentation
Switch Command Line Interface
 Examples
Show Commands
Defaults
Related Commands
 Defaults There are no defaults for this command
Show arp ethernet
Show arp IB
 Examples To display the InfiniBand ARP table
Show authentication
Examples To display the authentication method
Show backplane
 Show boot-config
Defaults This command has no defaults
Table B-3 show boot-config Command Field Descriptions
 This command has the following arguments
Show card
Show card Syntax Description
 Card
Defaults show card defaults to show card all
Image data for internal configuration
Oper status
 Synopsis
Table B-6 Show card-inventory Command Syntax Descriptions
Table B-7 show card-inventory Command Field Descriptions
Show card-inventory
 Show config
Related Commands clock
Show clock
 Syntax show fan
Related Commands copy
Table B-8 show fan Command Field Descriptions
Show fan
 Table B-9 show ib Keyword Descriptions
Show ib sm configuration
Show host
Show ib
 InfiniBand read-only user
Table B-10 Show ib Command Syntax Descriptions
Table B-11 Show ib Command Field Descriptions
User-execute and privileged-execute modes
 Table B-12 show ib sm multicast Command Syntax Descriptions
Show ib sm multicast
Show ib sm neighbor
 Table B-13 show ib sm neighbor Command Field Descriptions
Arguments associated with this command are described below
Show ib sm node subnet-prefix
 An unknown type
Node guid Use with the all keyword
Class-version
Type
 Show ib sm partition
 Table B-16 Show ib sm port Command Syntax Descriptions
Table B-17 show ib sm port Command Field Descriptions
Show ib sm port
 12x
Value may be
No state change
1x or
 Packets transmitted by this port. There is no default value
Received by this port. There is no default value
Transmitted by this port. There is no default value
Packets received by this port. There is no default value
 Errors and the buffers are not immediately reclaimed
Local-phy-error
 Table B-18 Show ib sm service Command Syntax Descriptions
Show ib sm service
 Show ib sm switch
Table B-19 show ib sm switch Command Syntax Descriptions
Table B-20 show ib sm switch Command Field Descriptions
 Lid-per-port
Partition enforcement is not supported by the switch
Life-time-value
Port-state-change
 Show ib-agent channel-adapter
 Slot System chassis slot in which the device resides Type
Table B-22 Show ib-agent summary Command Field Descriptions
Show ib-agent summary
Usage Guidelines form
 Lid Decimal-base LID of this port
Show ib-agent switch
Following example displays a summary of all the SMA nodes
Agent
 Show ib-agent switch linear-frd-info
Display the attributes of a single switch
Swguid
 Type, GUIDs, and capabilities
Show ib-agent switch all mcast-info lid
Show ib-agent switch all node-info
Swguid Guid of a specific InfiniBand switch
 Defaults This command has no defaults
 Show ib-agent switch all pkey-info
Show ib-agent switch port-info
Usage Guidelines None Examples
 SL0 to VL mapping
Show ib-agent switch sl-vl-map
Node-guid Bit Guid of this node In-ib-port
Out-ib-port
 Show ib-agent switch switch-info
 Table B-31 Show interface ib Output Descriptions
Table B-30 Show interface ib Command Syntax Descriptions
Show interface ib
Syntax is described in the table below
 Link-trap
 Usage Guidelines None
Show interface ib sm
 Show interface ib sm statistics
 Show interface mgmt-ib
Show interface mgmt-ethernet
 Show ip
Show interface mgmt-serial
 Table B-33 show ip Command Syntax Descriptions
Show location
Show logging
 End
Table B-34 show logging Command Syntax Description
Show ntp
Syntax show ntp
 Usage Guidelines Examples
Show power-supply
Related Commands ntp
Show running-status
 Show sensor
 Show snmp
Show system-services
 Table B-36 show trace Command Syntax Descriptions
Show terminal
Show trace
 Shows all users in the user database
Table B-37 Show user Command Syntax Descriptions
Show user
Username Specify the name of a specific user
 Show version
 IP Commands
Table B-38 IP Commands
Arp ib
 Enter the IP address of the target host
Default ip ip-over-ib-mtu
Clear ib arp-cache
Table B-39 Auto-negotiate Syntax Description
 Ip ip-over-ib-mtu
Defaults The default ip-over-ib-mtu is
Defaults The default domain name is an empty string
Ip domain-name
 Ip name-server-one
Defaults The default ip-over-ib-mtu unit is
Table B-42 Command Syntax Description
Defaults The default is an empty string
 Ip route
Table B-43 Command Syntax Description
Table B-44 Command Syntax Description
Ip name-server-two
 Arp ib
InfiniBand Commands
Table B-45 InfiniBand Commands
Ib sm subnet-prefix
 Table B-46 ib sm subnet-prefix Syntax Description
 Sweep-interval is 10 seconds
Table B-47 Acceptable PKey Values
Following example removes a specified subnet manager
Following example creates a Partition, and adds
 Syntax is described in the following table
Ib-agent switch
Response-timeout is 2,000 microseconds
Ib-agent channel-adapter
 Link-trap
Config-if-ib submode
Table B-50 interface ib Command Syntax Description
Interface ib
 Name
Commands syntax is described in the table below
Defaults The default is no link-trap
Defaults The default interface name is card#/port#
 Table B-54 Administrative Commands
Administrative Commands
Commands stoats is described in the table below
Table B-53 Shutdown Command Syntax Description
 Reboots the chassis. See reload
Ftp-server enable Use to enable or disable ftp-services
Logging Configures active log
Configures a radius-server. See radius-server
 Table B-55 action Keywords
Boot-config
Table B-56 boot-config Keywords
Action
 Table B-57 boot-config Arguments
Table B-58 Broadcast Command Arguments
Broadcast
 Clock
Configure
Table B-59 clock Command Argument Descriptions
Card
 Copy
Syntax Table B-60 copy Command Syntax Descriptions
Table B-61 Copy Command Argument Descriptions
System upon boot-up
 Syntax delete fsfile
Arguments related to the delete command are described below
Table B-62 Delete Command Argument Descriptions
Delete
 Dir
Related Commands card
Table B-63 Dir Command Argument Descriptions
To display installed system-images and image files
 Syntax enable
Disable
Enable
Syntax disable
 Ftp-server enable
Exec
Exit
 Privileged-execute modes
Gateway
 History
Defaults The default gateway IP address is
Related Commands None
Help
 Hostname
Install
Synopsis The hostname command assigns a name to the system
Table B-69 hostname Command Argument Description
 Table B-70 install Command Argument Descriptions
Table B-71 interface Command Keywords
Interface
 Example
Interface mgmt-ethernet
 No ipip mask
Related Commands ip
Interface mgmt-ib
Syntax ipip mask
 Table B-72 Location Syntax Descriptions
Location
 Logout
Login
Synopsis The logout command ends the current CLI session
Logging
 Ntp
Related Commands exit
Related Commands dir
More
 Table B-73 Radius-server Syntax Descriptions
Ping
Radius-server
Syntax ping dest
 Enabling/Disabling the Ethernet Management Port
Synopsis The reload command reboots the chassis
Reload
Syntax reload
 No snmp-server
Snmp-server
 Defaults Telnet access is enabled by default
Table B-74 Snmp-server Command Keyword Descriptions
Table B-75 snmp-server Command Argument Descriptions
Command Modes Privilege Level Usage Guidelines
 Terminal time-out
Defaults The default is 24 lines per screen
Defaults The default time-out interval is 15 minutes
Terminal length
 Type
Syntax type type Table B-76 type Command Argument
 Username
 Table B-77 Default User Accounts
Who
Syntax who
 Defaults
This command has no defaults
Write
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 Loading HyperTerminal
How to Use Windows HyperTerminal
Attaching through Windows HyperTerminal
HyperTerminal Prerequisite
 How to Use Windows HyperTerminal
Configuring the HyperTerminal Connection
 Figure C-3 Connect To Dialog Box
 Figure C-4 COM Port Properties Dialog Box
Verifying the HyperTerminal Connection
 Figure C-5 HyperTerminal Login
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Glossary
 Glossary
Ietf
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Snmp
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 Ib-rw, 104 setting levels, 104 unrestricted-rw
Index
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 Index
CLI
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 See also HCAs hostname
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 Index
 See also ports
 Snmp
 Changing, 104 user access levels changing
About, 104 adding, 101 creating, 100 user information
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