SP Switch Router Adapter Guide
Lucent Technologies
Contents
Chapter Configuring the SP Switch Router Adapter
Chapter
Appendix a Part Numbers
Appendix C
Viii SP Switch Router Adapter Guide 1.4 Update
Figures
Figures
Tables
Tables
How to use this Guide
About 1.4 Update
Manual sets
SP Switch Router manuals
IBM SP system manuals
Convention Meaning
Documentation conventions
IP routing publications
Introduction to the SP Switch Router Adapter card
SP Switch Router
What is the RS/6000 SP Switch Router ?
SP Switch cable
SP Switch Router systems for IBM sites
Cables included in your system
Ethernet cable
Redundant AC power supplies
Redundant supply safety
Pcmcia 520MB disk
RAM
Upgrading system memory
Face plate diagram
Overview of the SP Switch Router Adapter card
Media card components
Inserting a media card into the SP Switch Router
ESD requirements
Card insertion procedure
OFF
SP Switch Router Adapter card LEDs
LED activity during boot
OFF Error
TX HB
LED activity during normal operations
STATE1 Bottom two LEDs amber go on during
Element Value
SP Switch Router Adapter card specifications
Tcpdump
Assigning filters
SP Switch Router Adapter dependent node MIB support
Snmp on the SP Switch Router Adapter card
SP Switch Router Adapter media card states Snmp
Snmp configuration overview
Snmp activity during media card start up
Configuring the SP Switch Router Adapter
Introduction to installation and configuration
Location of relevant information
Pre-installation assumptions
Order of information
Installation overview
Installing an SP Switch Router Adapter card
Managing Pcmcia slots
Installing the Pcmcia spinning disk
Panic dumps sent to external flash device
Installation steps
file entries should now look like the following
Save all changes and reboot
Ethernet cable
Attaching SP Switch Router cables
SP switch cable
Do not damage the connector ends
Keep the plastic cap on
Procedure for attaching cables to card and SP Switch
Configuration required on the SP system
Determining the switch connection for a dependent node
Procedure
Sources of configuration information
SP system a
Multiple frames for multiple system connections
Configuration files and their uses
Step-by-step media card configuration
Overview of steps
SP Switch Router requires a specific configuration file
Members
Check Snmp in the SP Switch Router system
Unspecified Subagents
ALL GET SET Trap
Put Snmp changes into effect
Method 1 Recommended, use SP Snmp Manager
Assign IP addresses
Method 2 Optional, edit /etc/grifconfig.conf
Broadcast / destination address
Interface name
Internet address
Netmask
MTU discovery facility
Default MTU values
Putting grifconfig.conf additions into effect
Argument field
Specify card-level parameters Card profile
Change profile settings
Specify Icmp throttling
Specify different executables
Specify different dump settings
Configuring the SP Switch Router Adapter
Change executables for all dev1 cards Load profile
Look at the SP Switch Router Adapter card settings
Change dump defaults for all dev1 cards Dump profile
Dump vectors read-only
Configuring the SP Switch Router Adapter
Run dev1config to create grdev1.conf
How to run the command
Method 2 Optional, edit /etc/grdev1.conf
Contents of /etc/grdev1.conf
Extension Node Identifier ibmSPDepNodeName read-only
Parameter definitions
Configuration State ibmSPDepConfigState read-only
Saving configuration files
Reset card to install files
Verify media card operation using ping
Verify SP Switch Router Adapter card from router
Check media card status using grcard
Verify switch node connectivity using ping
Media card states
Reset media card using grreset
# grreset all -h # grreset slot -h
Checking connectivity to the SP system
Procedure
Configuring the SP Switch Router Adapter
Monitoring and Management Tools
Csconfig
SP Switch Router command overview
flashcmd
Grfins
Getver
Grarp
Grcard
Grroute
Grreset
Grms
Grrmb
Setver
Grstat
Grwrite
Mountf
Ping
SP Switch Router Unix tools
Route
Grroute.conf file
Traceroute
Netstat -rn
Using the netstat command
Netstat -in
Netstat -rs
Netstat -an
Netstat -s
List of IP stats
Obtaining layer 2 and 3 statistics grstat
Options
Layer 3 statistics
Multicast packets attempted to route
List of layer 2 stats
Layer 2 statistics
Preparing to use maint commands
SP Switch Router Adapter card maint commands
Display configuration and status maint
Sample maint commands
Find hardware and software version numbers maint
Find transmit tx binary version maint
Maint 4 display media statistics
Maint 5 display switch statistics
Maint 6 display combus statistics
Filtering commands maint 50-58
List the filters per media card maint
List where filters are assigned maint
Configure UDP packet discards maint 89
Flush the ARP cache maint 189
Display ARP table maint 189
Switch route not found
Display switch route table maint 189
Stopping or halting grdiag
Checking for hardware problems grdiag
What is tested
Where to find the user guide
Switch receive error can indicate hardware problem
When a media card does not boot after grdiag
Use grdinfo to collect logs
SP Switch Router dumps
System dumps
Media card dumps
Grdinfo -card=slot all
Data collection utility grdinfo
Grdinfo -all
SP Switch Router example
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Monitoring and Management Tools
Monitoring and Management Tools
Accessing a log file
SP Switch Router logs
For example
Sample gr.console log
Sample entries in the gr.boot log
Sample gr.boot log
Sample entries in the messages log
Sample messages log
Burning in media card flash memory
Part Numbers
Parts list model 04S
GRF-AC-AC16
Parts list model 16S
GRF-AC-SWB16
GRF-AC-CB16
IBM publication number Manual title
Publication numbers IBM manuals
Alphabetical list of messages
Log Messages
Log Messages
ACK Words 0x%08x, 0x%08x, 0x%08x, 0x%08x, 0x%08x, 0x%08x
Access Fifo Sync Error from RC, int1=%d
Access Fifo Sync Error from TC, int1=%d
Message descriptions
Bad Hdr/Svc received, Ret code=%d
ARP added IP= %s, SW-node=%d, state=%d
Board Configuration timed-out, retrying
Configuring transmit side
Configuration Parameters
CPU ready msg received from TX-CPU
ERR! Duplicated buffer %d
Descriptor Sync Error from RC, int1=%d
Descriptor Sync Error from TC, int1=%d
Discarding msg, unknown msgtype 0x%x
Initializing Main Task
Expect Nodeinit but received Stat/Err Request
Expired IP buffer received %d
Hot interrupt detected, ier1=0x%8x, ier2=0x8x
Lost of STI clock, Tbic Status = 0x%x
IOSTB3RX SET TOD service message received
Initializing RX Subsystem data structure
Loopback routes found for IP adr 0x%x, sw-node
RX-CPU Loaded msg received from TX-CPU
NetStar GigaRouter %s RX Interface Initializing
NetStar GigaRouter %s TX Interface Initializing
RX Clock is valid
RX got Tbic Inited fron TX
RX send Sendtod to the switch. or RX Reading TBICs TOD
RX-TBIC outage errors detected IER1=0x%x, IER2=0x%x
RX-TBIC permanent errors detected IER1=0x%x, IER2=0x%x
Sending Grid Init Sending if Init for if 0x%x
RX-TBIC transientt errors detected IER1=0x%x, IER2=0x%x
Send TOD service message received
Sending if Reset message to TX-CPU
Sending params to TX
Sending mib-2 trap, type = %d, state = %d
State machine changes from xxx to yyy
Svc Msg rxed, svccmd=0x%x %s, nodecmd 0x%x %s
Status/Err service message received
Switch received with errors. Descriptor 0x%8x
Switch route entry not found, node = %d
Tbic Init msg sent to TX-CPU
Switch Route table loaded, %d entries
TB4 segment received in error. TB4-HDR word%d 0x%x
TB4 segment received in wrong state
TBSI-TX Unexpected SVC threshold interrupt
Tbus Parity Error from RC, int1=%d
Tbus Parity Error from TC, int1=%d
TBSI-RX TBICs TOD 0x%x, 0x%x
Timeout waiting for FPGAINITCOMPLETE, stat0=%x
Timeout waiting for Cfgdn bits clear, stat0=%x
TX-CPU Config Params msg received from RX-CPU
RX Setting the RC in operational mode, stat=0x%x
TX-CPU Access Fifo busy, discarding IP packet
Timed out resolving ARP. If %d IP %d.%d.%d.%d
TX pseudo STI clock is valid
TX-CPU Tbic Init msg received from RX-CPU
TX Port is connected, stat=0x%x
TX-PROR startnode %d, endnode %d, # entries %d
Un-expected descriptor from RC, desctype=%d
TX-TBIC outage errors detected IER1=0x%x, IER2=0x%x
TX-TBIC permanent errors detected IER1=0x%x, IER2=0x%x
TX-TBIC transient errors detected IER1=0x%x, IER2=0x%x
Log Messages
Network Configuration Examples
Configuration requirements
ARP table
Example 2 Multiple cards, single partition
Incoming traffic going to SP processor nodes
Configuration tasks
Outgoing traffic coming from SP processor nodes
Recovery procedure if an SP Switch Router Adapter card fails
Example 3 Multiple cards, multiple SP partitions
Support for code installation
SP Switch Router as an IBM product
Obtaining new machine code
IBM License Agreement for Machine Code
ARP
Index
Index
IBM
GRF
Index
MTU
Snmp
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