Lucent Technologies 9077 04S, 9077 16S, 9076 manual Chapter Configuring the SP Switch Router Adapter

Contents

Chapter 2	Configuring the SP Switch Router Adapter	2-1
	Introduction to installation and configuration	2-2
	Location of relevant information	2-3
	Pre-installation assumptions	2-3
	Order of information	2-4
	Installing an SP Switch Router Adapter card	2-5
	Installation overview	2-5
	Installing the PCMCIA spinning disk	2-6
	Managing PCMCIA slots	2-6
	Panic dumps sent to external flash device	2-7
	Installation steps	2-7
	Attaching SP Switch Router cables	2-10
	Ethernet cable	2-10
	SP switch cable	2-10
	Procedure for attaching cables to card and SP Switch	2-11
	Configuration required on the SP system	2-12
	Determining the switch connection for a dependent node	2-12
	Procedure	2-13
	Sources of configuration information	2-14
	Multiple frames for multiple system connections	2-15
	Step-by-step media card configuration	2-16
	Configuration files and their uses	2-16
	Overview of steps 1–5	2-16
	Step 1. Check SNMP in the SP Switch Router system	2-18
	Put SNMP changes into effect	2-20
	Step 2. Assign IP addresses	2-21
	Method 1: Recommended, use SP SNMP Manager	2-21
	Method 2: Optional, edit /etc/grifconfig.conf	2-21
	Interface name	2-22
	Internet address	2-22
	Netmask	2-22
	Broadcast / destination address	2-22
	Argument field	2-23
	Putting grifconfig.conf additions into effect	2-23
	Step 3. Change profile settings	2-24
	Specify card-level parameters – Card profile	2-24
	Specify ICMP throttling	2-24
	Specify different executables	2-25
	Specify different dump settings	2-25
	Change executables for all dev1 cards - Load profile	2-27
	Change dump defaults for all dev1 cards - Dump profile	2-28
	Dump vectors (read-only)	2-29
	Step 4. Run dev1config to create grdev1.conf	2-31
	Method 1: Recommended, use SP SNMP Manager	2-31
	Method 2: Optional, edit /etc/grdev1.conf	2-31
	How to run the command	2-31
	Contents of /etc/grdev1.conf	2-32

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