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Configuring the SP Switch Router Adapter

Verify SP Switch Router Adapter card from router

Verify switch node connectivity using ping

You can execute a ping command that will verify the connection between the switch node and the SP Switch Router Adapter card’s inbound and outbound data paths.

Note: You must make sure that the SP Switch Router Adapter card has been unfenced before executing the ping.

1Log in as root to the SP Switch Router.

2Enter a ping ip_address command where ip_address is the IP address of the target SP Switch Router Adapter card.

# ping xxx.yyy.zzz.nnn

Refer to the GRF Reference Guide for a description of the ping command.

Check media card status using grcard

The grcard command returns information about the status of all installed media cards. Output from logs and other system reporting functions refer to the SP Switch Router Adapter card as DEV1_v1 or dev1.

Enter:

# grcard -v

Here is a sample of the slot, media, and state information returned from the grcard command:

# grcard -v
Slot	HWtype	State
0	HSSI_V1	running
1	ATM_OC3_V1	running
2	DEV1_V1	running
3	FDDI_V2	running

The SP Switch Router Adapter card resides in slot 2 and its state is reported as running.

Refer to the command descriptions in the GRF Reference Guide for a description of grcard.

Media card states

The following SP Switch Router media card states are reported:

POWER-UP	- initial state of a card at system power on
BOOT-REQUESTED	- card has requested its run-time code
DUMPING	- card is being dumped
LOADING	- card is receiving run-time code
CONFIGURING	- card has requested its configuration tables
RUNNING	- card is configured and operating
NOT-RESPONDING	- card does not respond to requests from the management software
PANIC	- card has encountered a system fault
HELD_RESET	- card is being held in reset state
STATE_UNKNOWN	- state cannot be determined

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