HP XC System Software Administration Guide Version 4.0

Administration Port, the Interconnect port, and the External port. These values can be stated as
Ethernet device names, PCI bus IDs, and the literal strings undef and offboard.
The following is an example of an entry for the HP Integrity rx2600 in the [type modeltype]
section of the platform_vars.ini file:
[type rx2600]
1
type=rx2600
2
alias=server rx2600
3
#interconnect #of eths AdminPort Interconnect External
#------------ -------- --------- ------------ --------
modelmap = <<EOT
Ethernet ==2 undef undef undef
4
Ethernet ==3 20:02.0 offboard 00:03.0
Ethernet >3 20:02.0 offboard offboard
!Ethernet ==2 20:02.0 undef 00:03.0
!Ethernet >2 20:02.0 undef offboard
EOT
The portions of the entry are:
1
This line begins the stanza for this model type.
2
This line specifies the model type.
3
This line specifies the alias for this model type; it is used during the discover process.
4
The modelmap variable is used to define the node connections.
Usually, there is more than one line, each with five columns, which are described in Table 22-2
(page 282). The first line whose first two columns match the following criteria is the only one
used to determine the values for the Administration port, the Interconnect port, and the
External port or ports, which are assigned to the modelmap variable.
• Interconnect type.
That is, does the system use Gigabit Ethernet for the Interconnect switch or not?
• Ethernet device count.
That is, how many Ethernet devices are detected?
Table 22-2 Modelmap Values
ValuesColumn
This column contains one of two values:
Ethernet
Indicating a system that uses Gigabit Ethernet for the system
interconnect switch.
!Ethernet
Indicating a system that uses a system interconnect switch other
than Gigabit Ethernet, such as Quadrics QSnet
II
and Myrinet.
One of these values matches the Interconnect type for the system. That match helps
determine which line is used for the modelmap variable.
interconnect
The entry in this column is an expression that describes the number of physical
Ethernet ports (the Ethernet device count).
The first expression that matches the Ethernet device count detected by the system
helps determine which line is used for the modelmap variable.
#of eths
The port specified in this column is used to connect the node to the administration
network of the HP XC system.
Valid values for this column are:
Bus_ID
1
Indicates the hardware PCI bus ID, for example, 20:02.0; this is the
most reliable method for designating a physical Ethernet port.
ethn
Indicates an Ethernet device, starting with eth0.
AdminPort
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