Administrator's Guide

Configuring HyperFabric
Performing the Configuration
Chapter 478
Performing the Configuration
As explained in “Configuration Overview” on page 69, you must create
the global configuration file (/etc/rc.config.d/clic_global_conf)on
each node in the fabric. This consists mostly of specifying HyperFabric
adapter-related information. (If you are also going to enable switch
management — which HP does not recommend doing — you need to
specify additional configuration information.)
NOTE Specifying configuration information adds or changes only the addresses
and other information in the global configuration file, based on the
information you supply. It does not perform any operations to check the
relationships between that information and any physical connections
within the fabric.
You need to create the global configuration file in the following
situations:
• You have just installed the HyperFabric hardware and software on
the system.
• You want to change the information in the HyperFabric global
configuration file (see the preceding note).
IMPORTANT Creating the global configuration file also modifies the
/etc/rc.config.d/netconf file, adding some HyperFabric-related lines
that end with the characters #clic. These lines are used by the
HyperFabric software — and are not comments — so do not remove them
from the file.
You can create the global configuration file by using the clic_init
command (described in “Using the clic_init Command” on page 79) or
SAM (described in “Using SAM” on page 81). You cannot enable switch
management through SAM (you must use the clic_init command).