Setup and Install

Configuring HyperFabric

Doing the Configuration

Chapter 4

Using SAM—HP-UX 11.0 and HP-UX 11i

This section describes how to use SAM to configure HyperFabric.

IMPORTANT If the global configuration file already exists, and you are running SAM again (to change

the file), you can keep or modify the existing configuration information, in addition to

adding new information pertaining to new hardware.

Also, once you’ve completed your changes and SAM ends its processing, you must stop

HyperFabric (by running the clic_shutdown command or using SAM) and then start

HyperFabric (by running the clic_start command or using SAM). Otherwise, your

configuration information changes will not take effect. See “Stopping HyperFabric” on

page 99 and “Starting HyperFabric” on page 85 for more information.

To use SAM to create the global configuration file on an HP 9000 system running HP-UX

11.0 or 11i, follow these steps:

Step 1. Start SAM.

Step 2. Select the “Networking and Communications” area.

Step 3. Select “HyperFabric.”

All HyperFabric adapters installed in the system are listed; installed adapters that are

not yet configured show Not Configured in the “Status” field.

Step 4. Highlight the adapter you want to configure.

Step 5. Pull down the “Actions” menu and select Configure Adapter.

Step 6. In the “Configure HyperFabric Adapter” screen, specify information for the following

fields:

• Internet Address—Required. The IP address of the adapter.

• Subnet Mask—Optional. The adapter’s subnet mask. If you do not specify this, a

default mask is chosen based on the adapter’s IP address.

• Interoperability Enabled—Required. Whether you want the adapter to be able to

interoperate with adapters that are using; any HP-UX 10.20 version of HyperFabric,

any HP-UX 11.0 HyperFabric versions earlier than B.11.00.11 or any HP-UX 11i

HyperFabric versions earlier than B.11.11.01. Note that if you select No, the

HyperFabric software on the system will not be backwards compatible with previous

releases. This means you must update all of the other systems in the fabric to the

version that is running on the system.

Default: No.

Step 7. Select OK (remember, you cannot enable switch management within SAM).

Step 8. Exit SAM.

Once SAM has finished, you do one of the following things:

• If you want to configure HyperFabric with MC/ServiceGuard, complete the

configuration described in “Configuring HyperFabric with MC/ServiceGuard” on

page 98, then run clic_start or use SAM to start HyperFabric.