Hub/Switch Installation Guide

Chapter 3 System Preparation
166 September 2002 HPSS Installation Guide
Release 4.5, Revision 2
particularly useful if both low speed and high speed interfaces are available to the client host and
the PFTP data transfers should use the high speed interfaces.
ThePFTPClientInterfaces={…}stanzacontainsseveralconfigurationoptionsforthepftp_client
and/or krb5_gss_pftp_client executables.
SubStanzas refer to the hostname(s) associated with the local system.
Sections refer to the Parallel FTP Daemon hostname(s).
For HPSS, this is not necessarily the name of the Mover(s).
SubSections specify Dot Notation IP Addresses of the interfaces on the local host to be used. For
HPSS,alloftheseinterfacesmustbeabletoconnecttotheMover(s). NOTE: Ifandonlyifaspecific
COSisspecified, theseinterfacesneed onlyprovideconnection totheMover(s) associatedwiththe
specific COS.
PFTP Client Interfaces Stanza Rules:
• Sourcehostnamesmay contain one ormore hostnamesseparated by white spaces (subject
to the 128 character limit).
• "Default" is a reserved notation to be used if the local host is not in the Stanza.
Table 3-3 PFTP Client Interfaces Stanza Fields
Configuration Type Abbreviated Description
Stanza (Compound) PFTP Client Interfaces = {
Reserved Stanza specifier.
Must be terminated with a matching “}”
SubStanza
(Compound)
<Hostname> <hostname.domain> = {
E.g. my_host my_host.my.domain ={
Contains the hostname(s) executing the PFTP Client.
Must be terminated with a matching “}”
Section
(Compound)
<PFTP_Daemon_host>
<PFTP_Daemon_host.domain> = {
E.g. storage storage.my.domain = {
Contains the hostname(s) executing the PFTP Daemon.
Must be terminated with a matching “}”
SubSection <Dotted IP Address>
E.g. 100.101.103.103
Contains the Dot Notation IP Address specification for the
interface on the local host to use to connect to the Mover(s)
associated with the PFTP Daemon.