Switch Router Adapter Owner's Manual

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iv SP Switch Router Adapter Guide - 1.4 Update 2

Contents

Chapter 2 Conﬁguring the SP Switch Router Adapter.................................. 2-1

Introduction to installation and configuration ...................................................................... 2-2

Location of relevant information .................................................................................... 2-3

Pre-installation assumptions ......................................................................................... 2-3

Order of information....................................................................................................... 2-4

Installing an SP Switch Router Adapter card......................................................................... 2-5

Installation overview....................................................................................................... 2-5

Installing the PCMCIA spinning disk.................................................................................... 2-6

Managing PCMCIA slots................................................................................................ 2-6

Panic dumps sent to external flash device .................................................................... 2-7

Installation steps.............................................................................................................. 2-7

Attaching SP Switch Router cables ................................................................................... 2-10

Ethernet cable................................................................................................................ 2-10

SP switch cable ............................................................................................................. 2-10

Procedure for attaching cables to card and SP Switch ................................................. 2-11

Configuration required on the SP system ............................................................................ 2-12

Determining the switch connection for a dependent node............................................ 2-12

Procedure............................................................................................................... 2-13

Sources of configuration information .......................................................................... 2-14

Multiple frames for multiple system connections ........................................................ 2-15

Step-by-step media card configuration ................................................................................ 2-16

Configuration files and their uses ................................................................................ 2-16

Overview of steps 1–5 .................................................................................................. 2-16

Step 1. Check SNMP in the SP Switch Router system....................................................... 2-18

Put SNMP changes into effect...................................................................................... 2-20

Step 2. Assign IP addresses ................................................................................................ 2-21

Method 1: Recommended, use SP SNMP Manager ................................................... 2-21

Method 2: Optional, edit /etc/grifconfig.conf.............................................................. 2-21

Interface name ...................................................................................................... 2-22

Internet address...................................................................................................... 2-22

Netmask ................................................................................................................ 2-22

Broadcast / destination address ............................................................................. 2-22

Argument field ..................................................................................................... 2-23

Putting grifconfig.conf additions into effect ............................................................... 2-23

Step 3. Change profile settings .......................................................................................... 2-24

Specify card-level parameters – Card profile ............................................................. 2-24

Specify ICMP throttling ........................................................................................ 2-24

Specify different executables ................................................................................ 2-25

Specify different dump settings ........................................................................... 2-25

Change executables for all dev1 cards - Load profile ................................................. 2-27

Change dump defaults for all dev1 cards - Dump profile ............................................ 2-28

Dump vectors (read-only)..................................................................................... 2-29

Step 4. Run dev1config to create grdev1.conf.................................................................... 2-31

Method 1: Recommended, use SP SNMP Manager.................................................... 2-31

Method 2: Optional, edit /etc/grdev1.conf................................................................... 2-31

How to run the command.............................................................................................. 2-31

Contents of /etc/grdev1.conf......................................................................................... 2-32