Switch Router Adapter Owner's Manual

Configuring the SP Switch Router Adapter

Verify SP Switch Router Adapter card from router

SP Switch Router Adapter Guide - 1.4 Update 2 October 22, 1999 2-37

Verify switch node connectivity using ping

You can execute a ping command that will verify the connection between the switch node and

the SP Switch Router Adapter card’s inbound and outbound data paths.

Note: You must make sure that the SP Switch Router Adapter card has been unfenced before

executing the ping.

1 Log in as root to the SP Switch Router.

2 Enter a ping ip_address command where ip_address is the IP address of the target SP

Switch Router Adapter card.

# ping xxx.yyy.zzz.nnn

Refer to the GRF Reference Guide for a description of the ping command.

Check media card status using grcard

The grcard command returns information about the status of all installed media cards. Output

from logs and other system reporting functions refer to the SP Switch Router Adapter card as

DEV1_v1 or dev1.

Enter:

# grcard -v

Here is a sample of the slot, media, and state information returned from the grcard command:

# grcard -v

Slot

HWtype State

0 HSSI_V1 running

1 ATM_OC3_V1 running

2 DEV1_V1 running

3 FDDI_V2 running

The SP Switch Router Adapter card resides in slot 2 and its state is reported as running.

Refer to the command descriptions in the GRF Reference Guide for a description of grcard.

Media card states

The following SP Switch Router media card states are reported:

POWER-UP - initial state of a card at system power on

BOOT-REQUESTED - card has requested its run-time code

DUMPING - card is being dumped

LOADING - card is receiving run-time code

CONFIGURING - card has requested its conﬁguration tables

RUNNING - card is conﬁgured and operating

NOT-RESPONDING - card does not respond to requests from the management software

PANIC - card has encountered a system fault

HELD_RESET - card is being held in reset state

STATE_UNKNOWN - state cannot be determined