Product specifications

5 – Detailed Descriptions of Command LineTools
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5.4
Fabric Analysis Tools
5.4.1
Fabric_info
Fabric_info provides a brief summary of the components in the fabric.
Fabric_info uses the first active IB port on the given local host to perform its
analysis.
Example output:
Fabric_info
Fabric_info has no options and uses no environment variables.
Example output:
# fabric_info
Fabric Information:
SM: i9k229 Guid: 0x00066a00d8000229 State: Master
SM: i9k3ff Guid: 0x00066a00d90003ff State: Standby
Number of CAs: 17
Number of CA Ports: 22
Number of Switch Chips: 6
Number of Links: 29
Number of 1x Ports: 2
The output is as follows:
SM - each subnet manger (SM) running in the fabric is listed along with its
node name, port GUID and present SM state (Master, Standby, etc).
Number of CA - number of unique channel adapters (CA) in the fabric. A
CA with two-connected ports is counted as a single CA.
NOTE: Channel adapters include both HCAs in servers as well has TCAs within
IO Modules, IB Native Storage, etc.
Number of CA ports - number of connected CA ports in the fabric.
Number of Switch chips - number of unique switches in the fabric.
NOTE: A large IB switch may be composed of many unique switch chips.
Number of Links - number of IB links in the fabric. Note that a large IB
switch may have internal links.