User guide

A–FastFabric Configuration Files
Externally Managed Switch List File
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However, in some cases it may be desirable to perform operations against a
specific subset of cards within the chassis. In this case the chassis IP address,
name within a chassis list or a chassis file can be augmented with a list of slot
numbers to operate on. This is done in the form:
chassis:slot1,slot2,…
For example:
i9k229:0
i9k229:0,1,5
192.168.0.5:0,1,5
This format is used by cmdall and chassis firmware update. This format may be
used anywhere a chassis name or IP address is valid, such as the
-H option, the
CHASSIS environment variable or chassis list files. The slot number specified is
ignored on some operations (such as
pingall). Only slots containing
management cards, EVICs and FVICs may be specified with this format. For all
9000 series chassis, slot 0 is always an alias for the presently active management
card for the chassis. For the remainder of slot usages in the chassis, the
chassisQuery command can be executed against a given chassis to identify
which slots have management, EVIC or FVIC cards.
Externally Managed Switch List File
The /etc/sysconfig/iba/ibnodes file is used to specify the
externally-managed QLogic InfiniBand switches that FastFabric will operate
against for many operations.
Alternate file names may be specified in
fastfabric.conf, using environment
variables or on the command line. Refer to FastFabric Command Line Interface
Reference Guide for more information.
NOTE:
There must be no spaces within the chassis name and/or slot list.
NOTE:
For any operation, care should be taken that a given chassis is listed only
once with all relevant slots as part of that single specification. This is
important so that parallel operations do not cause conflicting concurrent
operations against a given chassis.