User guide

2–FastFabric TUI Menu
Fast Fabric IB Chassis Setup/Admin Menu
IB0054607-01 A 2-7
Menu Items Description
Selecting items 0 through c will change the item from skip to perform. Selecting
N will unselect all items and X will exit the menu system. The items are described
below.
Edit the Configuration and Select/Edit Chassis Files
(Switch) This will permit the chassis, ports and fastfabric.conf files to be
edited. The chassis file selected and created by the menu should list the internally
managed QLogic switching chassis which are to be operated on. After editing the
files, an opportunity is given to edit them again or continue forward. The first file to
review and edit is the FastFabric configuration file,
/etc/sysconfig/fastfabric.conf
:
About to: vi /etc/sysconfig/fastfabric.conf
Hit any key to continue (or ESC to abort)...
The next file to be reviewed is the FastFabric PORTS_FILE,
/etc/sysconfig/iba/ports:
About to: vi /etc/sysconfig/iba/ports
Hit any key to continue (or ESC to abort)...
The next file to be reviewed is the chassis file, It first ask the user to select the
chassis file to use and gives a default. If a different chassis file needs to be edited
the user would need to type in the file location and name. If not pressing ENTER
selects the default chassis file:
Select Chassis File to Use/Edit [/etc/sysconfig/iba/chassis]:
About to: vi /etc/sysconfig/iba/chassis
Hit any key to continue (or ESC to abort)...
After exiting the vi editor, the TUI will ask if you want to edit the chassis file again.
Answer
n to continue forward and return to the Fast Fabric IB Chassis
Setup/Admin Menu.
Refer to “FastFabric Configuration File” on page A-2 for more details about the
format of the FastFabric configuration file. Refer to “Port List File” on page A-17
for more details about the format of the FastFabric ports file. Refer to “Chassis List
Files” on page A-12 for more details about the format of the chassis list file and
about the iba_gen_chassis command which can help generate the chassis file.
Verify Chassis via Ethernet ping
(Switch) This will run the pingall -C -p -F command to verify the existence of
each selected chassis listed in the
chassis file using a ping over the
management network.