Specifications

Configuring Shelf Manager and HPI Behavior

Configuring HPI behavior

ThissectiondescribestheHPIconfigurationsettingsyoucanchangebyeditingHPIserver

daemonparameters(parameterswiththeprefixHSD)inthe/etc/shmgr.conffile.

Setting the HPI redundancy mode

TheHSD_SHM_NON_REDUNDANTparameterin/etc/shmgr.confletsyouspecifywhetherHPI

operatesnon‐redundantly(withoutasecondSCMinstalled).

Configuring HPI alarms

Thefollowingparametersin/etc/shmgr.confletyouconfigureHPIalarms:

• HSD_ALARM_MANAGER_ENABLEenablesalarmstobecommunicatedtothealarm

managermodule.OnRadisysshelves,thisincludesthetelcoalarmcontactsandtheshelf

displaypanel(SDP)ontheATCA‐6000shelf.

• HSD_DAT_DISABLEdisablestheHPIdomainalarmtable(DAT),whichalsodisablestheHPI

alarmmodule.TheDATcontainsthecurrentfaultconditions.Disablingitpreventsnew

alarmsfrombeingaddedtoit,andrendersthealarmmoduleuseless.

• HSD_ALARM_SITE_TYPEsetstheSiteTypeforthealarmmoduleinhexadecimal.The

defaultis0xC1,whichidentifiestheSDP.Thealarmmodulewillbedisabledifthesitetype

issetto0xFF,orifthesitetypeisnotfound inshelfaddresstable.

• HSD_MAX_USER_ALARM_ENTRIESsetsthemaximumnumberofalarmsthatuserscan

manuallyaddtotheDAT.Thedefaultis50,andthemaximumis512.

Y Enablesnon‐redundantHPIoperation.Donotenablethisparameterunlessthe

shelfistobeoperatedwithonlyoneSCMinstalledoriftheshelfistheATCA‐6002.

SettingthisparametertoYdisablestheHPInon‐redundancyalarmandhasno

effectontheShelfManager.

NDefault.HPIoperatesredundantly.

YDefault.Enablesthealarmmodule.Inaddition,HSD_DAT_DISABLEmustbeset

to“n”,andHSD_ALARM_SITE_TYPEmustbesettoavalidvalueforthealarm

managertobeenabled.

N Disablesthealarmmodule.Thiscanbehelpfulinacasewheretheshelfdoesn’t

haveanSDPinstalled,asinthecaseoftheATCA‐6002shelf.

Y DisablestheDAT,whichalsodisablesthealarmmodule.Thisisnot

recommended,exceptindebuggingsituations.

NDefault.Enablesthedomainalarmtable.