Specifications

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Changing Shelf Settings Using HPI
ThischapterdescribestheRadisysHPIimplementation,includinghowHPIaffectsyour
applications,howtowriteHPIapplications,andhowtochangevariousshelfsettings.Youcan
changetheshelfsettingsusinganyofthesemethods:
•Platform‐managementCLIcommands
• StandardPICMGcommands
• StandardHPIcontrols
•SNMPrequeststooperateonHPI‐B0101‐MIBmoduleobjects
• hpiappmenuoptions
Note:Thesettingsdescribedinthischapterareshelf‐specific.Shelf‐specificsettingsaffectthe
shelforFRUsontheshelf.YoumakechangestothesesettingsontheShelfManagermodule.
Shelf‐specificsettingsarestoredintheshelfFRUdevice,soifthereisaredundantSCM,you
donotneedtocopythemthere.
Radisys HPI implementation details
TheHPIOpenSessionfunction,saHpiSessionOpen(),supportsanoptionforspecifyingan
implementation‐specificdefaultdomain.SincetheRadisysimplementationallowstheclient
torunremotely,Radisysexplicitlyspecifiesthedefaultdomainontheclient.
TheRadisy sHPIclientlibrary(HCL)usesanenvironmentvariable
(SAHPI_UNSPECIFIED_DOMAIN_ID)tospecifythedefaultdomainID.Ifanapplicationuses
thisenvironmentvariable,itmustbesettotheIPaddressoftheactiveShelfManagerpriorto
usingthelibraryintheopensessionfunction.
TheRadisy sHCL,providedasasharedlibrary,implementsandrespondstoallfunctions
definedintheSAFHPI
Specification.TheHPIdomain,resource,entity,andmanagement
instrumentarchitectureiscompliantwiththeSAFMappingSpecification.
Themappingspecificationdescribesmostoftheresourcesandassociated management
instrumentsprovidedbytheRadisysHPIimplementation.Table 5onpage 54listsRadisys‐
specificresourcesnotfoundinthemappingspecification.