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Figures 1. SP Switch Router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2. Functional Comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3. Typical Router Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4. Table-Based Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5. Routing without GRF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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41. Master/Slave Connectors for SAS Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 42. A/B Connectors for DAS Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 43. Allowed SAS and DAS Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 44. Optical Bypass Switch Attachments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 45. Dual Homing Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 46. Assign
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Tables 1. Memory Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 2. DependentNode Attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 3. DependentAdapter Attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 4. Additional SDR Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 5. New Commands (root Executable) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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41. Software Levels on CWS and All Nodes Part 10 of14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 42. Software Levels on CWS and All Nodes Part 11 of 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 43. Software Levels on CWS and All Nodes Part 12 of 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 44. Software Levels on CWS and All Nodes Part 13 of 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 45. Software Levels on CWS and All Nodes Part 14 of 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 46. Network Options of CWS and All Nodes Part 1 of 3 . . . . . .
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Preface The GRF is a high-performance switched IP Router which provides high-speed data communication links between IBM RS/6000 SP and external networks or hosts. It acts as a special-purpose SP node that routes IP traffic between SP nodes on the SP Switch and the outside world. Connected directly to the SP Switch, the router offers significantly improved SP I/O performance. When packaged with an IBM SP system, the GRF router is referred to as the SP Switch Router. This redbook helps you i
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for eight years. His areas of expertise include RS/6000 SP, SMP, and Benchmarks. He now specializes in SP System Management, SP Performance Tuning and SP hardware. Dr Steffen Eisenblätter is an AIX Software Specialist in the RS/6000 SP Software Support Center, Germany. He holds a Ph.D. degree in physics from the University of Leipzig. He joined IBM in 1997 and has focused on RS/6000 SP products and TCP/IP. Uwe Untermarzoner is an RS/6000 SP Technical Support Specialist with IBM Germany. H
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xvi IBM 9077 SP Switch Router: Get Connected to the SP Switch
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Part 1. Introducing and Installing the GRF © Copyright IBM Corp. 1998 1
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2 IBM 9077 SP Switch Router: Get Connected to the SP Switch
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IBM 9077 SP Switch Router:
Get Connected to the SP Switch
Hajo Kitzhöfer, Steffen Eisenblätter, Uwe Untermarzoner
International Technical Support Organization
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com
SG24-5157-00
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SG24-5157-00 International Technical Support Organization IBM 9077 SP Switch Router: Get Connected to the SP Switch November 1998
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Take Note! Before using this information and the product it supports, be sure to read the general information in Appendix D, “Special Notices” on page 305. First Edition (November 1998) This edition applies to PSSP Version 2, Release 4 for use with AIX 4.3.1 and Ascend Embedded/OS Version 1.4.6.4. Comments may be addressed to: IBM Corporation, International Technical Support Organization Dept. HYJ Mail Station P099 522 South Road Poughkeepsie, New York 12601-5400 When you send information t
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Contents Figures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ix Tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xi Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xiii The Team That Wrote This Redbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Comments Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.4.1 SDR Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 2.4.2 New Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 2.4.3 Enhanced Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 2.4.4 Hardware Perspectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 2.4.5 SP Extension Node SNMP Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 2.4.6 Dependent Node MIB . . . . . .
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3.14.2 Check Media Card Status Using grcard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 3.14.3 Reset Media Card Using grreset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 3.14.4 Using grstat to Display GRF Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 3.15 Bringing the SP Switch Router Adapter Card Online with the SP . . 100 3.15.1 Checking Connectivity to the SP System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Chapter 4. Configuration of IP-Forwarding Media Cards . . . . . . . . . . 105 4
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4.5.3 Physical and Logical Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 4.5.4 Configuration Files and Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 4.5.5 Installing Configurations or Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 4.5.6 Some maint Commands for the HIPPI Media Card . . . . . . . . . . 141 4.6 Configuring Bridging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 4.6.1 GRF Bridging Implementation. . . . . . . .
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Appendix A. Laboratory Hardware and Software Configuration . . . . 233 A.1 Node and Control Workstation Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 A.1.1 Hard Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 A.1.2 Software Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 A.1.3 Network Options and Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 A.2 SP Switch Pool Size Set
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Appendix D. Special Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 Appendix E. Related Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 E.1 International Technical Support Organization Publications . . . . . . . . . . 309 E.2 Redbooks on CD-ROMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 E.3 Other Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 H
