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Configuring the SP Switch Router Adapter
Introduction to installation and configuration
SP Switch Router Adapter Guide - 1.4 Update 2 October 22, 1999 2-3
Location of relevant information
The intent of this chapter is to either provide or refer you to the necessary information to
enable you to attach an SP Switch Router to an IBM SP system, including:
• Information to physically connect the two independent systems across cables is complete
in this chapter.
• Information to start up, configure, and begin operations on the SP Switch Router is
contained in the GRF 400/1600 Getting Started manual.
• Information to configure the SP Switch Router Adapter card as required for SP Switch
Router functionality is complete in this chapter.
• Information to configure the SP Switch Router Adapter card as required for SP system
functionality is only partially described in this chapter. Detailed information is contained
in the “Managing Extension Nodes” chapter in the PSSP Administration Guide.
Pre-installation assumptions
The presentation of information in this chapter assumes the following:
• The SP Switch Router is powered on and has a VT-100 terminal or administrative Ethernet
network connected to its control board.
• The SP Switch Router’s basic system parameters, primarily IP address and host name,
have been configured during the first time power-on configuration script.
You use the terminal or network to log in to the SP Switch Router system and enter those
basic configuration parameters. Procedures for starting and setting up the SP Switch
Router are found in the GRF 400/1600 Getting Started manual.
• Remote Telnet access is enabled. This requires editing the /etc/ttys file and creating an
entry for each remote session needed. Refer to Chapter 2 in the GRF Configuration and
Management manual.
Use the following command when telneting to the SP Switch Router from an X terminal:
xterm -sb -e tn < hostname_of_SP_Switch_Router>
This command ensures the screen output of the SP Switch Router is displayed correctly.
• The SP Switch Router’s operating parameters, such as SNMP and IP addressing, have
been configured and the system rebooted so it is up and operating. Procedures to configure
operating parameters are found in the GRF Configuration and Management manual,
Chapter 2.
Descriptions of configuration and system management commands you may need are
found in the GRF Reference Guide.
• You are ready to configure media cards. Procedures to configure media cards other than
the SP Switch Router Adapter card are found in the GRF Configuration and Management
manual
• The IBM SP system is up and operating.
• The SP system administrator has given you one of these pieces of information:
– the node number assigned to each SP Switch Router Adapter card to be attached to an
SP Switch port
or
– the port location on each SP Switch reserved for specific SP Switch Router Adapter
cards