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2-12 October 22, 1999 SP Switch Router Adapter Guide - 1.4 Update 2
Configuring the SP Switch Router Adapter
Configuration required on the SP system
Configuration required on the SP system
This section describes the SP Switch Router-related configuration information that should be
defined by the SP administrator and then entered from the SP control workstation before
configuring the SP Switch Router Adapter card.
The SP Switch Router-related configuration information includes:
– SP Switch Router Ethernet IP address
– SP Switch Router Ethernet host name
(this host name is the SP Switch Router’s administrative Ethernet host name)
– unique node number(s) for SP Switch Router Adapter card(s)
The SP Switch Router and Adapter card configuration information enables the PSSP code and
the SP Switch to recognize and communicate with this card.
Determining the switch connection for a dependent node
The SP Switch Router Adapter connection replaces an SP node connection to the SP Switch.
Each SP Switch Router Adapter media card is referred to as a dependent node, and is assigned
a node number that corresponds to its specific connection on the SP Switch.
The node number is determined by the SP system administrator based on an understanding of
how node numbers are assigned in the SP system and the rules for choosing a valid, unused SP
Switch port. The rules are described in the configuration planning section of the PSSP
Planning, Volume 2, Control Workstation and Software Environment manual.
If proper planning has been done to assign the node number, the system administrator will
know which SP frame, switch board, and node slot corresponds to a dependent node. Given
this information, you can determine which jack on the switch board should be used by
consulting the “Switch Cable Charts” for the SP Switch in the PSSP Maintenance Information
Volume 1, Installation and Customer Engineer Operations manual.
You should not attempt to connect an SP Switch Router Adapter to the SP Switch until proper
planning has been done to assign the node number.
Once the node number is assigned, the SP system administrator can define the corresponding
dependent node using SMIT as described in the “Managing Extension Nodes” section of the
PSSP for AIX: Administration Guide.
After defining new dependent nodes on the SP, the administrator should use the Eannotator
command to annotate the SP switch topology file. With the file annotated, even if the
administrator is not sure of the frame, switch board, or node slot for the dependent node, you
can determine the corresponding switch connection with the following procedure.