Sp21 – Lexmark IBM 9077 User Manual

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IBM 9077 SP Switch Router: Get Connected to the SP Switch

Configuration assumptions:
• An SP Switch Router FDDI media card has been installed according to

Section 4.4, “FDDI Configuration” on page 121 and works properly.

• The SP Switch Router Adapter card has been installed according to

Section 3.7, “Step-by-Step Media Card Configuration” on page 86, and
works properly.

• The SP Switch Router Adapter card and SP processor node Switch

adapters are in the same IP subnet.

• ARP should be enabled on the SP Switch network to provide the most

flexibility in assigning IP Addresses (strongly recommended!).

• If ARP is disabled on the SP Switch network, the IP addresses assigned to

the nodes must be determined by the Switch node numbers.

Note: The SP Switch Router Adapter card will not properly forward IP data to
nodes assigned with an IP address that is in another subnet.

Configuration:
To build this scenario, the FDDI interfaces of node 9, node 10, node 11 and
node 12 in SP2 is connected to the SP Switch Router FDDI media card’s port
B1, port A1, port B0 and port A0, respectively. The SP Switch Router Adapter
card is attached to the SP Switch of SP21, as shown in Figure 57 and Table
18 on page 181.
The netmask for all interfaces is 255.255.255.0.

Figure 57. SP Switch - FDDI Connection (Bridging)

node 11

SP node

SP

Sw

it

c

h

GRF 1600

SP node

FDDI

A0

B1

B0

A1

SP21

node 12

node 10

node 9

bridge group

SP Switc h Router

Adapter c ard 1

SP node

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