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Chapter 4 InfiniBand Commands
ib-agent
ib-agent
To configure subnet management agent (SMA) node strings, enter the ib-agent command in Global
Configuration mode.
ib-agent {channel-adapter HCA-port-guid | switch switch-guid} node-string “string”
Syntax Description
Defaults
This command has no default settings.
Command Modes
Global Configuration (config) mode.
Usage Guidelines
Platform Availability:
Cisco SFS 3001, Cisco SFS 7000, Cisco SFS 7008, Cisco SFS 3012, Cicso 4x InfiniBand Switch Module
for IBM BladeCenter
Privilege Level:
Unrestricted and InfiniBand read-write users.
The ib-agent command allows a user to modify the node description string displayed by the show
ib-agent command. By specifying an IB node (either switch or HCA) inside the switch chassis, and
providing a string, the user will override the description string for the given node.
Note
This command does not affect how the node appears on the IB subnet, and the IB "NodeDescription"
string is not modified by this command.
Examples
The following example changes the node string of a channel adapter:
SFS-7000P(config)#
ib-agent channel-adapter 00:05:ad:00:00:00:13:f7 node-string "primary
HCA"
The following example changes the node string of a switch:
SFS-7000P(config)#
ib-agent switch 00:05:ad:00:00:00:13:da node-string "Switch 0, LID 2"
channel-adapter
Specifies that you are changing the node string for an HCA.
HCA-port-guid
GUID of the HCA that you want to identify with a node string.
switch
Specifies that you are changing the node string for a switch.
switch-guid
GUID of the switch that you want to identify with a node string.
node-string
Specifies the node string description.
string
Node string description.