3 – Getting Started
Installing and Verifying Firmware on the SilverStorm IB Chassis
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and
FF_CHASSIS_ADMIN_PASSWORD
. Consult
appendix B
for more
information about
fastfabric.conf
.
NOTE:
Fast Fabric will provide the opportunity to enter the chassis password
interactively when needed. Hence it's not necessary to place it within
fastfabric.conf. If it is desired to instead keep the QLogic Chassis admin
password in fastfabric.conf, its recommended to change the
fastfabric.conf permissions to be 0x600 (eg. root only access).
NOTE:
Newer versions of chassis firmware permit ssh keys to be configured
within the chassis for secure password-less login. In which case there is
no need to configure a FF_CHASSIS_ADMIN_PASSWORD and
FF_CHASSIS_LOGIN_METHOD can be ssh. Consult the
SilverStorm
9000 Users Guide
for more information.
When placed in the editor for chassis, create the file with a list of the chassis names
(the TCP/IP Ethernet management port names assigned above) or IP addresses
(Use of names is recommended). One entry per line. Such as:
Chassis1
Chassis2
NOTE:
Do not list externally managed switches, such as the SilverStorm 9024FC
switches in this file. Those will be covered in the next section.
For further details about the file format refer to the section
“Selection of Chassis”
on page 5-4
4.
(Switch)
"Verify Chassis via Ethernet ping" will ping each selected chassis over
the management network. If all chassis were found, continue to the next step.
If some chassis were not found, abort out of the menu and review the following
for those chassis which were not found:
❥
Is chassis powered on and booted
❥
Is chassis connected to management network
❥
Is chassis IP address and network settings consistent with DNS or /etc/hosts
❥
Is Management node connected to the management network
❥
Are Management node IP address and network settings correct
❥
Is the management network itself up (switches, routers, etc)
❥
Is correct set of chassis listed in the chassis file (the previous step may be
repeated to review and edit the file as needed)
5.
(Switch)
"Update Chassis Firmware" will permit the chassis firmware version
to be verified and updated as needed.
Summary of Contents for Fast Fabric
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