Silicon Graphics SGI Altix 3700 Bx2, User Manual

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2: System Control
Verifying that the system serial number is set on the L2:
L1> l2 serial
To set the L2 emulator system serial number:
L1> l2 serial set <serial number>
Verifying that
msys
is enabled (this allows multiple L2s in a system to exist peacefully
with other L2s from another system on the same subnet)
L1> l2 msys
If
msys
is off, turn it on:
L1> l2 msys on
Reboot the system controller to make the IP address change take effect.
L1> reboot_l1
Once this is done for all target R-bricks, connect them to the network (using an optional
Ethernet switch if necessary).
The
rackid
on the L2 emulator cannot be set with the L2 "
rackid
" command, instead
it will be inherited from the local L1. As an example: the L2 emulator running on the
system controller in 1r14 will have a rack id of 114 (rack * 100 + slot of the local L1).
Once the L2 emulator is running, you can telnet to the L2 emulator, or use an optional
SGIConsole. Functionally it is the same as the separate hardware L2 (box) used with
older Altix 3000 systems.
Note: The L2 touch displays (used with some older Altix 3000 systems) are not used or
supported with the L2 emulator.
After the connection to the L2 emulation controller is established, the following prompt
appears, indicating that the L2 emulator is ready to accept commands:
L2>
Common operations are discussed in the subsections that follow.