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3 – Getting Started
Installing and Verifying Firmware on the SilverStorm IB Chassis
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items have been selected, press P. To unselect all items, press N. Pressing X or
ESC will exit this menu and return to the Main Menu.
If more than 1 item is selected, the items will be performed in the order shown in
the menu. This is the typical order desired during fabric setup. If it's desired to
perform items in a different order, select a single item and press P to perform it by
itself. Then repeat. An opportunity will be presented after each item to abort:
Hit any key to continue (or ESC to abort)...
If ESC is pressed, the sequence of operations will be aborted and return to the
previous menu. Any other key will result in the next selected menu item being
performed. This prompt is also shown after the last selected item completes, hence
permitting an opportunity to review the results before the screen is cleared to display
the menu.
At the top of each Fast Fabric menu, the file listing the components to operate on
is shown. For example:
Fast Fabric Host List: /etc/sysconfig/iba/hosts
On each Fast Fabric menu, item
0
will permit a different file to be selected and will
permit the editing of the file (using the editor selected via the
EDITOR
environment
variable). In addition it will also permit review and editing of the
fastfabric.conf
file. The
fastfabric.conf
file guides the overall configuration of Fast Fabric
and describes cluster specific attributes of how Fast Fabric will operate. It is
discussed in greater detail in
appendix B .
During the execution of each menu selection, the actual Fast Fabric command line
tool being used will be shown. This can be used as an educational aid to learn the
tools.
3.4
Installing and Verifying Firmware on the SilverStorm IB Chassis
If the fabric contains SilverStorm 9000 series internally-managed IB switches, Fast
Fabric may be used to aid the installation and configuration of the switches.
Prior to using Fast Fabric the following minimal steps need to be performed:
1. (Switch) Connect each SilverStorm chassis to the management network via
its Ethernet management port. Chassis with redundant management should
have both Ethernet management ports connected.
2. (Switch) Assign each SilverStorm chassis a unique IP address and
appropriately configure the chassis Ethernet management port network
settings.
3. (Switch) Select a unique name which will be used for each SilverStorm Chassis.
This name should be configured in DNS or /etc/hosts as the TCP/IP name for
the chassis Ethernet management port. In addition this should be configured
as the IB Node Description for the chassis via the chassis GUI or CLI.