[openib-general] [RFC] OpenSM Interactive Console

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 03:08, Eitan Zahavi wrote:
> I would suggest to use SNMP for the tasks below. IETF IPoIB group has
> defined an SNMP MIB that can support the required functionality below.

The IETF SNMP MIBs are one way of presenting the information to the
outside world. There are other possible management interfaces. The SNMP
MIB instrumentation would need to use lower layer APIs to get this
information out of the SM.

> Everything but the dynamic partitioning (OpenSM does not have
> partition manager to this moment)

What Troy meant by partitioning is not necessarily IB partitioning.

> and forwarding of Performance
> Monitoring traps (which are generated by the PM) can be done through
> osmsh or through SA client today.

What PerfMgr are you referring to ?

-- Hal

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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Troy Benjegerdes [mailto:hozer at hozed.org]
> > Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 3:23 AM
> > To: Hal Rosenstock
> > Cc: openib-general at openib.org
> > Subject: Re: [openib-general] [RFC] OpenSM Interactive Console
> > 
> > On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 03:10:31PM -0400, Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> > > Currently, OpenSM does not support an interactive console. There
> has
> > > been a desire to introduce the ability to change certain
> parameters (as
> > > well as display things) once OpenSM has started. This patch
> introduces
> > > the first most basic commands: help and loglevel. I am
> investgating
> > > adding smpriority to this. The console is invoked by specifying
> -console
> > > as an option on the opensm command line.
> > >
> > > If you have a request for a command you would like in the console,
> I
> > > would like to compile a list of these.
> > >
> > > Comments ?
> > 
> > As well as a console, I'd like an API for some way for external
> programs
> > (say a cluster queue manager) to be able to query the SM (or the sm
> + some
> > helper library) for the following things:
> > 
> > * Topology
> > * guid/lid/IPoIB address/switch port mappings
> > * link state
> > 
> > Future neat things to do:
> > 
> > * An interface to dynamically partition the fabric
> > * Register for notifications for certain events (excessive traffic
> >               queueing, or error counts)
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