[ofa-general] Re: [PATCH] opensm: disable switch ports only

[Sasha Khapyorsky]

On 11:05 Tue 18 Nov     , Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> 
> > but when endport is disabled how could we reenable this
> > remotely via downed link?
> 
> I don't understand what you mean. ibportstate does not allow disabling
> of end port.

Right. And this is the reason to disable switch external port. And also
if we have (hypothetically) the tool which is able to disable/enable
endport, we will not be able to access this endport via downed link,
only local reset/reboot will help.

Sasha