[ofa-general] RE: [ewg] RE: OFED 1.2 beta blocking bugs

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 13:39, Roland Dreier wrote:
>  > No standalone script, sorry.  But it's simple to automate with expect or
>  > autoexpect using the switch CLI.
> 
> Or you can use SNMP to set the interface admin status.

One can alter the IB port states with the diagnostics and perhaps get a
similar thing.

>   Something like
> this one-liner for example (using snmpset from the NET SNMP package):
> 
>     snmpset -v2c -cprivate <switch IP> interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifAdminStatus.<port #> = 2
> 
> where port # for an IB port is the real physical port # + 64 (eg port
> 19 would use port number 83 in the snmp request).
> 
> (And yes this is another advantage of a managed switch beyond the
> embedded SM :)

Are you saying MIBs are only supported on "managed" switches ? You
certainly don't need an embedded SM for this...

-- Hal

>  - R.
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