[ewg] [PATCH] QLogic VNIC: Sample configuration file change.
Ramachandra K
ramachandra.kuchimanchi at qlogic.com
Mon Nov 17 05:58:27 PST 2008
This patch changes the sample configuration file to include
the latest configuration options available for configuring
the VNIC.
Signed-off-by: Ramachandra K <ramachandra.kuchimanchi at qlogic.com>
Signed-off-by: Poornima Kamath <poornima.kamath at qlogic.com>
Signed-off-by: Amar Mudrankit <amar.mudrankit at qlogic.com>
---
qlgc_vnic.cfg.sample | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/qlgc_vnic.cfg.sample b/qlgc_vnic.cfg.sample
index c474881..58734a6 100644
--- a/qlgc_vnic.cfg.sample
+++ b/qlgc_vnic.cfg.sample
@@ -75,6 +75,16 @@
#
#HCA - Optional HCA specification for use with PORT specification. First HCA is 0.
#
+#PORTGUID - The PORTGUID of the IB port to use.
+#
+# Use of PORTGUID for configuring the VNIC interface has an
+# advantage on hosts having more than 1 HCAs plugged in. As
+# PORTGUID is persistent for given IB port, VNIC configurations
+# would be consistent and reliable - unaffected by restarts of
+# OFED IB stack on host having more than 1 HCAs plugged in.
+#
+# On the downside, if HCA on the host is changed, VNIC interfaces
+# configured with PORTGUID needs reconfiguration.
#
#IB_MULTICAST - Controls enabling or disabling of IB multicast feature on VNIC.
# Defaults to TRUE implying IB multicast is enabled for
@@ -151,4 +161,26 @@
# SECONDARY = {IOCGUID=0x66A013000010C; INSTANCE=0; PORT=2; IB_MULTICAST=FALSE; }
# }
#
-
+# Example of HCA/PORT and PORTGUID configurations:
+# {
+# CREATE; NAME="veth1";
+# PRIMARY={IOCGUID=00066a02de000070; INSTANCE=1; PORTGUID=0x0002c903000010f5; }
+# SECONDARY={IOCGUID=00066a02de000070; INSTANCE=2; PORTGUID=0x0002c903000010f6; }
+# }
+#
+# {
+# CREATE; NAME="veth2";
+# PRIMARY={IOCGUID=00066a02de000070; DGID=fe8000000000000000066a21de000070; INSTANCE=3; HCA=1; PORT=2; }
+# SECONDARY={IOCGUID=00066a02de000070; DGID=fe8000000000000000066a21de000070; INSTANCE=4; HCA=0; PORT=1; }
+# }
+#
+# {
+# CREATE; NAME="veth3";
+# IOCSTRING="EVIC in Chassis 0x00066a00db00001e, Slot 1, Ioc 2";
+# INSTANCE=5 PORTGUID=0x0002c90300000786;
+# }
+# {
+# CREATE; NAME="veth4;
+# IOCGUID=00066a02de000070;
+# INSTANCE=6; HCA=1; PORT=2;
+# }
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