[ewg] [RESEND] Multiple fabrics and OpenSM

[Hal Rosenstock]

Hi Pavan,

On 3/6/2013 1:19 AM, pavan tc wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> [Please reply to my mail ID since I am not part of the ewg mailing list]
> 
> I am trying to use OpenSM to manage a simple two node back-to-back
> connected node IB network.
> But for more bandwidth I have two 1 port cards on each of these and have
> connected them as below:
> 
>     +----------------+                   +----------------+
>     |                  |  IB LINK 1    |                 |
>     |                  |--------------------|                 |
>     |  Node 1      |                    |    Node 2   |
>     |                  |  IB LINK 2    |                 |
>     |                  |--------------------|                 |
>     |                  |                    |                 |
>     +----------------+                   +----------------+
> 
> If I start OpenSM with no specific conf files, it binds to the first
> port and the other one cannot be used.
> I need to manually start it on the other with '-g' option if I have to
> use it. Most solutions I found on the internet are some flavour of
> manually starting the instances. I would like to avoid writing an init
> script that starts the required number of opensm instances with the
> right parameters.
> 
> I wanted to automate this on every boot. Does opensm offer such
> mechanisms via some conf file settings?

There is /etc/init.d/opensmd script but it needs some mods to support
this dual subnet/OpenSM configuration.

What distro are you using ?

-- Hal

> Thanks,
> Pavan
> 
> 
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