[openib-general] Reloading of partition policy

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Fri, 2006-06-30 at 14:08, Venkatesh Babu wrote:
> The document doesn't describe the scenario where nodes are added/deleted 
> from the partition table. I raised this issue because it could be an 
> important use case. If this can be achieved without restarting the 
> OpenSM, it is good.

It already does.
 
> Just one more clarification - sending HUP signal doesn't cause OpenSM 
> failover to other standby one right ?

Sending the HUP signal to OpenSM in master state causes the partition
file to be reread and a heavy sweep to be invoked. This does not cause a
(SM) failover.

-- Hal

>  VBabu
> 
> Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-06-29 at 23:50, Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> >   
> >> On Thu, 2006-06-29 at 19:51, Venkatesh Babu wrote:
> >>     
> >>> I was reviewing partition-config.txt and OpenSM_PKey_Mgr.txt and had the 
> >>> following comment -
> >>>
> >>> If we need to add/delete a node to/from a partition we need to update 
> >>> the file
> >>>
> >>> /etc/osm-partitions.txt  
> >>>
> >>>  and restart the OpenSM. According to the docs there no way we can do 
> >>> this without restarting the OpenSM.
> >>>       
> >
> > I just looked at those documents and couldn't find what you were
> > referring to. Can you be more specific ?
> >
> > -- Hal
> >
> >   
> >>> It would be useful to add new feature to reload the partition table 
> >>> after making the changes.
> >>>       
> >> Partitions can be deleted and the new partitions enforced via issuing 
> >> kill -HUP to the OpenSM without restarting now.
> >>
> >> The document is (already) out of date :-( I will update it shortly.
> >>
> >> -- Hal
> >>
> >>     
> >>>  VBabu
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