[ofa-general] What are the valid values for SM LID ?

[Hal Rosenstock]

Ram,

On Fri, 2007-07-13 at 10:22, Kuchimanchi, Ramachandra wrote:
> Hal,
> 
> > Those local values indicate the SM has not yet initialized the SMLID
> on
> > those ports. Is your SM running ? Are those ports active when you
> run
> > ibsrpdm ?
> 
> Yes the SM is running. I guess I am running ibsrpdm even before the
> port
> is active and thats why it is getting an invalid SM LID value. If I
> run
> it a little later, ibsrpdm works fine.
> 
> So I guess there should be a check to see that the port state is
> active before
> reading the SM LID value.

Where ? In ibsrpdm ?

I think the IB spec requirement is that the SMLID needs to be there at
armed (so I think if there is a check it should be armed or beyond).
Some SMs may do it sooner (like INIT) but that is not a requirement.

-- Hal

> Regards,
> Ram
>