[ofa-general] Re: [PATCH 3/3] osm: QoS - parsing port names

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Wed, 2007-10-24 at 17:39 +0200, Sasha Khapyorsky wrote:
> On 06:49 Wed 24 Oct     , Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 12:39 +0200, Sasha Khapyorsky wrote:
> > > On 10:48 Mon 15 Oct     , Yevgeny Kliteynik wrote:
> > > > >>  Switches have the NodeDescription filled by FW, and it's usually the
> > > > >>  same string for all the switches.
> > > > > It must not be same. Also I suppose that node description can be changed
> > > > > at least for some managed switches even today.
> > > > 
> > > >  Come on, man...
> > > >  How many cluster administrators that you know will actually go and set
> > > >  NodeDescription on switches???
> > > 
> > > I know at least one asked for this.
> > 
> > Perhaps switch_map can be used in conjunction with this like in the
> > diags ?
> 
> Hmm, right, switch_map is another example of switch naming, which is
> useful with diags.
> Perhaps even more generic - guid to name map? And this will work instead
> of (or in addition to) node description when specified?

Right; but is it really needed for HCAs where the NodeDescription can be
easily changed ? Not sure if this applies to routers too or not. The
downside of this is the amount of configuration.

> Sasha
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