[ofa-general] Cisco 7008 Internal/External Port Mappings

[Charles Taylor]

We've got a couple of Cisco 7008/Topspin 270 core switches.    Much of  
the diagnostic and topology information we get from the ib diag tools  
in OFED refer to the internal ports rather than the actual external  
slot/port.    We could deduce the mappings, I suppose, by tracing  
cables and using ibtracert between nodes but that seems like a real  
pain.    I was wondering if anyone on this list knows how that mapping  
works.     The chassis itself consists of 8 "ib port" blades in the  
front labelled as slots 1 - 8.   There are then six "fabric  
controller" slots in the back of the chassis labelled 9 - 14.      
Slots 11 and 12 are "special" as they hold the "master" and "standby  
master" fabric controllers.

Seems like the FC's in slots 11 and 12 connect the the FCs in slots  
9,10,13,14 which in turn connect to the external port blades in slots  
1 - 8.

Again, all of the diagnostic information refers to the internal FC  
ports and mapping those to the external ports (to which we actually  
connect leaf switches) seems non-trivial.    I think there was even a  
document somewhere that described the mapping.   We just can't find it  
now.

Thanks,

Charlie Taylor
UF HPC Center