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SP Switch Router Adapter Guide - 1.4 Update 2

Configuring the SP Switch Router Adapter
Configuration required on the SP system

This section describes the SP Switch Router-related configuration information that should be 
defined by the SP administrator and then entered from the SP control workstation before 
configuring the SP Switch Router Adapter card. 

The SP Switch Router-related configuration information includes:

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SP Switch Router Ethernet IP address

–

SP Switch Router Ethernet host name
(this host name is the SP Switch Router’s administrative Ethernet host name)  

–

unique node number(s) for SP Switch Router Adapter card(s) 

The SP Switch Router and Adapter card configuration information enables the PSSP code and 
the SP Switch to recognize and communicate with this card.                 

                  

The SP Switch Router Adapter connection replaces an SP node connection to the SP Switch.  
Each SP Switch Router Adapter media card is referred to as a dependent node, and is assigned 
a node number that corresponds to its specific connection on the SP Switch.  

The node number is determined by the SP system administrator based on an understanding of 
how node numbers are assigned in the SP system and the rules for choosing a valid, unused SP 
Switch port. The rules are described in the configuration planning section of the PSSP 
Planning, Volume 2, Control Workstation and Software Environment manual.   

If proper planning has been done to assign the node number, the system administrator will 
know which SP frame, switch board, and node slot corresponds to a dependent node. Given 
this information, you can determine which jack on the switch board should be used by 
consulting the “Switch Cable Charts” for the SP Switch in the PSSP Maintenance Information 
Volume 1, Installation and Customer Engineer Operations manual.      

You should not attempt to connect an SP Switch Router Adapter to the SP Switch until proper 
planning has been done to assign the node number. 

Once the node number is assigned, the SP system administrator can define the corresponding 
dependent node using SMIT as described in the “Managing Extension Nodes” section of the 
PSSP for AIX: Administration Guide.   

After defining new dependent nodes on the SP, the administrator should use the Eannotator 
command to annotate the SP switch topology file. With the file annotated, even if the 
administrator is not sure of the frame, switch board, or node slot for the dependent node, you 
can determine the corresponding switch connection with the following procedure.