Lucent Technologies 9076 User Manual

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SP Switch Router Adapter Guide - 1.4 Update 2

Contents

Chapter 2

Configuring the SP Switch Router Adapter.................................. 2-1

Introduction to installation and configuration ...................................................................... 2-2

Location of relevant information ....................................................................................  2-3
Pre-installation assumptions   .........................................................................................  2-3
Order of information .......................................................................................................  2-4

Installing an SP Switch Router Adapter card......................................................................... 2-5

Installation overview....................................................................................................... 2-5

Installing the PCMCIA spinning disk .................................................................................... 2-6

Managing PCMCIA slots................................................................................................  2-6
Panic dumps sent to external flash device   ....................................................................  2-7
Installation steps..............................................................................................................  2-7

Attaching SP Switch Router cables ................................................................................... 2-10

Ethernet cable................................................................................................................  2-10
SP switch cable .............................................................................................................  2-10
Procedure for attaching cables to card and SP Switch .................................................  2-11

Configuration required on the SP system ............................................................................ 2-12

Determining the switch connection for a dependent node............................................ 2-12

Procedure ............................................................................................................... 2-13

Sources of configuration information .......................................................................... 2-14
Multiple frames for multiple system connections ........................................................ 2-15

Step-by-step media card configuration ................................................................................ 2-16

Configuration files and their uses ................................................................................ 2-16
Overview of steps 1–5 .................................................................................................. 2-16

Step 1. Check SNMP in the SP Switch Router system ....................................................... 2-18

Put SNMP changes into effect ...................................................................................... 2-20

Step 2. Assign IP addresses ................................................................................................ 2-21

Method 1: Recommended, use SP SNMP Manager ................................................... 2-21
Method 2: Optional, edit /etc/grifconfig.conf .............................................................. 2-21

Interface name  ......................................................................................................  2-22
Internet address ......................................................................................................  2-22
Netmask ................................................................................................................  2-22
Broadcast / destination address .............................................................................  2-22
Argument field .....................................................................................................  2-23

Putting grifconfig.conf additions into effect ............................................................... 2-23

Step 3. Change profile settings .......................................................................................... 2-24

Specify card-level parameters – Card profile ............................................................. 2-24

Specify ICMP throttling ........................................................................................  2-24
Specify different executables ................................................................................  2-25
Specify different dump settings   ...........................................................................  2-25

Change executables for all dev1 cards - Load profile ................................................. 2-27
Change dump defaults for all dev1 cards - Dump profile ............................................ 2-28

Dump vectors (read-only)..................................................................................... 2-29

Step 4. Run dev1config to create grdev1.conf .................................................................... 2-31

Method 1: Recommended, use SP SNMP Manager ....................................................  2-31
Method 2: Optional, edit /etc/grdev1.conf...................................................................  2-31
How to run the command..............................................................................................  2-31
Contents of /etc/grdev1.conf.........................................................................................  2-32