QLogic 7104-8M-CABLE Manual De Usuario
6–Configuring Drivers and Services
Managing the InfiniPath Driver
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Normally, this configuration file is set up correctly at installation and the drivers are
loaded automatically during system boot once the RPMs have been installed.
However, the ib_ipath driver has several configuration variables that set
loaded automatically during system boot once the RPMs have been installed.
However, the ib_ipath driver has several configuration variables that set
reserved buffers for the software, define events to create trace records, and set
the debug level.
the debug level.
If you are upgrading, your existing configuration files will not be overwritten.
The device files are:
/dev/ipath
/dev/ipath0, /dev/ipath1, ...
/dev/ipath0, /dev/ipath1, ...
The numbered device files allow access to a specific InfiniPath unit.
See the ib_ipath man page for more details.
Configure the InfiniPath Driver State
Use the following commands to check or configure the state. These methods will
not reboot the system.
not reboot the system.
To check the configuration state, use this command. You do not need to be a root
user:
user:
$ chkconfig --list openibd
To enable the driver, use the following command (as a root user):
# chkconfig openibd on 2345
To disable the driver on the next system boot, use the following command (as a
root user):
root user):
# chkconfig openibd off
Start, Stop, or Restart InfiniPath
Restart the software if you install a new InfiniPath release, change driver options,
or do manual testing.
or do manual testing.
You can start, stop, or restart (as a root user) InfiniPath support with:
# /etc/init.d/openibd [start | stop | restart]
NOTE:
This command does not stop and unload the driver if the driver is already
loaded.
loaded.