>> Chapter 2 administering a single interface >> >> 1. the introduction section >> >> "however, use of the ifconfig command remains a valid method to >> configure links" >> >> What does this mean? >> > The intention is to affirm that the changes introduced by project > Clearview in general are backward compatible. I will rephrase to make it > clearer. > Sure.
>> 4. Section "how to replace a network card while using l >> ink names" >> >> 4a. Step 4,5,6 are not clear to me. Do you mean to use DR to remove >> and insert network card? How to perform step 5? >> > This task is also building on existing doc which has a section on > replacing a network card. It wasn't clear in that doc either whether DR > is being used here or not. See more comments on 6a. > Then I guess we need to figure the intention of the original document. The current document is not very clear. >> 6. Section "Using link names in other applications" >> >> 6a. "Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) can only be performed on system that >> support this feature, and all of these systems are servers." >> >> This is not true. Some wireless card can support DR. We've verified on >> some laptops. >> > The information was provided to me by a writer who manages hardware > documentation. It's for this reason that I also maintained that separate > section about replacing network cards separately (Section 4) from this > section because I thought that DR is a different operation altogether. > My understanding about DR is that, if it is supported, one can make > hardware swaps without any downtime for the machine. So there are > laptops that can do this as well? I'll look into DR more and then revise > the doc. > Yes. Actually Joanna even tried to test DR on laptops. As it is more available than DR capable servers. >> 10. Section "Configuring VLANs" >> >> 10a. After the Clearview project, *all* interface types should support >> VLAN, except some of them might have the restriction described in >> section 6.1.4 of the UV design document. >> > Ok. The list is also from current S10 docs. I had sent out an inquiry to > the team previously about what to do with lists such as what supports > VLAN, or link aggregations, or IPMP. Based on responses to that inquiry, > it seems safe to remove such lists when clearview is integrated. > Sure. - Cathy
