On Tue, 2008-02-19 at 13:17 -0500, Chuck Hartley wrote: > Hmmm, I don't have an opensm.opts file on my system.
I don't use openm.conf so don't know what it can and cannot do. > Does it go in /var/cache/osm? Which OpenSM/OFED version are you using ? > The man page mentions it and that it contains a "complete set" of > configuration options. Since I don't have one, is it only needed if > you want to change some default setting(s)? Is there an example file > somewhere in the distribution? You can generate it via opensm -c and then edit the file produced. I'm not sure about the how opensm.conf will work with a cache file (precedence of settings, etc.). > From the output of sminfo, it looks like the default priority is 1, so > I probably want to change that. But at least it is the master: > sminfo: sm lid 15 sm guid 0x5ad0000094076, activity count 1359786 > priority 1 state 3 SMINFO_MASTER sm priority can be changed on the opensm command line. -- Hal > On Feb 19, 2008 12:26 PM, Hal Rosenstock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 10:19 -0500, Chuck Hartley wrote: > > I didn't see anything in the opensm.conf file that indicates > that > > OpenSM has a concept of priority. Is there some way to > force it to > > always be the master? > > > In opensm.opts, > # > # HANDOVER - MULTIPLE SMs OPTIONS > # > # SM priority used for deciding who is the master > sm_priority 15 > > 15 is the highest priority > > Again, it's not advisable to mix SM flavors on the same > subnet. > > > Is there some advantage or disadvantage to running multiple > copies of > > OpenSM on the subnet? > > > This provides some redundancy in the case that either the > master SM or > something in the node dies such that the SM is not working. > > > If you have multiple switches connected as we do, should > some of > > the default settings on opensm.conf be changed? In > particular, should > > REASSIGN_LIDS be set to "yes"? > > > I wouldn't reassign LIDs unless you have a specific reason to. > Changing > LIDs is disruptive. > > -- Hal > > > Chuck > > > _______________________________________________ general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
