Hi, On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 9:58 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I\'m trying to find any informations on opensmd disappearing from the network.
In general, SM should always be present. > Let\'s assume we\'ve got fully running and operational network, with lids > assigned. My undestanding is that opensmd does nothing then and hca\'s with > lids assigned can happily survive without it? Yes and no. SA requests (like path requests and multicast) and subnet changes will not be serviced during that time. > In other words - having opensmd going down will stop new nodes from joining > the network (ports will stay in init state), but will not disrupt the ones > which were up? Yes. > Also opensmd, when configured to not reassign lids, will not break it when > going back up, as it will preserve current setup. Right? Yes, as long as no new nodes are present which cause a lid conflict (e.g. subnet merge when SM was offline). > Conclusion - taking opensmd down and up should not influence ib network in > any way with exception of new hca\'s appearing. Also switches or links which fail when SM is offline. -- Hal > All above comes from my logic and, as I cannot find any data to confirm that, > could anybody confirm that or point at any error there? I\'m considering > migrating to opensm and this information is vital to me. > > Thanks in advance, > > Retek Kovlensky > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Wymien zeszyty na notebooka! > Sprawdz >>> http://link.interia.pl/f1eab > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
