Michael> The SM is the only entity that is supposed to assign LID
Michael> as well as the subnet prefix. The SM should not trust
Michael> any CA / switch configuration if it has not configured it
Michael> thus should wipe it out and replace it with what it deems
Michael> best.
I don't see anything in the spec that forbids a CA from having an
arbitrary value in PortInfo:LID after initialization but before the SM
discovery (please correct me if I missed something). I also don't see
anything that forbids an SM implementation from providing a mechanism
for preserving the LIDs it finds or administratively assigning LIDs.
Of course none of this is required but I don't see a problem with
allowing it.
- Roland
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