-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas HUMMEL <thomas.hum...@pasteur.fr>
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 10:32 AM
To: xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [xcat-user] [External] Switch based discovery with mix of splitted
and non splitted ports
On 2/17/21 3:47 PM, Thomas HUMMEL wrote:
> On 2/17/21 3:23 PM, Christian Caruthers wrote:
>> Long ago (>10years) I had a similar issue, w/ SMC switches I believe.
>> Putting the exact output from snmpwalk (e.g. "Ethernet49/1")fixed it
>> for me then.
>
> Thanks. I'm trying it.
Well this has not worked, at least stating
1 for hostA
Ethernet49/1 for HostS
Maybe I should try Ethernet1 for hostA as well (though I never had to do so).
>
> --
> TH
>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Christian Caruthers
>> Lenovo Professional Services
>> Mobile: 757-289-9872
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Thomas HUMMEL <thomas.hum...@pasteur.fr>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 08:56
>> To: xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net
>> Subject: Re: [xcat-user] [External] Switch based discovery with mix of
>> splitted and non splitted ports
>>
>> On 2/17/21 2:41 PM, Christian Caruthers wrote:
>>> What do you see if you run (assumes you're using SNMPv1 & "public"
>>> community string):
>>>
>>> snmpwalk -v 1 -c public {SWITCH_NAME} .1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.1
>>>
>>> This should show how the switch reports the ports.
>>
>> As a matter of fact, it reports (please see attachement) as Ethernetn/p.
>>
>> Still the / or dotted syntax worked previously (granted not on the
>> same switch model nor the same xCAT version)
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> --
>> TH
>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Christian Caruthers
>>> Lenovo Professional Services
>>> Mobile: 757-289-9872
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Thomas HUMMEL <thomas.hum...@pasteur.fr>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 08:35
>>> To: xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net
>>> Subject: [External] [xcat-user] Switch based discovery with mix of
>>> splitted and non splitted ports
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Currently, I'm using xCAT 2.16.1 on CentOS 8.2 to provision CentOS
>>> 8.3 stateless nodes using switch based discovery.
>>>
>>> I've been doing this for many years with success.
>>>
>>> I always did that in either one of the 2 following cases :
>>>
>>> a) no switch port were using splitters
>>> b) all switch ports were using splitter
>>>
>>> For b) I did successfully use either the n/x or the n.x syntax
>>>
>>> Today, I encountered what may seem an xCAT issue (not sure though, it
>>> could be a switch configuration issue) for it is the first time I've
>>> got a switch where I mix direct and split port attachement.
>>>
>>> The actual switch is an Arista 7050TX-72Q: 48x 1/10GbE (RJ 45) and 6x
>>> 40GbE, where all nodes are rj45 attached except one which is connected
>>> using one of the 4 link of a 40G port using a splitter
>>>
>>> What happens is the following :
>>>
>>> a) nodeA on port 1 was previously provisionned using switch-based
>>> discovery without any problem
>>>
>>> b) I set up the node definition for nodeS which is connected to port
>>> 49.1 (I used this dot-based syntax)
>>>
>>> -> nodeS is discovered with the name of nodeA and nodeA is assigned
>>> nodeS mac adress
>>>
>>> so things get mixed up.
>>>
>>> Can you help me figure out
>>>
>>> - what syntax is the canonical one for split ports
>>>
>>> - if this is an xCAT problem or a switch problem
>>>
>>> ?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thomas HUMMEL
>>>
>>>
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