From bec3dc5f5159a9bcb1e77128f7595b939bcf71bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jjhua Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 06:21:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] fixed bug 3178551, add some description and one example for direct fsp management git-svn-id: https://svn.code.sf.net/p/xcat/code/xcat-core/trunk@9112 8638fb3e-16cb-4fca-ae20-7b5d299a9bcd --- xCAT-client/pods/man1/getmacs.1.pod | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/getmacs.1.pod b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/getmacs.1.pod index 2d26ae8ac..b08696515 100644 --- a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/getmacs.1.pod +++ b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/getmacs.1.pod @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Note that on AIX systems, the returned MAC address is not colon-seperated (for e If no ping test performed, getmacs writes the first adapter MAC to the xCAT database. If ping test performed, getmacs will write the first successfully pinged MAC to xCAT database. For PPC (without HMC, using Direct FSP Management) specific: -If users run "getmacs noderange" directly for P7 IH LPARs, it will return the HIF MAC addresses which are owned by the LPARs. +If users run "getmacs noderange" directly for P7 IH LPARs, it will return the HIF MAC addresses which are owned by the LPARs. If run getmacs with ping test by default, it will return the physical mac address. If run getmacs with ping test using --hfi, it will return the HFI MAC address. Note: If network adapters are physically assigned to LPARs, getmacs cannot read the MAC addresses unless perform ping test, since there is no HMC command to read them and getmacs has to login to open formware. And if the LPARs has never been activated before, getmacs need to be performed with the option "-D" to get theirs MAC addresses. @@ -149,6 +149,16 @@ c250f07c04ap01: #Type Phys_Port_Loc MAC_Address Adapter Port_Group Phys_Port Logical_Port VLan VSwitch Curr_Conn_Speed HFI N/A 02:00:02:00:00:04:|02:00:02:00:00:05:|02:00:02:00:00:06 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A +7. To retrieve the HFI MAC address for P7 IH LPARl using Direct FSP Management ping test and display the result only, enter: + +I + +Output is similar to: + +c250f07c07ap01: +# Type Location Code MAC Address Full Path Name Ping Result +hfi-ent U78A9.001.0123456-P1 020004200004 /hfi-iohub@300000000000000/hfi-ethernet@0 unsuccessful physical +hfi-ent U78A9.001.0123456-P1 020004200004 /hfi-iohub@300000000000000/hfi-ethernet@1 unsuccessful physical =head1 FILES