=head1 NAME

B<mkconn> - Use this command to setup connections for FSP and BPA nodes to HMC nodes.

=head1 SYNOPSIS

B<mkconn> [B<-h>| B<--help>]

B<mkconn> [B<-v>| B<--version>]

B<mkconn> [B<-V>| B<--verbose>] noderange B<-t>

B<mkconn> [B<-V>| B<--verbose>] noderange B<-H> hmc [B<-P> passwd]

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This command is used to setup connections for FSP and BPA nodes to HMC nodes. If the connection already exists, it will not bread this connection. 

When -t is specified, this command reads the connection information from xCAT ppc table, and read the user/password from ppcdirect table. Then this command will assign FSP nodes and BPA nodes to HMC nodes. 

When -H is specified, this command read the connection information from command line. The default user/password for FSP and BPA nodes are admin/admin.

In any case, before running this command, the FSP and BPA nodes need be defined with correct nodetype.nodetype value (fsp or bpa) and nodehm.mgt value (hmc).

Note: If a CEC (FSP node represents) belongs to a frame, which has a BPA installed, this CEC should not be assigned to an HMC individually. Instead, the whole frame (BPA node represents) should be assigned to the HMC.

=head1 OPTIONS

=over 5

=item B<-h|--help>

Display usage message.

=item B<-t>

Read connection information from xCAT DB.

=item B<-H>

The HMC node name. Only one HMC nodes can be specified by this flag. To setup connection for multiple HMC nodes, use flag -t.

=item B<-P>

The password of user 'admin' on FSP and BPA nodes. This flag is optional. Default password is 'admin'.

=item B<-V|--verbose>

Verbose output.

=back


=head1 RETURN VALUE

0 The command completed successfully.

1 An error has occurred.

=head1 EXAMPLES

=over 3

=item 1.

To setup the connection for all FSP nodes in node group fsp, according to the definition in xCAT DB:

 mkconn fsp -t

=item 2.

To setup the connection for BPA nodes in node group frame_grp1 to HMC node hmc1, with password 'abc123':

 mkconn frame_grp1 -H hmc1 -P abc123

=back


=head1 FILES

$XCATROOT/bin/mkconn

(The XCATROOT environment variable is set when xCAT is installed. The
default value is "/opt/xcat".)

=head1 NOTES

This command is part of the xCAT software product.


=head1 SEE ALSO

L<lsconn(1)|lsconn.1>, L<rmconn(1)|rmconn.1>