xcat-core/xCAT-client/pods/man1/mkconn.1.pod
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=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>