17.11 Viewing InfiniBand Switches

To view Exalogic-specific InfiniBand switches, do the following:

  1. On the left navigation pane, under Assets, from the drop-down list, select the All User Defined Groups option.

  2. Select the Exalogic top-level group. The Exalogic group page is displayed, as in Figure 17-9.

  3. On the left navigation pane, select a particular switch under the IBswitches sub-group to view information about that switch. You should see a page similar to the compute node page shown in Figure 17-12.

    Figure 17-12 Switch View

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    Description of "Figure 17-12 Switch View"

  4. Click the Hardware tab to view detailed information about that switch. This information includes ports, network adapters connected to the switch, and so on. The hardware information about the switch is displayed, as in Figure 17-13.

    Figure 17-13 Switch Hardware Information

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    Description of "Figure 17-13 Switch Hardware Information"

  5. Review this information to verify that the configuration corresponds to the corresponding switch specifications in your Exalogic machine.

    In addition, verify that the information matches with the configuration of the network managed by Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center. To view information about managed networks, on the left navigation page, click Managed Networks to view network information.

  6. If you wish to view connectivity information about service processor and server port, click the Connectivity tab.

  7. If you wish to view information about switch ports, click the Port Monitoring tab.

  8. If you wish to launch the Service Processor (SP) console from within this interface, click the Console tab. If your console connection is not enabled, enable it by clicking the Enable the Console Connection icon.

  9. Click the Connect to the Console icon. The SP console for the selected switch is launched, as shown in Figure 17-11.

  10. On the right navigation pane named Actions, click the Launch LOM Controller option to verify that the Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) web interface for the switch can be launched.