Oracle EDR InfiniBand Switch and Virtualized I/O Systems Administration Guide

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Updated: November 2016
 
 

Switch Management Overview

The switch has four management contexts, each of which is managed through specific software that runs on three different hardware chips. Some of these contexts are related to the switch and its hardware, and some are related to the IB fabric and Ethernet network to which the switch connects.

Management Context
Hardware Component
Details
Oracle Fabric OS (OFOS)
SCP
Controls the switch's IB fabric, supported IB-attached hosts, and configuration and management of IB features through CLI.
Refer to the Oracle Fabric OS Administration Guide 5.0.2 and Oracle Fabric OS Command Reference1.0.2.
Oracle Fabric Manager
SCP
Controls the switch's IB fabric, supported IB-attached hosts, and configuration and management of IB features through GUI or CLI.
Refer to the Oracle Fabric Manager User's Guide 5.0.2 and Oracle Fabric Manager CLI User's Guide. 5.0.2.
Sun Ethernet Fabric OS (SEFOS)
Ethernet management switch (EMS)
Controls the switch's Ethernet switch chip, Ethernet networking parameters, and configuration of Ethernet and IP features.
This guide contains a summary of basic administration tasks you might use through the SEFOS functionality supported on the switch. See Understanding the EMS Module. For detailed information about SEFOS on the EMS switch, refer to the EMS module documentation library.
Oracle ILOM and SNMP
On-board Service Processor (SP) module
Controls system- and component-level hardware, chassis environmentals, and access to other management contexts through CLI and web interfaces.

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