Setting Command Targeting - Silicon Graphics SGI Altix 3700 Bx2 User Manual

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2: System Control

Setting Command Targeting

is the brick type.

is the slot location of the brick.

is the partition of the brick (not present if the system is not partitioned).

R-bricks are not associated with a partition.

In the example shown above, 001c05 is a CR-brick in rack 001 and slot position 05.

If a command is not understood by the L2 emulator system controller, in general it is

passed to the L1 system controllers. The destination determines which L1s receive the

command. A destination, speciﬁed by the following, is a range of racks and slots:

rack

slot

The <rack list> speciﬁes a list of racks. This can be a list delimited by commas, such that

2,4,7 speciﬁes racks 2, 4, and 7. You can use a dash to specify a range of racks, such that

2-4 speciﬁes racks 2, 3, and 4. Both nomenclatures can be combined, such that 2-4,7

speciﬁes racks 2, 3, 4, and 7.

You can specify the <slot list> using the same nomenclature. The slot number, sometimes

referred to as a bay number, is the unit position number located on the rack, slightly

above where the bottom of the brick sits. Each rack unit position number is located

toward the top of the two lines that mark the unit position that the number represents.

For example, the rack numbering for a brick located in slot 10 would appear on the left

front side of the rack.

The slot <slot list> is optional; if not given, then all slots in the speciﬁed rack(s) are

implied. You should avoid specifying a rack list and a slot list that includes multiple

racks and slots, such as rack 2-4,7 slot 1-8,11,13. Generally, you specify a rack

and slot together to specify an individual brick.

You can use the aliases r and s to specify rack and slot, respectively. You can use the

alias all or * in both the <rack list> and the <slot list>, or by themselves, to specify all

racks and all slots.

To send a command to all bricks in a partition, enter the following:

partition <partition> <cmd>

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