5 – Detailed Descriptions of Command LineTools
Advanced Initialization and Verification - ibtest
5.5
Advanced Initialization and Verification - ibtest
(Switch and Host)
general operations performed by ibtest involve a login to one or more target
systems (hosts or SilverStorm IB chassis depending on options used). ibtest
can perform software or firmware upgrades, reboot hosts, chassis and switches
as well as perform a variety of host and fabric verification operations.
Usage:
ibtest [-cCn] [-i ipoib_suffix] [-f hostfile] [-F chassisfile]
[-h 'hosts'] [-H 'chassis'] [-N 'nodes'] [-L 'nodeFile'] [-r
release] [-I install_options] [-U upgrade_options] [-d dir] [-T
product] [-P packages] [-m netmask] [-a action] [-S] test ...
Options:
-c: clobber result files from any previous run before starting this run
-C: perform operation against chassis, default is hosts
-n: perform operation against IB node, default is hosts
-i ipoib_suffix; suffix to apply to host names to create ipoib host names.
The default is -ib.
-f hostfile: file with hosts in cluster, default is
/etc/sysconfig/iba/hosts
-F chassisfile: file with chassis in cluster. The default is
/etc/sysconfig/iba/chassis
-h hosts: list of hosts to execute the command
-H chassis: list of chassis to execute the command
-N nodes: list of IB nodes to execute the command
-L nodefile: file with IB nodes in cluster. The default is
/etc/sysconfig/iba/ibnodes
-r release: InfiniServ release to load/upgrade to, default is 0trim
-d dir: directory to get InfiniServ.release.tgz from for load/upgrade
-I install_options: InfiniServ install options
-U upgrade_options: InfiniServ upgrade options
-T product: InfiniServ product type to install, default is InfiniServPerf.
Other options include: InfiniServBasic, InfiniServMgmt,
InfiniServTools.
-P packages: InfiniServ packages to install; default is iba ipoib mpi.
The host allows: iba ibdev ibboot fastfabric ifibre inic ipoib
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Ibtest performs a number of multi-step operations. In
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