On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Sasha Khapyorsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11:05 Tue 18 Nov , Hal Rosenstock wrote: >> >> > but when endport is disabled how could we reenable this >> > remotely via downed link? >> >> I don't understand what you mean. ibportstate does not allow disabling >> of end port. > > Right. And this is the reason to disable switch external port. And also > if we have (hypothetically) the tool which is able to disable/enable > endport, we will not be able to access this endport via downed link, > only local reset/reboot will help.
Yes, disabling the switch peer port is the alternative to disabling the end port. The latter is not allowed and I agree that disabling the switch peer port is a better choice IMO as the admin can't shoot himself in the foot and have to reset/reboot to reenable. -- Hal > > Sasha > _______________________________________________ general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
