Configuring a fibre channel hardware address – Grass Valley PDR v.2.2 User Manual
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Chapter 7
Video Networking
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Profile Family
Configuring a Fibre Channel Hardware Address
Every Fibre Channel node (board) on a network must have a unique hardware
address between 1 and 120. When setting up and adding a Fibre Channel board,
you must insure that each hardware address is unique. The
fcconfig
command
line utility is provided to allow you to retrieve, set, and change the hardware
address of the Fibre Channel board.
The options available for
fcconfig
are:
-help
to display these options.
-i
to set or change a dotted decimal, Fibre Channel
Internet Protocol address. Using
clear
clears the
fc_ip_address
.
-g
to set or change a dotted decimal gateway address.
-n
to set or change a hexadecimal netmask, in the form
ffffff00.
Using
clear
clears the netmask.
-a
to set a hardware address in the range 1–120. Enter
0
to autoconfig.
-t
to enable (
on
) disable (
off
) TCP checksums.
-hta
to enable (
on
) disable (
off
) auto host table administration.
Some examples:
• To retrieve the current Fibre Channel configuration settings, type:
fcconfig
• To set or change the hardware address to 10, type:
fcconfig -a 10
• To disable TCP checksums, type:
fcconfig -t off
When initially installing a video network, you must assign unique hardware
addresses for each node. When installing additional nodes to an existing video
network, verify all current hardware addresses by typing
fcconfig
with no
options. Then assign and set hardware addresses for any new nodes with
fcconfig -a