MKPMETHERNETCONF(8)
MAINTENANCE COMMANDS
MKPMETHERNETCONF(8)
NAME
mkpmethernetconf - create PM/Ethernet configuration file from hostgroup or PM/Agent/UDP configuration file

SYNOPSIS
mkpmethernetconf [-speed speed] [-unit unit-number] [-device ethXX] [-maxnsend maxnsend] [-backoff backoff] [-checksum checksum> -g hostgroup [output-file]

mkpmethernetconf [-speed speed] [-unit unit-number] [-device ethXX] [-maxnsend maxnsend] [-backoff backoff] [-checksum checksum> configuration-file [output-file]

DESCRIPTION
mkpmethernetconf creates a PM/Ethernet configuration file from hostgroup or a PM/Agent/UDP configuration file. mkpmethernetconf automatically rshs the hosts specified hostgroup or in the PM/Agent/UDP configuration file, and gets the Ethernet address (aka MAC address) by executing ifconfig(8).

OPTIONS
-speed speed
Specify the speed of the PM/Ethernet device. Default speed is 100.

-unit unit-number
Specify the unit-number of the PM/Ethernet device. This number must be the same as the unit number specified with the etherpmctl(8) attach command. Default unit number is 0.

-maxnsend maxnsend
Specify the macxnsend of the PM/Ethernet device. If speed grater then 100 then default maxnsend is 16, Otherwith default maxnsend is 0.

-backoff backoff
Specify the backoff of the PM/Ethernet device. default backoff is 4800

-checksum checksum
Specify the checksum of the PM/Ethernet device. default checksum is 0 (off).

-device ethernet-device(such as eth1)
Specify the ethernet device name ethXX when you have multiple ethernet NICs. (for Network Trunking)

-g hostgroup
Specifies the host group list. hostgroup parsed by scorehosts. The shell environment variable SCBDSERV must be set to access the Cluster Database server.

configuration-file
Specify the PM/Agent/UDP configuration file. The format is defined in PM-II Agent/UDP CONF(5).

output-file
Specify the file name for configuration output. If this argument is not specified, stdout is used.

BUGS
If the host on which mkpmethernetconf executes is included in the PM/Agent/UDP configuration file and the host has more than 2 network interface cards, mkpmethernetconf outputs warnings and entries for each interface. In this case, edit the output file and delete the unused entries.

Since mkpmethernetconf uses the rsh(1) command, all hosts listed in the PM/Agent/UDP configuration file must be accessible using rsh.

SEE ALSO
(1), PM-II ETHERNET CONF(5), etherpmctl(8), mkpmethernetdev.sh(8)
CREDIT
This document is a part of the SCore cluster system software developed at PC Cluster Consortium, Japan. Copyright (C) 2002 PC Cluster Consortium.