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Viewing Neighboring IB Devices
To view the IB devices that directly connect to your device:
1. Expand the InfiniBand icon in the Tree frame.
2. Expand the Topology icon in the Tree frame.
3. Click the Neighbors branch in the Tree frame. The InfiniBand Neighbors table appears in the
View frame. Table 5-10 lists and describes the fields in this table.
Viewing IB Neighbor Properties
To view IB neighbor properties:
1. Expand the InfiniBand icon in the Tree frame.
2. Expand the Topology icon in the Tree frame.
3. Click the Neighbors branch. The InfiniBand Neighbors table appears in the View frame.
4. Click the radio button next to the neighbor whose properties you want to view, then click the
Properties button. The Topology Neighbor Properties window opens. Table 5-11 lists and
describes the elements in this window.
Local Overrun Error Threshold at which the count of buffer overruns, across
consecutive flow-control update periods, result in an overrun
error. A possible cause of such errors is when an earlier packet
has physical errors and the buffers are not immediately
reclaimed.
Table 5-9: Topology Port Properties Window Fields (Continued)
Field Description
Table 5-10: InfiniBand Neighbors Table Fields
Field Description
Subnet Prefix 64-bit value that identifies the IB subnet to which this neighbor node
belongs.
Local Node GUID 64-bit GUID of the IB node.
Local Port ID Port ID of the IB node. The value is an integer between 0 and 255.
Remote Node GUID 64-bit GUID of the neighboring IB node to which the local node is linked.
Remote Port ID Port ID of the neighboring IB node to which the local node is linked. The
value is an integer between 0 and 255.
Table 5-11: Topology Neighbor Properties Window Elements
Element Description
Subnet Prefix field Subnet prefix of the neighbor node.
Local Node GUID field GUID of the neighbor that you selected.
Local Port ID field Local port on the neighbor that you selected that connects to your
Server Switch.
Local Node Type field Node type of the neighbor node.
Remote Node GUID field GUID of the physical switch within your Server Switch that
connects to the neighbor node.
