Table Of Contents

Preface

Audience

Organization

Conventions

Related Documentation

Preface

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This preface describes who should read the Cisco SFS InfiniBand Redundancy Configuration Guide, how it is organized and its document conventions. It contains the following sections:

•Audience

•Organization

•Conventions

•Related Documentation

•Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Audience

The intended audience for this document is the administrator responsible for the Enterprise data center who configures redundancy in a Server Fabric Switch environment. This administrator should have experience configuring and managing equipment such as server switches, the Subnet Manager, Ethernet gateways, Host Channel Adapters, and software drivers.

Organization

This guide is organized as follows:

Chapter	Title	Description
Chapter 1	Overview	This chapter provides an overview about the guide.
Chapter 2	Cisco SFS 7008P and SFS 7000 Series Server Switch Redundancy	This chapter includes redundancy information for the Cisco SFS 7008P and Cisco SFS 7000 Series Server Switches.
Chapter 3	InfiniBand Server Switch Module Redundancy for the IBM BladeCenter	This chapter includes redundancy information for the InfiniBand Server Switch for the IBM BladeCenter Redundancy.
Chapter 4	Cisco SFS 3504 and Cisco SFS 3000 Series Server Switch Redundancy	This chapter includes redundancy information for the Cisco SFS 3504 and the Cisco SFS 3000 Series Server Switches.
Chapter 5	Subnet Manager Redundancy	This chapter includes the Subnet Manager redundancy information.
Chapter 6	Host Redundancy, and IPoIB and SRP Redundancies	This chapter includes information about HCA, IPoIB, and SRP redundancies.
Chapter 7	Ethernet Gateway and IPoIB Redundancies	This chapter includes information about Ethernet gateway redundancy.
Chapter 8	Fibre Channel Gateway and SRP Redundancies	This chapter includes information about Fibre Channel gateway redundancy.
Chapter 9	Typical Redundancy Use Case	This chapter describes a typical redundancy use case.
Appendix A	Acronyms and Abbreviations	This chapter defines the acronyms and abbreviations that are used in this publication.

Conventions

This document uses the following conventions:

Convention	Description
boldface font	Commands, command options, and keywords are in boldface. Bold text indicates Chassis Manager elements or text that you must enter as-is.
italic font	Arguments in commands for which you supply values are in italics. Italics not used in commands indicate emphasis.
Menu1 > Menu2 > Item...	Series indicate a pop-up menu sequence to open a form or execute a desired function.
[   ]	Elements in square brackets are optional.
{ x | y | z }	Alternative keywords are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars. Braces can also be used to group keywords and/or arguments; for example, {interface interface type}.
[ x | y | z ]	Optional alternative keywords are grouped in brackets and separated by vertical bars.
string	A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the string or the string will include the quotation marks.
screen font	Terminal sessions and information the system displays are in screen font.
boldface screen font	Information you must enter is in boldface screen font.
italic screen font	Arguments for which you supply values are in italic screen font.
^	The symbol ^ represents the key labeled Control—for example, the key combination ^D in a screen display means hold down the Control key while you press the D key.
<   >	Nonprinting characters, such as passwords are in angle brackets.
!, #	An exclamation point (!) or a pound sign (#) at the beginning of a line of code indicates a comment line.

Notes use the following convention:

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Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the manual.

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Cautions use the following convention:

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Caution Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might do something that could result in equipment damage or loss of data.

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Related Documentation

For additional information related to Cisco SFS InfiniBand Redundancy Configuration Guide, see the following documents:

•Cisco SFS InfiniBand Software Configuration Guide

•Cisco SFS 3504 Multifabric Server Switch Hardware Installation Guide

•Cisco SFS 3012R Multifabric Server Switch Hardware Installation Guide

•Cisco SFS 3001 Multifabric Server Switch Hardware Guide

•Cisco SFS 7008P InfiniBand Server Switch Hardware Installation Guide

•Cisco SFS 7000P and SFS 7000D InfiniBand Server Switches Hardware Installation Guide

•Cisco High-Performance Subnet Manager for InfiniBand Server Switches

•Cisco SFS Product Family Chassis Manager User Guide

•Cisco SFS Product Family Element Manager User Guide

•Cisco SFS Product Family Command Reference

•Cisco SFS InfiniBand Fibre Channel Gateway User Guide

•Cisco SFS InfiniBand Ethernet Gateway User Guide

•Cisco InfiniBand Host Channel Adapter Hardware Installation Guide

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