[rhelv6-list] I know this is a stretch, but...

[thomas at redhat.com]

On 06/23/2013 12:37 AM, thomas at redhat.com wrote:
> I am putting together an infiniband network at my home lab. I found a
> used 24-port IB switch on eBay for $150, so I bought it.
>
> I got the QLogic SilverStorm InfiniBand Edge (9024-CU24-ST2-DDR) 24-port
> switch. It seems to power up just fine, but it was apparently not
> restored to factory defaults when it was retired.
>
> I Have tried to run tcpdump against the Ethernet port when it boots to
> see if it's talking on Ethernet at all, and I am seeing nothing.
>
> I've tried pinging 255.255.255.255 to see if it will respond. No joy.
>
> I really just want to restore this thing to factory defaults, but I
> can't find any documentation on doing that anywhere.
>
> Apparently QLogic sold this line to Intel a few years ago, and I can't
> find much on either the QLogic or Intel sites beyond the user's guide,
> CLI guide, and hardware installation guide, but none of them discuss
> resetting the unit to defaults.
>
> I opened it up and found a button on a daughter board which seems to
> soft reset the unit, but I can't figure out any magical incantation to
> reset it to defaults. I see jumpers right next to the switch, so I'm
> guessing that there's probably a jumper I can set to do this, but I'm a
> little scared of randomly powering the thing up with jumpers applied. :-)
>
> Is anyone familiar with this switch? Got any words of wisdom?

Forgot to mention: I've been trying to get serial connectivity, but the 
docs are not terribly clear about how to do it. The pinout they describe 
in the appendix of the hardware installation guide doesn't make sense, 
at least not to me.

I bought a  DB9F to RJ11 Modular to D-Sub Adaptor Kit from Fry's and I 
*thought* I plugged it together right, but I get nothing from minicom. 
Of course, I am going over a USB to serial adapter, and I know that 
introduces its own set of oddities, so...

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