Dolphin IXS600 Operation & User’s Manual

Page 13 Front and rear panel link LEDs The switch has two bi-color LEDs visible through the cabinet on both sides indicating status for each of the 8 PCI Express links. Name Dark Yellow Green Green - blinking Link Power off or failure Power on, Link down Power on, Link Up Power on, Link active, data transmitted NTB Transparent mode Indicates uplink- port for CASCADE_SUB configuration. NTB mode (The switch is managed and used by PXImc, SISCI, SuperSockets, TCP/IP software) NA Table 2: Link LED overview The NTB link LED is only controlled by ...

Page 16 Connecting up to 20 nodes using three switches To establish this configuration, you need to 1) Designate one switch as the TOP switch. This switch should have the MODE selector in M1. No special firmware configuration is needed for this switch (factory default). 2) Designate the second switch as SUB1. This switch should have the MODE selector in M1. This switch needs to be re-configured using the WEB GUI to load the SUB1 firmware. 3) Designate the third switch as SUB2. This switch should have the MODE selector in M1. This switch ne ...

Page 27 Link Watchdog Picture 10: Link Watchdog monitoring and configuration The /watchdog.shtml page allows you to monitor and configure the link watchdog implemented in the 1.3.9 management software release. There’s a button leading to this page at the bottom of the Management page. The link/port watchdog is an individual process running on the management processor that constantly checks and verifies the status of the various links. The watchdog process is running by default, but does not have any default minimum required port configur ...

Page 8 NTB mode port usage Any port can be used in any order, no restrictions. Dolphins NTB software and adapter cards will auto detect ports and automatically connect at the highest speed possible. Customers writing their own low-level drivers need to contact Dolphin for further technical information. Cascading switches The IXS600 (revisions Hx and higher) supports cascading multiple switches into larger PCI Express networks. In combination with the IXH610 adapter, up to 20 nodes can communicate using Dolphins NTB driver. In reflective me ...

Page 16 Connecting up to 20 nodes using three switches To establish this configuration, you need to 1) Designate one switch as the TOP switch. This switch should have the MODE selector in M1. No special firmware configuration is needed for this switch (factory default). 2) Designate the second switch as SUB1. This switch should have the MODE selector in M1. This switch needs to be re-configured using the WEB GUI to load the SUB1 firmware. 3) Designate the third switch as SUB2. This switch should have the MODE selector in M1. This switch ne ...

Page 23 Switch Monitoring Picture 7: Switch montoring page The /Monitoring.shtml -page shows the switch uptime, currently operational mode and firmware, readings from fan- and temperature-sensors and port status. Ports arbitrated to Gen2 x8 will show black text on green, while disconnected ports show a red NC on yellow. Gen1 speed and x4 or narrower links are reported with an updated red status text. The various information is automatically updated and there should be no need to refresh the page. ...