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Class = Node


Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
node_number I Relative node number ((frame#-1)*16)+slot. This number is computed from frame information and put here by system management.
hdw_enet_addr S Universal hardware ethernet identifier for this node. Obtained through the system monitor during system initialization.
frame_number I Frame number. Number from 1 to number of frames. Set during object creation.
slot_number I Node slot in frame. Number from 1 to 16. Set during object creation. For nodes in SP frames, set to the starting physical frame slot for the node. For all SP-attached servers except those with the HMC protocol, the value is 1. For SP-attached servers with the HMC protocol, the value corresponds to the LPAR definition as assigned by Hardmon.
slots_used I Nodes use 1, 2 or 4 slots. Distinguishes thin, wide or high node nodes. Set by data obtained from system monitor. For SP-attached server nodes, this value is 1.
switch_node_number I For SP nodes on switchless and SP Switch systems, this attribute is assigned by the SDR_config process. For servers connected as clustered enterprise servers or attached servers on switchless and SP Switch systems, this is the switch node number associated with the switch port on an existing frame, set in the /etc/switch.info file. For SP Switch2 systems, this attribute is assigned by the spadaptrs command for all nodes and servers, and is set to -1 for those nodes and servers not connected to the switch. Set during object creation from data obtained from system monitor. When attached to an SP Switch2, it is sequentially assigned by the SDR_config process. When attached to an SP Switch or switchless system, this is the switch node number associated with the switch port on an existing SP frame, set in the /etc/switch.info file.
switch_chip_port I Switch port to which this node is connected. Set during object creation from data obtained from system monitor. On an SP-attached server node, this is the switch port on an existing SP frame to which the SP-attached server node is connected.
switch_chip I Switch chip number to which this node is connected. Set during object creation from data obtained from system monitor. On a SP-attached server node, this value is the switch chip number for the switch port to which the SP-attached server node is connected.
switch_number I Switch number to which this node is connected. Set during object creation from data obtained from system monitor. On a SP-attached server node, this value is the switch number for the switch port that the SP-attached server node is connected to.
initial_hostname S Hostname assigned to this node during customization. Customer supplied using SMIT at installation.
reliable_hostname S Hostname associated with SP ethernet. Set using SMIT from name entered for the SPLAN adapter.
default_route S IP address of default route. Customer supplied using SMIT at installation.
boot_server I Relative node number of node that will answer bootp request when necessary. (0 represents control workstation.) Set during creation to 0 to represent the control workstation for systems with less than 40 nodes. For systems with more nodes, set this value to the boot-install server for this node.
bootdisk S The disk from which the node last booted. Set by PSSP when the node is installed or customized.
install_image S Path of net install image for this node. This field is initially set to DEFAULT, meaning that the default image is used. Optionally set by customer using SMIT.
install_disk S Same as pv_list in the Volume_group class. Set during node creation based on the node type.
last_install_time S Time and date that this system was last successfully installed. Set during network installation.
last_install_image S server:/filepath of last image installed. Set during network installation.
switch_protocol S This is the string LSP or CSSCI.
switch_partition_number I Switch partition this node belongs to. Default is 1.
bootp_response S install=full net install and customize; disk=use local disk to boot (ignore bootp request); maintenance=on reboot, go into Installation/Maintenance menus; customize=just use information from SDR to customize node's ODM; restore=restore of backup image via network install. Initially set to customize during object creation. Changeable using SMIT.
boot_device S Device from which to network boot. This attribute is no longer used.
usr_maint S If set to true a node will perform usr client maintenance on boot. Initialized to false, set using SMIT.
VSD_adapter S The adapter on this node used by the vsd. This is an adapter type to be joined with the adapter_type attribute of the Adapter class, where the node and Adapter node_number fields match.
VSD_max_buffer_count I Buffer cache size for vsd.
VSD_request_blocks I The number of request blocks the vsd should allocate. This value will be ignored, but a value must be specified to support coexistence.
VSD_pbufs I The number of pbufs the vsd should allocate. This value will be ignored, but a value must be specified to support coexistence.
VSD_init_buffer_count I Buffer cache size for vsd.
VSD_min_buddy_buffer_size I The minimum vsd buddy buffer size allocated to a single request.
VSD_max_buddy_buffer_size I The maximum vsd buddy buffer size allocated to a single request.
VSD_max_buddy_buffers I The size of the vsd buddy buffer, given in the number of buffers of max_buddy size.
VSD_do_ip_checksum S Test to determine when to do IP checksum calculation.
cfs_adapter S The adapter on this node used by Calypso and Global Mount.
acct_class_id S An ID selected by administrator for grouping and merging acct data. Default = default.
acct_enable S Whether acct is enabled for a node. Default = default.
acct_job_charge S Used to determine the number of charge fee units to charge a user for exclusive use of the node. Its value is in units of "seconds per charge fee unit". Default = 1.0.
acct_excluse_enable S Indicates whether stop and end job accounting records will be generated for jobs having exclusive use of a node. Default = false.
usr_server_ip S This is either an IP address or local. Default is local.
usr_client_adapter S This will be enX, trX where X can be any number. This attribute is no longer used.
has_usr_clients S This will be either true or false. Default is false.
code_version S Contains the ssp release that is installed on this node. Default is nothing (unknown).
usr_gateway_ip S The IP address of the gateway to get to /usr server. Default is 0, meaning /usr server is not on a gateway.
VSD_maxIPmsgsz I Largest sized block of data that the IBM Virtual Shared Disk sends over the network for an I/O request. Default is 61440.
lppsource_name S The name of the LPP source resource from which to obtain AIX file sets for the installation of this node. Default = default.
processors_installed I The total number of processors in the node. Set at node boot time. If the number of processors changes dynamically, this value will not be reset to the new number until the next node boot.
processor_type S Specifies if the node is a uniprocessor or multiprocessor. Value is UP or MP.
description S Provides a desciption.
platform S Architecture of the node.
hardware_control_type S Type of hardware control this node has. If this node has a supervisor, this value is set to the node supervisor card type. For servers with SAMI protocol it is 10 (decimal), for CSP protocol it is 12, for HMC protocol it is 13.
RVSD_version I Represents the RVSD version in VRMF format.
selected_vg S The root volume group to install next. Initially set to rootvg.
dcehostname S Name by which DCE knows the host.
expansion_list S List of expansion_number values from each NodeExpansion object for an expansion unit connected to this node. Each expansion_number is separated by a comma. A null list means there are no NodeExpansion objects related to this node.
on_switch I Indicates whether this node is connected to the switch. Is set to 1 (true) if there is a css adapter, 0 (false) if there is no css adapter on this node.
LPAR_name S Logical partition identifier. The identifier assigned by the user to the LPAR on a server through the HMC. Retrieved with hardmon and stored in the Node class by the SDR_config process. Undefined for all other nodes.

|Class = Node_VPD


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Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
node_number I Node number. Computed internally based on frame number and slot number.
node_type_model S The attached server type and model. As returned by the AIX lsvpd command in the TM field. For servers supported by PSSP 3.4 or later, this is stored in the SDR by the save_config command. For servers running earlier levels of PSSP, this is written by the get_vpd command on the CWS.
node_serial_number S The attached server serial number. As returned by the AIX lsvpd command in the SE field. For servers supported by PSSP 3.4 or later, this is stored in the SDR by the save_config command. For servers running earlier levels of PSSP, this is written by the get_vpd command on the CWS.

Class = NodeControl


Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
type S Type of node. For SP frame nodes, this value is set to the Node supervisor card type. For SP-attached server nodes, this value is set to 10 (decimal).
capabilities S Comma-separated list of capabilities (no embedded blanks). For SP frame nodes, valid values are power, reset, tty, keySwitch, LED, networkBoot.

For 332 MHz SMP wide or thin nodes, valid values are power, reset, tty, LED, networkBoot.

For S70 nodes, valid values are power, reset, tty, LED, networkBoot.

slots_used I Number of slots used by this node type. The correct number for each type of node. For S70 nodes, the valid value is 1.
platform_type S Hardware platform type. For most SP nodes, the valid value is rs6k.

For 332 MHx SMP wide or thin nodes, and S70 nodes, valid value is chrp.

processor_type S Specifies whether this is a uni-processor or multi-processor node. Valid values are UP or MP as appropriate for each type of node. For S70 nodes, valid value is MP.
NC_timeout I The timeout value used by the nodecond command. Allow more time for SMPs and nodes with a lot of I/O capability.
def_pv_list S A list of physical volumes to be used for the root volume group and any mirrored copies. There must be at least one extra disk for each copy of the root volume group.
def_copies I The default number of copies of the root volume group to create for this node type. Total number of copies is one or two.
def_quorum S The default quorum setting for this node type. Valid values are true and false. Set it to false when mirroring.
css_type S The default type of CSS switch adapter for this node type and switch type. Set by the SDR_init process.

Class = NodeExpansion


Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
expansion_number I Unique SP number for this expansion unit. Like the node_number value for a node but it is for the frame and slot location of this unit. Derived using (frame_number-1)*16+slot_number.
frame_number I Frame location. Passed to hardmon by I/O Unit supervisor.
slot_number I Slot location. Passed to hardmon by I/O Unit supervisor.
slots_used I Number of slots it occupies (1). Taken from NodeControl table.
hardware_control_type S The supervisor card type (145). Passed to hardmon by I/O Unit supervisor.
associated_node I Node number of node to which this is connected. Passed to hardmon by I/O Unit supervisor (hardmon gets frame and slot numbers and converts to this node number).

|Class = NodeGroup


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Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
name S The name of the node group. Set by the ngcreate command.
defList S List of nodes in the node group. Set by the ngcreate command.

Class = PMAN_Subscription


Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
pmTargetType S Identifies the type of the parameter in the pmTarget field. NODE_LIST, NODE_RANGE, or NODE_GROUP.
pmTarget S Identifies the set of nodes on which to execute the actions that are specified by the pmCommand, pmTrapid, and pmText fields in response to events and by the pmRearmCommand, pmRearmTrapid, and pmRearmText fields in response to rearm events. This field may contain a node range, a list of hostnames, or the name of a node group. A pre-defined node group, ALLPMAN, is provided. This node group consists of all the nodes in the current system partition.
pmRvar S Specifies the resource variable name for the event. Required.
pmIvec S Specifies a fully-qualified resource identifier for the event. Required.
pmPred S Specifies an expression for the event. Required.
pmCommand S The command to run in response to events. Optional.
pmCommandTimeout I The amount of time, in seconds, to wait before assuming that the pmCommand has hung, and killing it. Optional.
pmHandle S A label used to identify the subscription. Required.
pmTrapid I An SNMP trap ID to send in response to events. Optional.
pmPPSlog I Keeps track of whether the pmText field contains message text. Optional.
pmThrottle

Not currently used.
pmRearmPred S Rearm expression which forms part of the event definition. Optional.
pmRearmTrapid I An SNMP trap ID to send in response to rearm events. Optional.
pmRearmPPSlog I Keeps track of whether the pmRearmText field contains message text. Optional.
pmRearmCommand S The command to issue when the rearm event occurs. Optional.
pmRearmCommandTimeout I The amount of time to wait, in seconds, before assuming the command has hung, and killing it. Optional.
pmUsername S The user name of the subscriber event. Defaults to root.
pmPrincipal S The Kerberos principal of the user who creates the subscription. This field establishes ownership of the subscription. Required.
pmHost S The hostname of the node where the users issues the pmandef command to create the subscription. Defaults to the local node.
pmDeactivated S Contains either NONE, ALL, or bitmask. NONE indicates all the nodes are activated. ALL indicates that all the nodes are deactivated. bitmask indicates that the subscription contains a mixture of activated and deactivated nodes. Default is activated.
pmText S Text to be written to the AIX error log and BSD syslog facilities in response to events. Optional.
pmRearmtext S Text to be written to the AIX error log and BSD syslog facilities in resonse to rearm events. Optional.
pmUserLabel S Stores the name of the Named_Condition from the Event Management subsystem, if one was used to subscribe to a problem management record. Used by the SP Perspectives GUI.
pmInitEval I Specifies whether to register a user's event definition with Event Management without prompting for immediate evaluation. A value of 0 causes pmand to register the event without prompting for immediate evaluation. -1 causes pmand to request immediate evaluation.
pmDCEPrincipal S Stores user's DCE principal if it exists.
pmAIXOwner S Stores user's AIX user name if it's available. This is the AIX user name of the user who creates the subscription, not the AIX user name that is used to execute commands in response to events.

Class = pmanrmdConfig


Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
pmrmNodenumber I The node number of the host on which pmanrmd is to instantiate the resource variable being defined.
pmrmTargetType S Identifies the type of the parameter in the pmTarget field. NODE_LIST, NODE_RANGE, or NODE_GROUP
pmrmTarget S Lists the targets on which daemons are to be configured. Can be a list of host names (NODE_LIST) separated by commas, a range of nodes (NODE_RANGE) as specified by the -n argument to hostlist, or the name of a node group (NODE_GROUP).
pmrmRvar S Specifies the resource variable being defined. Must be IBM.PSSP.User_statenn, where nn is 1-16.
pmrmCommand S Specifies a command to run at the specified interval.
pmrmSampInt I Specifies a sampling interval, in seconds, for the resource variable.

Class = RVSD_Restrict_Level


Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
domain S
Not currently used.
level I Represents the functional level that RVSD will run at in VRMF format.

Class = SP


Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
control_workstation S Hostname of control workstation.
cw_ipaddrs S IP addresses of control workstation.
install_image S Full path of net install image. Customer supplied at installation.
remove_image S If set to true the install images are erased after all nodes have been installed from this server. Customer supplied at installation.
primary_node S Ethernet hostname of primary node. Default is node 1 frame 1.
ntp_config S The kind of NTP installation done: none=Do not configure NTP for this site. consensus=setup NTP to configure Control Workstation as the NTP server and boot servers as NTP peers. timemaster=site has an existing NTP server. Configure NTP to use these. NTP_SERVERS will contain the NTP server hostnames. internet=The Control Workstation has access to the internet. Configure the Control Workstation to be an NTP server using the internet time server(s) defined in NTP_SERVERS. From customer input.
ntp_server S Hostname of NTP server. From customer input.
ntp_version S Default is 3. Customer can override.
amd_config S True or False for whether the SP will provide automounter support Customer can input, default is false.
print_config S false=do not print secure=install print in secure mode open=install print in open mode Default is false. Can be changed by customer.
print_id S User name to rsh to for secure mode printing. Set by customer.
usermgmt_config S false=do not install SP user management, true=install SP user management code and SMIT interface. Default is false. Can be changed by customer.
passwd_file S File containing password information. Default is /etc/passwd.
passwd_file_loc S Location of password file.
homedir_server S Hostname of default user directory server for user management code. Can be set by customer. Default is control workstation.
homedir_path S Default path to user home directories. Can be set by customer. Default is /home/homedir_server.
filecoll_config S True or false if file collection management code should be installed. Can be set by customer. Default is false.
supman_uid S UID for supman.
supfilesrv_port S File collections port number.
spacct_enable S Flag indicating whether, by default, accounting is enabled on all nodes that have an accounting enabled attribute of default. Default is false.
spacct_actnode_thresh. I The SP accounting active node threshold indicates the percentage of nodes for which accounting data must be available, for merging and reporting of the data for a cycle to take place. Default is 80.
spacct_excluse_enable S The cluster exclusive use accounting enabled attribute- indicates whether accounting start and end job records will be generated for jobs having exclusive use of the node. True or false. Default is false.
acct_master I Specifies which node is to act as the accounting master. Default is 0.
cw_has_usr_clients S Either true or false. Default is false.
code_version S Contains the ssp release that is installed on the CWS. Default is nothing (unknown).
layout_dir S Pathname of layout directory for current system partition configuration.
authent_server S The type of authentication server used. The possible values are ssp (SP authentication services) (ssp.authent server, either primary or slave, on the control workstation), afs (afs server on either the control workstation or elsewhere), krb (SP authentication services or other Kerberos servers on other workstations only). The default is krb. The value is set by install_cw.
backup_cw S Kernel hostname of backup control workstation. If value is null, configuration is not HACWS.
ipaddrs_bucw S IP addresses of backup control workstation that are not service adapters and are not involved with fail over. If value is null, the backup control workstation is not reachable as the backup during fail over periods.
active_cw S Active control workstation, either control workstation or backup control workstation. If value is null, configuration is not HACWS.
sec_master S Hostname of the DCE master server. Set with the setupdce command.
cds_server S Hostname of CDS primary server. Set with the setupdce command.
cell_name S Name of DCE cell. Set with the create_dcehostname command.
cw_lppsource_name S The name of the LPP source resource from which to obtain NIM file sets for the control workstation. You must ensure that the AIX level of the LPP source (indicated by the value given to cw_lppsource_name) matches the AIX level installed on your control workstation.
cw_dcehostname S Name by which DCE knows the control workstation.
master_switch_seq I Number of the node that is the master switch sequencing node.
number_switch_planes I Number of switch planes. Specified by the user with the spswplane command.
admin_locale S The SP administrative locale for the SP system. The default is the base AIX locale of the CWS. Set with the spsitenv command.
SDR_ASCII_only S Indicates whether non-ASCII data is allowed to be written to the SDR. If true only data in the base ASCII code range '00'X to '7F'X can be written to the SDR. Set with the spsitenv command.
switch_clock_alt_num I Specifies the clocking topology alternate number.
IsPartitionable S Indicates whether this system can be partitioned. Set by the SDR_config process to true unless there is an SP Switch2 or there is no SP frame, in which case it is set to false.
kfserver_timeout I Contains the value of the KF_TIMEOUT environment variable. This value signifies how long to wait for the transfer of the Kerberos V4 srvtab file. The default is 150 seconds.
SP_type_model S SP machine type and model. Set during SP installation or the first time the get_vpd command runs.
SP_serial_number S SP serial number. Set during SP installation or the first time the get_vpd command runs.

Class = SP_ports


Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
daemon S Name of a daemon.
hostname S Host on which the daemon runs.
port I Port that the daemon uses on node specified in hostname.

|Class = SP_Restricted


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Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
restrict_root_rcmd S Whether restricted root access is enabled or not. Value=true or false, default is false.
rcmd_pgm S Choice of remote command method. Values=rsh or secrshell, default is rsh.
dsh_remote_cmd S Name of the remote command executable. Default in the SDR is null.
remote_copy_cmd S Name of the remote copy command executable. Default in the SDR is null.

Class = Subnet


Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
subnet S The subnet ID, in "dot" notation (obtained by adding together an IP address for an adapter and its netmask). All adapters in the same subnet will have the same subnet ID. This field is not currently filled.
networkName S Network to which this subnet belongs. This field is not currently filled.

Class = Switch


Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
switch_number I Switch number If less than 1000, switches connected to nodes. If greater than 1000, intermediate switches.
frame_number I Frame number
slot_number I Slot number within frame. Node switches equal 17. Intermediate switches equal 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16.
switch_partition_number I Switch partition that the SP Switch is on. Default is 1. Used in SP Switch systems only.
switch_type I Switch supervisor card type (49, 50, 129, or 132).
clock_input S Clock input source.

SP Switch possible values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34

switch_level I Microcode level from the switch supervisor.
switch_name S Short model name of the switch.
clock_source I Switch number of the switch providing the clocking signal for the current switch.
clock_change S Clock input has changed since last Eclock.
switch_plane I Switch plane number to which this switch is connected. Values are 0 or 1. Set by the SDR_config process.
switch_plane_seq I A number corresponding to the sequence number of the switch within its switch plane. Set by the SDR_config process. For example, consider the following two-plane system:
switch_number plane plane_seq
1 0 1
2 1 1
3 0 2
4 1 2

Switch 1 is the first in plane 0, so switch_plane_seq is 1. Switch 2 is the first in plane 1, so switch_plane_seq is 1. Switch 3 is the second in plane 0, so switch_plane_seq is 2. Switch 4 is the second in plane 1, so switch_plane_seq is 2.

Class = Switch_adapter_port

|This class is not used in SP Switch systems. For SP Switch2 |systems, one object is created for each port on each switch |adapter.

Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
node_number I Relative node number ((frame#-1)*16)+slot. Same as the node number attribute in the node class. Set during spadaptrs processing.
switch_node_number I Switch relative node number. Set by the fault service daemon.
switch_chip I Switch chip number to which this adapter port is connected. Set by the fault service daemon.
switch_chip_port I Switch port to which this adapter port is connected. Set by the fault service daemon.
adapter_name S Name of the switch adapter on which this port exists. Set during spadaptrs processing.
adapter_port_number I Port number within this adapter in sequence beginning with 0. Set during spadaptrs processing.
switch_number I Switch number to which this adapter node is connected. Set by the fault service daemon.

Class = Switch_partition

|This class applies to SP Switch systems only. It is not used |with the SP Switch2.

Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
switch_partition_number I The partition number for High Performance Switch use. No longer applicable.
topology_filename S The filename of the topology file that is stored in the SDR.
primary_name S The reliable hostname of the switch primary node.
arp_enabled S Address resolution protocol. Default is no.
switch_node_number_used S Switch adapter's IP addresses were assigned based on the switch node numbers. Default is yes.
run_phase_duration I Length of time in minutes that the switch stays in run phase. Range is 1-117281 minutes. Default is 2.
primary_backup_name S Reliable host name of this system partition's primary backup node.
oncoming_primary_name S Reliable host name of the node that will become the primary node on the next Estart.
oncoming_primary_backup_name S Reliable host name of the node that will become the primary backup node on the next Estart.
num_nodes_success I Number of nodes in the system partition that successfully received the topology file.
switch_max_ltu I Represents the maximum length of the data portion of an IP packet sent over the switch. This value is determined by internal switch support, and should not be changed.
switch_link_delay I Represents the switch link delay value used by switch support when initializing the switch network. This value is determined by internal switch support, and should not be changed.
autounfence I Tells the fault service daemon on the primary node to enable (1) or disable (0) the automatic unfence feature. Default is 1 to enable autounfence. The value can be changed using the Estart command. The attribute takes effect at switch initialization or primary node takeover.

Class = Switch_plane

This class applies to SP Switch2 systems only.

Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
switch_plane_number I The plane number for the SP Switch2. For SP Switch2 systems only.
topology_filename S The filename of the topology file that is stored in the SDR. For SP Switch2 systems only.
primary_name S The reliable hostname of the switch primary node. For SP Switch2 systems only.
primary_backup_name S Reliable host name of this system partition's primary backup node. For SP Switch2 systems only.
oncoming_primary_name S Reliable host name of the node that will become the primary node on the next Estart.
oncoming_primary_backup_name S Reliable host name of the node that will become the primary backup node on the next Estart. For SP Switch2 systems only.
num_nodes_success I Number of nodes in the system partition that successfully received the topology file. For SP Switch2 systems only.
switch_max_ltu I Represents the maximum length of the data portion of an IP packet sent over the switch. This value is determined by internal switch support, and should not be changed. For SP Switch2 systems only.
switch_link_delay I Represents the switch link delay value used by switch support when initializing the switch network. This value is determined by internal switch support, and should not be changed. For SP Switch2 systems only.
autounfence I Tells the fault service daemon on the primary node to enable (1) or disable (0) the automatic unfence feature. Default is 1 to enable autounfence. The value can be changed using the Estart command. The attribute takes effect at switch initialization or primary node takeover.

Class = switch_responds


Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
node_number I Relative node number.
switch_responds I 0 or 1 if switch is inactive/active on the node. This is written by switch code in SP Switch systems only.
autojoin I Should this node join switch on startup. This applies in SP Switch systems only.
isolated I 1 or 0 if this node is isolated from the switch or not. Applies in SP Switch systems only.
adapter_config_status S Status of the switch adapter in the node for SP Switch systems only. Status can be one of css_ready, diag_fail, microcode_load_fail, or not_configured.
switch_responds0 I 0 or 1 if switch on plane 0 is inactive/active on the node. This is written by switch code in SP Switch2 systems only.
switch_responds1 I 0 or 1 if switch on plane 1 is inactive/active on the node. This is written by switch code in SP Switch2 systems only.
switch_responds2 I Not used.
switch_responds3 I Not used.
autojoin0 I Should this node join switch on startup. For switch plane 0 in SP Switch2 systems only.
autojoin1 I Should this node join switch on startup. For switch plane 1 in SP Switch2 systems only.
autojoin2 I Not used.
autojoin3 I Not used.
isolated0 I 1 or 0 if this node is isolated from the switch or not. For switch plane 0 in SP Switch2 systems only.
isolated1 I 1 or 0 if this node is isolated from the switch or not. For switch plane 1 in SP Switch2 systems only.
isolated2 I Not used.
isolated3 I Not used.

Class = SysNodeGroup


Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
name S Name associated with a node group. The first character of a node group name must be a letter. The remaining characters may be letters, numbers, . (period), or _ (underbar).
defList S Nodes and node groups which are members of this node group. For a node group named "A", a list of nodes and node groups that belong to "A" directly (not through member node groups).

Class = Syspar


Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
syspar_name S Hostname of system partition.
ip_address S IP address of system partition.
install_image S The image installed on this system partition.
syspar_dir S The directory from which this system partition was created.
code_version S PSSP components code version in this partition.
haem_cdb_version S Event Management Configuration Database (EMCDB) version string.
auth_install S Set of authentication methods to be installed on nodes in this partition.
auth_root_rcmd S Set of root authorization files defined for this partition.
ts_auth_methods S Set of active SP trusted services authentication methods for this partition.
auth_methods S Set of active AIX remote command authentication methods for this partition.

Class = Syspar_map


Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
syspar_name S Short hostname of a system partition.
syspar_addr S IP address of a system partition.
node_number I A node number in this system partition. The node number assigned to the node.
switch_node_number I The switch node number of this node. For SP-attached server nodes, this value is the switch node number for the switch port to which the SP-attached server node is connected. In a switchless system, this value is set by the customer.
used I Is this node on IC bus of frame controller? For a SP-attached server, this value is set to 1.
node_type S The type of node: standard, dependent. For a server this value is set to standard.

Class = Syspar_ports


Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
subsystem S Name of a system partition-sensitive subsystem.
port I Port number used for intrasubsystem communication.

Class = TS_Config

For the default settings of the attributes in this class, see the man pages for the hatsctrl command in PSSP Command and Technical Reference.


Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
Frequency I The frequency, in heartbeats per second, with which heartbeats are sent out.
Sensitivity I The number of heartbeats from the neighboring node that can be missed before the neighbor is declared inoperative.
Run_FixPri I Whether the execution priority is fixed or floating (1=fixed, 0=floating).
FixPri_Value I The value of the execution priority that is used on the set_priority system call.
Log_Length I The maximum number of lines in a log file. The file is wrapped after it reaches this limit.
Pinning S Determines whether the Topology Services daemon should run with its text or data pinned in memory.

Text = pin text area

Data = pin data area

Proc = pin text and data areas

NULL = does not ping any area

This field is not currently filled. The daemon has its text area pinned by default.

Class = TS_Tunable


Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
networkType S The type of network. For example, FDDI, token ring, ethernet, and so on.
hbInterval I Heartbeat send frequency, in seconds, for this type of network.
hbTolerance I Number of heartbeats from the neighboring node that can be missed before the neighbor is declared inoperative.

Class = Volume_Group


Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
node_number I The node number for Volume_Group. It is an integer representing a node number.
vg_name S The customer supplied volume group name. This is a customer supplied name for easy reference. It is initially set to "rootvg".
pv_list S A list of physical volumes (pv).

Valid format for hdisk specification is:

hdiskn,hdiskn,...,hdiskn
Valid format for connwhere, location, PVID, or SAN_DISKID specification is the corresponding AIX attribute value for any combination of those physical volumes separated by colon:
pv:pv:...:pv
Initially set to "hdisk0".
rvg S Specifies whether the volume group is a root volume group. Valid values are true or false. Initially set to "true".
quorum S Specifies whether the quorum is set to on for this volume group. Valid values are true or false. Initially set to "true".
copies I Specifies the number of copies for the volume group. Valid values are 1, 2, or 3. Initially set to 1.
mapping S Specifies whether mapping is set to on. Valid values are true or false. Initially set to "false".
install_image S The name of the mksysb install image to install next. Initially set to default.
code_version S PSSP code version to use for next install. Derived from Syspar.
lppsource_name S Name of the lppsource resource to use for next install. Initially set to default.
boot_server I The node_number of the boot/install server. Default depending upon the node location.
last_install_time S A date string specifying when the node was last installed. Initial
last_install_image S A string specifying the name of the last image installed on the node. Initial
last_bootdisk S A string specifying the logical device name of the last volume from which the node booted. Initial

Class = VSD_Cluster_Info


Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
node_number I SP node number.
cluster_name S Name of this cluster.
CVSD_node_number I CVSD cluster node number.
cvgs_defined I Number of concurrent volume groups that have been defined on this node.

Class = VSD_Fence


Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
minor_number I The unique minor number of a vsd that is fenced out of more than one node.
commit I
0 if in process of being committed; 1 if committed.
Map S A hex dump of the map designating the nodes that have IBM VSD fenced out.

Class = VSD_Global_Volume_Group


Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
global_group_name S Global Volume Group name.
local_group_name S Local Volume Group name.
primary_node I Primary node for this volume group. This is a relative node number.
secondary_node I Secondary node for this volume group. This is a relative node number and is optional.
eio_recovery I Denotes if recovery should be made from a hardware error.
recovery I Denotes if recovery was made from a hardware error. 0 = recovery was not made; 1 = recovery was made.
primary_ts S Primary node for a tail.
secondary_ts S Secondary node for a tail.
server_list S List of concurrent servers for this volume group.
vsd_type S Specifies the type of virtual shared disk volume group. VSD specifies serial access and CVSD specifies concurrent access.

Class = VSD_Minor_Number


Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
minor_number I Unique minor numbers.

Class = VSD_Table


Attribute Name T y p e Description Comments
VSD_name S Volume group name.
global_group_name S Global Volume Group name. Same names as global_group_name in VSD_Global_Volume_group.
logical_volume_name S The name of the logical volume comprising this vsd.
minor_number I Minor number from minor table.
option S Options associated with this vsd. cache or nocache are the permissible values.
size_in_MB I The size of the logical volume pointed to by a vsd.
lv_blk0_pdev I The physical device pointed to by the logical volume.
lv_blk0_pbn I The offset a logical volume resides on on the physical device.


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