Violin Memory 6000 Series - Page 44

Chapter 2: System Setup and Configuration
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2. If you are using a serial connection, use the following console settings:
— Bits per second: 115200
— Data bits: 8
— Parity: None
— Stop bits: 1
3. At the CLI command prompt, log in as “admin.”
4. At the command prompt, type enable and then configure terminal:
5. Enter the show pcie command to display the PCIe connection information. Below is an
example of the command and output for a system named “violin” with 4 VCMs. The output
shows the two possible configurations: direct-attach and mg.
The first section, called the Switch configuration section, displays the current routing mode, which
in this case is set to the default “direct-attach” mode. This mode is four (4) PCIe direct connections,
with two (2) on each ACM. The four (4) PCIe ports run at gen 2 speed with a PCIe lane width of x8
lanes per port, as shown in the Port configuration section.
The Port configuration section is broken into two parts, one for the ACM in slot “a” and the other for
the ACM in slot “b”. The PCIe ports are labeled external “a” and “b” below. The display will show
“optimal” for a port that is configured at its highest speed, “degraded” if it is at a lower speed, and
“no link” if it can’t detect a connection.
6. Enable the direct-attached PCIe connection, or change the configuration using the following
command:
violin-acma [violin: master] > enable█
violin-acma [violin: master] # configure terminal█
violin-acma [violin: master] (config) # show pcie
Current PCI-E config: direct-attach
Constant Frequency enabled
Config direct-attach
Config mg
Ports acm-a (violin-acma-acm-a):
external-a: optimal
vcm-a: optimal
vcm-b: optimal
external-b: optimal
clustering: optimal
vcm-c: optimal
vcm-d: optimal
Ports acm-b (violin-acma-acm-b):
external-a: optimal
vcm-a: optimal
vcm-b: optimal
external-b: optimal
clustering: optimal
vcm-c: optimal
vcm-d: optimal
violin-acma [violin: master] (config) #█
violin-acma [violin: master] (config) # pcie connect < direct-attach | mg >█