Bright:Phi config

Phi Configuration

There are three methods to configure a PHI card on bright: cm-mic-setup, cmsh and cmgui. It is recommended that administrators use cm-mic-setup to set up their PHI cards as it is easy to mis configure them through cmsh and cmgui.

cm-mic-setup

Set up is done intreativly by default, but all required information can be passsed through using the options.

A basic command is shown. Here MIC is the Phic card, while MICHOSTNAME is the name of the host holding the card.

cm-mic-setup --add-mic <MIC>... --mic-host <MICHOSTNAME>... [OPTIONS]

The cm-mic-setup with go through the following steps:

1. The PHI is added to Bright
2. A network bridge is created if needed
3. Network Configuration
4. MIChost role is assigned to the host
5. IP forwarding is enabled on the host

cmgui

Go to the "MIC Nodes" tab and press "Create MICs":

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Then follow the wizard instructions for hostnames:

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Networking:

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Click "Finish and Save":

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