NAME¶

opaledports

Toggles the beaconing LED state of HFIs, switches, and switch ports. opaledports is a useful aid for finding specific physical nodes in a crowded data center. It supports the CSV link format provided by opaextractsellinks.

Syntax¶

opaledports [-h hfi] [-p port] [-C] [-s|-d] [on|off] < portlist.csv

Options¶

--help

Produces full help text.

-h hfi

Specifies the HFI, numbered 1..n. Using 0 specifies that the -p port port is a system-wide port number. Default is 0.

-p port

Specifies the port, numbered 1..n. Using 0 specifies the first active port. Default is 0.

-C

Clears beaconing LED on all ports.

NOTE: If -C is entered, no other options are valid.

-s

Affects source side (first node) of link only.

-d

Affects destination side (second node) of link only.

on|off

Turns on or off the beaconing LED. Options include:

portlist.csv

Specifies the file listing the links to process. The list is of the form:

NodeGUID;PortNum;NodeType;NodeDesc;NodeGUID;PortNum;
NodeType;NodeDesc;Dontcare

Examples¶

echo "0x001175010165ac1d;1;FI;phkpstl035 hfi1_0"|opaledports on
opaledports on < portlist.csv
opaextractsellinks -F led:on | opaledports off
opaledports -C