Creating An Mdc; Assigning Hardware Resources To An Mdc; Authorizing An Mdc To Use An Interface Card - HP 12500 Configuration Manual

Tasks at a glance
Assigning hardware resources to an
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Although you can assign hardware resources to MDCs before or after you start the MDCs, HP
recommends assigning MDCs resources before starting them.

Creating an MDC

The switch supports creating up to three MDCs. Only an MPU with 4G memory space supports creating
MDCs.
To create an MDC:
Step
1. Enter system
view.
2. Create an
MDC.

Assigning hardware resources to an MDC

When you create an MDC, the system automatically assigns CPU, storage space, and memory space
resources to the MDC to ensure its operation. You can adjust the resource allocations as required.
An MDC needs interfaces to forward packets. However, the system does not automatically assign
interfaces to MDCs and you must assign them.

Authorizing an MDC to use an interface card

By default, an MDC can access only the resources on the MPUs; it cannot access any interface cards or
resources on the interface cards.
To assign physical interfaces to an MDC, you must authorize the MDC to use the interface cards to which
the physical interfaces belong.
Authorizing an MDC to use an interface card
Assigning physical interfaces to an MDC
Specifying a CPU weight for an MDC
Specifying a disk space percentage for an MDC
Specifying a memory space percentage for an MDC
Starting an MDC
Accessing and managing an MDC
Command
system-view
mdc mdc-name [ id mdc-id ]
MDC:
Remarks
N/A
By default, there is a default MDC with the name Admin
and the ID 1.
The default MDC is system predefined. You do not need
to create it, and you cannot delete it.
The MDC starts to work after you execute the mdc start
command.
This command is mutually exclusive with the irf mode
enhanced command. For more information about IRF, see
IRF Configuration Guide.
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