fs_getclientaddrs - Displays the client interfaces to register
fs getclientaddrs [
-help]
fs gc [
-h]
fs getcl [
-h]
The
fs getclientaddrs command displays the IP addresses of the interfaces
that the local Cache Manager registers with a File Server when first
establishing a connection to it.
The File Server uses the addresses when it initiates a remote procedure call
(RPC) to the Cache Manager (as opposed to responding to an RPC sent by the
Cache Manager). There are two common circumstances in which the File Server
initiates RPCs: when it breaks callbacks and when it pings the client machine
to verify that the Cache Manager is still accessible.
If an RPC to that interface fails, the File Server simultaneously sends RPCs to
all of the other interfaces in the list, to learn which of them are still
available. Whichever interface replies first is the one to which the File
Server then sends pings and RPCs to break callbacks.
fs_setclientaddrs(1) explains how the Cache Manager constructs the list
automatically in kernel memory as it initializes, and how to use that command
to alter the kernel list after initialization.
The File Server uses the list of interfaces displayed by this command only when
selecting an alternative interface after a failed attempt to break a callback
or ping the Cache Manager. When responding to the Cache Manager's request for
file system data, the File Server replies to the interface which the Cache
Manager used when sending the request. If the File Server's reply to a data
request fails, the file server machine's network routing configuration
determines which alternate network routes to the client machine are available
for resending the reply.
The displayed list applies to all File Servers to which the Cache Manager
connects in the future. It is not practical to register different sets of
addresses with different File Servers, because it requires using the
fs
setclientaddrs command to change the list and then rebooting each
relevant File Server immediately.
The displayed list is not necessarily governing the behavior of a given File
Server, if an administrator has issued the
fs setclientaddrs command
since the Cache Manager first contacted that File Server. It determines only
which addresses the Cache Manager registers when connecting to File Servers in
the future.
The list of interfaces does not influence the Cache Manager's choice of
interface when establishing a connection to a File Server.
- -help
- Prints the online help for this command. All other valid
options are ignored.
The output displays the IP address of each interface that the Cache Manager is
currently registering with File Server processes that it contacts, with one
address per line. The File Server initially uses the first address for
breaking callbacks and pinging the Cache Manager, but the ordering of the
other interfaces is not meaningful.
The following example displays the two interfaces that the Cache Manager is
registering with File Servers.
% fs getclientaddrs
192.12.105.68
192.12.108.84
None
fileserver(8),
fs_setclientaddrs(1)
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