hsci - Manage HSCI interfaces

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 LPAR mode z/VM guest KVM guest

Use the hsci command to add, delete, and list HiperSockets Converged Interface (HSCI) interfaces.

hsci syntax

Where:

add <HipSock_if> <net_if>: creates an HSCI interface by connecting a HiperSockets device with a network adapter.
del <HSCI_if>: deletes an HSCI interface by dissolving the connection between the HiperSockets interface and the network interface.
show: lists all HSCI interfaces.

Examples

To create an HSCI interface by connecting a HiperSockets interface encb112 and an OSA Express or RoCE device with a network interface enca100. Both are assigned the same PNET ID, and none have an IP address.
```
# hsci add encb112 enca100
Verifying net dev enca100 and HiperSockets dev encb112
Adding hscib112 with a HiperSockets dev encb112 and an external dev enca100
Set encb112 MAC fe:c2:f4:35:00:12 on enca100 and hscib112
Successfully added HSCI interface hscib112
```
You can now assign an IP address to the new hscib112 interface.

To list available HSCI interfaces, issue:

# hsci show
HSCI      PNET_ID   HiperSockets   External
------------------------------------------------------------
hscib112  NET1      encb112        enca100

To delete an HSCI interface, issue:

# hsci del hscib112
Deleting HSCI interface hscib112 with the HiperSockets encb112 and the
external enca100
Deleting MAC fe:c2:f4:35:00:12 on enca100
Successfully deleted device hscib112