NAME

       fs_getclientaddrs - Displays the client interfaces to register

SYNOPSIS

       fs getclientaddrs [-help]

       fs gc [-h]

       fs getcl [-h]

DESCRIPTION

       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.

CAUTIONS

       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.

OPTIONS

       -help
           Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

OUTPUT

       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.

EXAMPLES

       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

PRIVILEGE REQUIRED

       None

SEE ALSO

       fileserver(8), fs_setclientaddrs(1)

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