diff -up opensm-3.3.13/opensm/main.c.config opensm-3.3.13/opensm/main.c
--- opensm-3.3.13/opensm/main.c.config	2012-03-02 10:35:26.783996345 -0500
+++ opensm-3.3.13/opensm/main.c	2012-03-02 10:46:33.471939369 -0500
@@ -131,6 +131,13 @@ static void show_usage(void)
 	       "          The name of the OpenSM config file. When not specified\n"
 	       "          " OSM_DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE
 	       " will be used (if exists).\n\n");
+	printf("--extra-config, -E <file-name>\n"
+	       "          The name of an OpenSM config file used to over ride\n"
+	       "          the entries in the primary config file.  This is\n"
+	       "          useful when you have more than one opensm instance\n"
+	       "          to manage and you want them all to have a central,\n"
+	       "          shared set of options and you want a second, smaller\n"
+	       "          config file to hold their fabric specific options.\n\n");
 	printf("--create-config, -c <file-name>\n"
 	       "          OpenSM will dump its configuration to the specified file and exit.\n"
 	       "          This is a way to generate OpenSM configuration file template.\n\n");
@@ -569,10 +576,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	boolean_t run_once_flag = FALSE;
 	int32_t vendor_debug = 0;
 	int next_option;
-	char *conf_template = NULL, *config_file = NULL;
+	char *conf_template, *config_file, *extra_config_file;
 	uint32_t val;
 	const char *const short_option =
-	    "F:c:i:w:O:f:ed:D:g:l:L:s:t:a:u:m:X:R:zM:U:S:P:Y:ANBIQvVhoryxp:n:q:k:C:G:H:";
+	    "F:E:c:i:w:O:f:ed:D:g:l:L:s:t:a:u:m:X:R:zM:U:S:P:Y:ANBIQvVhoryxp:n:q:k:C:G:H:";
 
 	/*
 	   In the array below, the 2nd parameter specifies the number
@@ -584,6 +591,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	const struct option long_option[] = {
 		{"version", 0, NULL, 12},
 		{"config", 1, NULL, 'F'},
+		{"extra-config", 1, NULL, 'E'},
 		{"create-config", 1, NULL, 'c'},
 		{"debug", 1, NULL, 'd'},
 		{"guid", 1, NULL, 'g'},
@@ -647,6 +655,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		{"torus_config", 1, NULL, 10},
 		{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}	/* Required at the end of the array */
 	};
+	conf_template = config_file = extra_config_file = NULL;
 
 	/* force stdout to be line-buffered */
 	setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IOLBF, BUFSIZ);
@@ -672,6 +681,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			config_file = optarg;
 			printf("Config file is `%s`:\n", config_file);
 			break;
+		case 'E':
+			extra_config_file = optarg;
+			printf("Extra Config file is `%s`:\n",
+			       extra_config_file);
+			break;
 		default:
 			break;
 		}
@@ -687,6 +701,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (osm_subn_parse_conf_file(config_file, &opt) < 0)
 		printf("\nFail to parse config file \'%s\'\n", config_file);
 
+	if (extra_config_file)
+		if (osm_subn_parse_conf_file(extra_config_file, &opt) < 0)
+			printf("\nFailed to parse extra config file `%s`\n",
+			       extra_config_file);
+
 	printf("Command Line Arguments:\n");
 	do {
 		next_option = getopt_long_only(argc, argv, short_option,