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HP Scalable File Share User Guide: G3.2-0

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HP Part Number: SFSUGG32-D

Edition: 4

Published: October 2009


Table of Contents

About This Document
Intended Audience
New and Changed Information in This Edition
Typographic Conventions
Related Information
Structure of This Document
Documentation Updates
HP Encourages Your Comments
1 What's In This Version
About This Product
Benefits and Features
Supported Configurations
Hardware Configuration
Server Security Policy
Release Notes
New and Changed Information in This Edition
Bug Fixes
Known Issues
2 Installing and Configuring MSA Arrays
Installation
Accessing the MSA CLI
Using the CLI to Configure Multiple MSA Arrays
Configuring New Volumes
Creating New Volumes
MSA2000 Monitoring
email Notifications
SNMP Monitoring
3 Installing and Configuring HP SFS Software on Server Nodes
Supported Firmware
Installation Requirements
Kickstart Template Editing
Installation Phase 1
DVD/NFS Kickstart Procedure
DVD/USB Drive Kickstart Procedure
Network Installation Procedure
Installation Phase 2
Patch Download and Installation Procedure
Run the install2.sh Script
10 GigE Installation
Configuration Instructions
Configuring Ethernet and InfiniBand or 10 GigE Interfaces
Creating the /etc/hosts file
Configuring pdsh
Configuring ntp
Configuring User Credentials
Verifying Digital Signatures (optional)
Upgrade Installation
Rolling Upgrades
Client Upgrades
4 Installing and Configuring HP SFS Software on Client Nodes
Installation Requirements
Client Operating System and Interconnect Software Requirements
InfiniBand Clients
10 GigE Clients
Installation Instructions
Custom Client Build Procedures
CentOS 5.3/RHEL5U3 Custom Client Build Procedure
SLES10 SP2 Custom Client Build Procedure
5 Using HP SFS Software
Creating a Lustre File System
Creating the Lustre Configuration CSV File
Creating and Testing the Lustre File System
Configuring Heartbeat
Preparing Heartbeat
Generating Heartbeat Configuration Files Automatically
Configuration Files
Copying Files
Things to Double-Check
Things to Note
Preventing Collisions Among Multiple HP SFS Servers
Starting the File System
Stopping the File System
Monitoring Failover Pairs
Moving and Starting Lustre Servers Using Heartbeat
Testing Your Configuration
Examining and Troubleshooting
Lustre Performance Monitoring
6 Licensing
Obtaining a New License
Installing a New License
Checking for a Valid License
7 Known Issues and Workarounds
Server Reboot
Errors from install2
Application File Locking
MDS Is Unresponsive
Changing group_upcall Value to Disable Group Validation
Configuring the mlocate Package on Client Nodes
System Behavior After LBUG
SELinux Support
A HP SFS G3 Performance
Benchmark Platform
Single Client Performance
Throughput Scaling
One Shared File
Stragglers and Stonewalling
Random Reads
DDR InfiniBand Performance Using MSA2312 with Three Attached JBODs
Benchmark Platform
Single Stream Throughput
Throughput Scaling
10 GigE Performance
Benchmark Platform
Single Stream Throughput
Throughput Scaling
Index
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