Administrator Guide

Installing and Setting up Fluid Cache
Before completing the tasks in this section, install the required Linux dependencies.
Topics:
• Installing the Fluid Cache Software
• Setting up the Fluid Cache Servers
Installing the Fluid Cache Software
1 Copy to the server the Fluid Cache tar.gz package that you downloaded earlier.
2 Expand the tar.gz package.
A new Fluid Cache directory is created, which contains an RPM file.
3 Change to the new Fluid Cache directory and run the following command:
rpm –i <RPM file name>
There is a delay while the Fluid Cache software is installed on the server. During this process, RPM
checks for the necessary Linux dependencies and asks you to install any that are not found. For a list of
required dependencies, refer to the Release Notes available at the support site.
When processing is complete, the command prompt is displayed again.
NOTE: You can also install the software with a Yum repository using the following command: yum
install <RPM file name>
4 Repeat tasks 1–3 for each server in the Fluid Cache cluster.
Setting up the Fluid Cache Servers
Before setting up the servers in your Fluid Cache cluster:
• Make sure that you have IP addresses configured for the network adapters on each server.
• Make sure that you can ping the Mellanox interfaces on every server in the Fluid Cache cluster.
• Record the following information for your servers (contact a network administrator, if necessary):
• Management interface (used by Enterprise Manager to manage the SAN)
• Network address: ________________
• Netmask: ______________________
• Cache network
• Network address: ________________
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