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Table Of Contents
- Executive Summary (updated May 2011)
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Dell NFS Storage Solution Technical Overview
- 3. NFS Storage Solution with High Availability
- 4. Evaluation
- 5. Performance Benchmark Results (updated May 2011)
- 6. Comparison of the NSS Solution Offerings
- 7. Conclusion
- 8. References
- Appendix A: NSS-HA Recipe (updated May 2011)
- A.1. Pre-install preparation
- A.2. Server side hardware set-up
- A.3. Initial software configuration on each PowerEdge R710
- A.4. Performance tuning on the server
- A.5. Storage hardware set-up
- A.6. Storage Configuration
- A.7. NSS HA Cluster setup
- A.8. Quick test of HA set-up
- A.9. Useful commands and references
- A.10. Performance tuning on clients (updated May 2011)
- A.11. Example scripts and configuration files
- Appendix B: Medium to Large Configuration Upgrade
- Appendix C: Benchmarks and Test Tools
Dell HPC NFS Storage Solution - High Availability Configurations
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4) Obtain the XFS packages from the Red Hat Network (http://rhn/redhat.com
) and install them.
xfsdump-2.2.48-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
xfsprogs-devel-2.10.2-7.el5.x86_64.rpm
xfsprogs-2.10.2-7.el5.x86_64.rpm
5) Install Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-LX-6.4.0-
1266.RHEL5.x86_64_A00.21.tar.gz)
If the setup fails citing missing dependencies, install the missing rpms from
<dir_where_OM_extracted>/linux/RPMS/supportRPMS/opensource-
components/RHEL5/x86_64
libcmpiCppImpl0-2.0.0Dell-1.3.el5.x86_64.rpm
sblim-sfcc-2.2.1-1.4.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
sblim-sfcb-1.3.7-1.4.2.el5.x86_64.rpm
openwsman-server-2.2.3.9-1.5.3.el5.x86_64.rpm
6) Install the MD3200 management software (MGFM4A04_md3200_1_2_0_12.iso).
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&ServiceTag=&Syste
mID=PWV_MD3200&os=RHEL5&osl=EN
7) Install Mellanox OFED 1.5.1 if using InfiniBand (MLNX_OFED_LINUX-1.5.1-rhel5.5.iso).
8) Enable IP ports on both the cluster servers. The list of ports to be enabled is in the Red Hat Cluster
Administration Guide.
http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-
US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/pdf/Cluster_Administration/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-5-
Cluster_Administration-en-US.pdf
Section 2.3
Launch the firewall configuration tool (system-config-securitylevel), click on “Other ports”
and add the port numbers for TCP and UDP.
Alternately, turn off the firewall. Ensure that your public and private interfaces are on a secure
network and be aware of the security implications of turning off the firewall before implementing
this alternative:
# service iptables stop; chkconfig iptables off
9) chkconfig ipmi on
10) chkconfig nfs on
11) chkconfig multipathd on
12) Update /etc/hosts on both servers to contain entry for both servers
[root@passive ~]# cat /etc/hosts
# Do not remove the following line, or various programs