3.1.2 Matrix Server Installation Guide

Appendix B: Install the SLES9 Operating System and Kernel 48
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1. Install SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 must be installed on each server
in the matrix. Following are some considerations for the installation.
• Do not place any operating-system files on the SAN disks. To ensure
that files are not installed on these disks, you can either unplug the
HBA card from the FC switch or unplug the SAN connection before
starting the installation. After booting the server on SuSE Linux, plug
the HBA card back into the FC switch or restore the SAN connection.
• If you will be installing a firewall, ensure that the service ports
required by Matrix Server are open. See the PolyServe Matrix Server
Administration Guide for more information about the service ports
used by Matrix Server.
• Matrix Server requires that the following packages be installed. (The
packages are included in the “default” server installation.)
– glibc 2.3.2 or higher
– net-snmp 5.0.8 or higher
– openssl 0.9.7a or higher
– e2fsprogs 1.32 or higher
– bind-utils 9.2.2 or higher
–procmail
• If you will be building the kernel from source, be sure to install the gcc
compiler. (If you want to install the MxFS-Linux Solution Pack or the
PolyServe kernel patch, you will need to build the kernel from source.
Otherwise, you can use the binary kernel.)
• If you will be installing MxFS-Linux, remove the yast2-nfs-server RPM
if it has been installed. This software conflicts with the MxFS-Linux
configuration scheme.
• If you will be installing MxFS-Linux, increase the number of NFS
server threads to improve performance. We recommend that you use
32 as a starting number (the default is four). To do this in yast, edit the
file /etc/sysconfig/nfs and set the USE_KERNEL_NFSD_NUMBER
parameter to the number that you want to use.