3.5.1 Matrix Server Command Reference

Chapter 1: Matrix Server Commands 11

Description

The mxconfig utility performs the initial configuration of Matrix Server.

mxconfig invokes a dialog-based interface that allows you to install the

Matrix Server license file, to select a matrix password and a Network

Authentication Secret password, to select a fencing method and optionally

configure the FibreChannel switches to be used in the matrix, to select the

SAN disk partitions to be used as Matrix Server membership partitions, and

to configure snapshots.

You can run mxconfig on one server and then export the resulting

configuration to the other servers. You must be root to run this utility.

The options are:

--help

Display a usage message.

--import

Import a Matrix Server configuration from an existing matrix server to a

new server.

See the PolyServe Installation Guide for more information about mxconfig.

mxconsole – start the Management Console

Synopsis

/opt/polyserve/bin/mxconsole [--matrix <matrix>] [--config

<file>] [--user <username>]

Description

The mxconsole command starts the Management Console, which is used to

configure and monitor the matrix. The Management Console can be run from

either a matrix server or a local machine outside the matrix. (See the PolyServe

Administration Guide for information about using the Management Console.)

The options are:

--matrix <matrix>

Specifies the matrix for the connection. matrix can be any node in the

matrix.