Installation guide

initial tasks
setup, initial, 11
introduction, vi
audience, vi
references, viii
M
making a file system, 13
managing GFS, 13
mount table, 17
mounting a file system, 16
N
network power switches
system requirements, 9
O
overview, 1
configuration, before, 6
economy, 2
features, new and changed, 1
GFS functions, 4
GFS software subsystems, 5
performance, 2
scalability, 2
P
path names, context-dependent (CDPNs), 35
platform
system requirements, 8
platform requirements table, 8
preface (see introduction)
prerequisite tasks
configuration, initial, 11
Q
quota management, 18
disabling/enabling quota accounting, 23
disabling/enabling quota enforcement, 22
displaying quota limits, 20
setting quotas, 19
synchronizing quotas, 21
R
recommended references table, viii
Red Hat Cluster Suite
system requirements, 8
references, recommended, viii
repairing a file system, 34
S
setup, initial
initial tasks, 11
suspending activity on a file system, 32
system requirements, 8
console access, 10
fencing, 8
fibre channel storage devices, 9
fibre channel storage network, 9
network power switches, 9
platform, 8
Red Hat Cluster Suite, 8
T
tables
CDPN variable values, 36
fibre channel network requirements, 9
fibre channel storage device requirements,
9
GFS software subsystem components, 5
GFS-specific options for adding journals, 27
GFS-specific options for expanding file sys-
tems, 25
gfs_mkfs command options, 14
mount options, 17
platform requirements, 8
recommended references, viii
U
unmounting a file system, 18
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