1 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xl="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0" xml:lang="en-US" xml:id="installoverview">
2 <title xml:id="installoverview.title">Installation Overview</title>
3 <para>This chapter provides on overview of the procedures required to set up, install and configure a Lustre file system.</para>
5 <para> If the Lustre file system is new to you, you may find it helpful to refer to <xref
6 linkend="part.intro"/> for a description of the Lustre architecture, file system components
7 and terminology before proceeding with the installation procedure.</para>
12 <primary>installing</primary>
13 </indexterm> Steps to Installing the Lustre Software</title>
14 <para>To set up Lustre file system hardware and install and configure the Lustre software, refer the the chapters below in the order listed:</para>
18 <emphasis>(Required)</emphasis>
19 <emphasis role="bold">Set up your Lustre file system hardware.</emphasis></para>
20 <para>See <xref linkend="settinguplustresystem"/> - Provides guidelines for configuring hardware for a Lustre file system including storage, memory, and networking requirements.</para>
23 <para> <emphasis>(Optional - Highly Recommended)</emphasis> <emphasis role="bold">Configure storage on Lustre storage devices.</emphasis></para>
24 <para>See <xref linkend="configuringstorage"/> - Provides instructions for setting up hardware RAID on Lustre storage devices.</para>
27 <para> <emphasis>(Optional)</emphasis> <emphasis role="bold">Set up network interface bonding.</emphasis></para>
28 <para>See <xref linkend="settingupbonding"/> - Describes setting up network interface bonding to allow multiple network interfaces to be used in parallel to increase bandwidth or redundancy.</para>
31 <para><emphasis>(Required)</emphasis> <emphasis role="bold">Install Lustre software.</emphasis></para>
32 <para>See <xref linkend="installinglustre"/> - Describes preparation steps and a procedure for installing the Lustre software.</para>
35 <para><emphasis>(Optional)</emphasis>
36 <emphasis role="bold">Configure Lustre networking (LNET).</emphasis></para>
37 <para>See <xref linkend="configuringlnet"/> - Describes how to configure LNET if the default
38 configuration is not sufficient. By default, LNET will use the first TCP/IP interface it
39 discovers on a system. LNET configuration is required if you are using InfiniBand or
40 multiple Ethernet interfaces.</para>
43 <para><emphasis>(Required)</emphasis>
44 <emphasis role="bold">Configure the Lustre file system.</emphasis></para>
45 <para>See <xref linkend="configuringlustre"/> - Provides an example of a simple Lustre configuration procedure and points to tools for completing more complex configurations.</para>
48 <para><emphasis>(Optional)</emphasis>
49 <emphasis role="bold">Configure Lustre failover.</emphasis></para>
50 <para>See <xref linkend="configuringfailover"/> - Describes how to configure Lustre