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3 <title xml:id="installoverview.title">Installation Overview</title>
4 <para>This chapter provides on overview of the procedures required to set up, install and configure a Lustre file system.</para>
7 If you are new to Lustre, you may find it helpful to refer to <xref linkend="part.intro"/> for a description of the Lustre architecture, file system components and terminology before proceeding with the installation procedure.</para>
11 <indexterm><primary>installing</primary></indexterm>
12 Steps to Installing Lustre</title>
13 <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>
16 <para> <emphasis>(Required)</emphasis> <emphasis role="bold">Set up your Lustre file System hardware.</emphasis></para>
17 <para>See <xref linkend="settinguplustresystem"/> - Provides guidelines for configuring hardware for a Lustre file system including storage, memory, and networking requirements.</para>
20 <para> <emphasis>(Optional - Highly Recommended)</emphasis> <emphasis role="bold">Configure storage on Lustre storage devices.</emphasis></para>
21 <para>See <xref linkend="configuringstorage"/> - Provides instructions for setting up hardware RAID on Lustre storage devices.</para>
24 <para> <emphasis>(Optional)</emphasis> <emphasis role="bold">Set up network interface bonding.</emphasis></para>
25 <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>
28 <para><emphasis>(Required)</emphasis> <emphasis role="bold">Install Lustre software.</emphasis></para>
29 <para>See <xref linkend="installinglustre"/> - Describes preparation steps and a procedure for installing the Lustre software.</para>
32 <para><emphasis>(Optional)</emphasis> <emphasis role="bold">Configure Lustre Networking (LNET).</emphasis></para>
33 <para>See <xref linkend="configuringlnet"/> - Describes how to configure LNET if the default configuration is not sufficient. By default, LNET will use the first TCP/IP interface it discovers on a system. LNET configuration is required if you are using Infiniband or multiple Ethernet interfaces.</para>
36 <para><emphasis>(Required)</emphasis> <emphasis role="bold">Configure Lustre.</emphasis></para>
37 <para>See <xref linkend="configuringlustre"/> - Provides an example of a simple Lustre configuration procedure and points to tools for completing more complex configurations.</para>
40 <para><emphasis>(Optional)</emphasis> <emphasis role="bold">Configure Lustre Failover.</emphasis></para>
41 <para>See <xref linkend="configuringfailover"/> - Describes how to configure Lustre failover using the Heartbeat cluster infrastructure daemon.</para>