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5 <title xml:id="installoverview.title">Installation Overview</title>
6 <para>This chapter provides on overview of the procedures required to set up, install and configure a Lustre file system.</para>
8 <para> If the Lustre file system is new to you, you may find it helpful to refer to <xref
9 linkend="part.intro"/> for a description of the Lustre architecture, file system components
10 and terminology before proceeding with the installation procedure.</para>
15 <primary>installing</primary>
16 </indexterm> Steps to Installing the Lustre Software</title>
17 <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>
21 <emphasis>(Required)</emphasis>
22 <emphasis role="bold">Set up your Lustre file system hardware.</emphasis></para>
23 <para>See <xref linkend="settinguplustresystem"/> - Provides guidelines for configuring hardware for a Lustre file system including storage, memory, and networking requirements.</para>
26 <para> <emphasis>(Optional - Highly Recommended)</emphasis> <emphasis role="bold">Configure storage on Lustre storage devices.</emphasis></para>
27 <para>See <xref linkend="configuringstorage"/> - Provides instructions for setting up hardware RAID on Lustre storage devices.</para>
30 <para> <emphasis>(Optional)</emphasis> <emphasis role="bold">Set up network interface bonding.</emphasis></para>
31 <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>
34 <para><emphasis>(Required)</emphasis> <emphasis role="bold">Install Lustre software.</emphasis></para>
35 <para>See <xref linkend="installinglustre"/> - Describes preparation steps and a procedure for installing the Lustre software.</para>
38 <para><emphasis>(Optional)</emphasis>
39 <emphasis role="bold">Configure Lustre Networking (LNet).</emphasis></para>
40 <para>See <xref linkend="configuringlnet"/> - Describes how to configure LNet if the default
41 configuration is not sufficient. By default, LNet will use the first TCP/IP interface it
42 discovers on a system. LNet configuration is required if you are using InfiniBand or
43 multiple Ethernet interfaces.</para>
46 <para><emphasis>(Required)</emphasis>
47 <emphasis role="bold">Configure the Lustre file system.</emphasis></para>
48 <para>See <xref linkend="configuringlustre"/> - Provides an example of a simple Lustre configuration procedure and points to tools for completing more complex configurations.</para>
51 <para><emphasis>(Optional)</emphasis>
52 <emphasis role="bold">Configure Lustre failover.</emphasis></para>
53 <para>See <xref linkend="configuringfailover"/> - Describes how to configure Lustre
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