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4 <title xml:id='installoverview.title'>Installation Overview</title>
6 <para><anchor xml:id="dbdoclet.50438192_pgfId-1306234" xreflabel=""/>This chapter provides on overview of the procedures required to set up, install and configure a Lustre file system.</para>
11 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>
15 <title>4.1 Steps to Installing Lustre</title>
16 <para><anchor xml:id="dbdoclet.50438192_pgfId-1306237" xreflabel=""/>To set up Lustre file system hardware and install and configure the Lustre software, refer the the chapters below in the order listed:</para>
20 <para> <emphasis>(Required)</emphasis> Set up your Lustre file System hardware.</para>
21 <para><anchor xml:id="dbdoclet.50438192_pgfId-1307046" xreflabel=""/>See <xref linkend='settinguplustresystem'/> - Provides guidelines for configuring hardware for a Lustre file system including storage, memory, and networking requirements.</para>
24 <para> <emphasis>(Optional - Highly Recommended)</emphasis> Configure storage on Lustre storage devices.</para>
25 <para><anchor xml:id="dbdoclet.50438192_pgfId-1307007" xreflabel=""/>See <xref linkend='configuringstorage'/> - Provides instructions for setting up hardware RAID on Lustre storage devices.</para>
26 <para> <emphasis>(Optional)</emphasis> Set up network interface bonding.</para>
29 <para><anchor xml:id="dbdoclet.50438192_pgfId-1307015" xreflabel=""/>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>
32 <para><emphasis>(Required)</emphasis> Install Lustre software.</para>
33 <para><anchor xml:id="dbdoclet.50438192_pgfId-1307022" xreflabel=""/>See <xref linkend='installinglustre'/> - Describes preparation steps and a procedure for installing the Lustre software.</para>
36 <para><emphasis>(Optional)</emphasis> Configure Lustre Networking (LNET).</para>
37 <para><anchor xml:id="dbdoclet.50438192_pgfId-1307025" xreflabel=""/>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>
40 <para><emphasis>(Required)</emphasis> Configure Lustre.</para>
41 <para><anchor xml:id="dbdoclet.50438192_pgfId-1307120" xreflabel=""/>See <xref linkend='configuringlustre'/> - Provides an example of a simple Lustre configuration procedure and points to tools for completing more complex configurations.</para>
44 <para><emphasis>(Optional)</emphasis> Configure Lustre Failover.</para>
45 <para><anchor xml:id="dbdoclet.50438192_pgfId-1307031" xreflabel=""/>See <xref linkend='configuringfailover'/> - Describes how to configure Lustre failover using the Heartbeat cluster infrastructure daemon.</para>