X-Git-Url: https://git.whamcloud.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=InstallOverview.xml;h=223daa52d708f8ca7aa68e16dcc9df10ccb41ecf;hb=fa289da8d2a3a5f4f3028a2bbf0ba69ae8e91d2c;hp=10b7e17c06cea8b4c6213056acac88b4a373afe5;hpb=24ba71ac3e7ed0c7abe17f1846efea95bc4a82ff;p=doc%2Fmanual.git diff --git a/InstallOverview.xml b/InstallOverview.xml index 10b7e17..223daa5 100644 --- a/InstallOverview.xml +++ b/InstallOverview.xml @@ -1,45 +1,54 @@ - - - - - Installation Overview - - This chapter provides on overview of the procedures required to set up, install and configure a Lustre file system. + + Installation Overview + This chapter provides on overview of the procedures required to set up, install and configure a Lustre file system. - - If you are new to Lustre, you may find it helpful to refer to for a description of the Lustre architecture, file system components and terminology before proceeding with the installation procedure. + If the Lustre file system is new to you, you may find it helpful to refer to for a description of the Lustre architecture, file system components + and terminology before proceeding with the installation procedure.
- 4.1 Steps to Installing Lustre - To set up Lustre file system hardware and install and configure the Lustre software, refer the the chapters below in the order listed: + + <indexterm> + <primary>installing</primary> + </indexterm> Steps to Installing the Lustre Software + To set up Lustre file system hardware and install and configure the Lustre software, refer the the chapters below in the order listed: - (Required) Set up your Lustre file System hardware. - See - Provides guidelines for configuring hardware for a Lustre file system including storage, memory, and networking requirements. + + (Required) + Set up your Lustre file system hardware. + See - Provides guidelines for configuring hardware for a Lustre file system including storage, memory, and networking requirements. (Optional - Highly Recommended) Configure storage on Lustre storage devices. - See - Provides instructions for setting up hardware RAID on Lustre storage devices. + See - Provides instructions for setting up hardware RAID on Lustre storage devices. (Optional) Set up network interface bonding. - See - Describes setting up network interface bonding to allow multiple network interfaces to be used in parallel to increase bandwidth or redundancy. + See - Describes setting up network interface bonding to allow multiple network interfaces to be used in parallel to increase bandwidth or redundancy. (Required) Install Lustre software. - See - Describes preparation steps and a procedure for installing the Lustre software. + See - Describes preparation steps and a procedure for installing the Lustre software. - (Optional) Configure Lustre Networking (LNET). - See - 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. + (Optional) + Configure Lustre Networking (LNet). + See - 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. - (Required) Configure Lustre. - See - Provides an example of a simple Lustre configuration procedure and points to tools for completing more complex configurations. + (Required) + Configure the Lustre file system. + See - Provides an example of a simple Lustre configuration procedure and points to tools for completing more complex configurations. - (Optional) Configure Lustre Failover. - See - Describes how to configure Lustre failover using the Heartbeat cluster infrastructure daemon. + (Optional) + Configure Lustre failover. + See - Describes how to configure Lustre + failover.