</section>
<section xml:id="dbdoclet.50438194_24122">
<title><indexterm><primary>operations</primary><secondary>starting</secondary></indexterm>Starting Lustre</title>
- <para>The startup order of Lustre components depends on whether you have a combined MGS/MDT or these components are separate.</para>
- <itemizedlist>
+ <para>On the first start of a Lustre file system, the components must be started in the following order:</para>
+ <orderedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>If you have a combined MGS/MDT, the recommended startup order is OSTs, then the MGS/MDT, and then clients.</para>
+ <para>Mount the MGT.</para>
+ <note><para>If a combined MGT/MDT is present, Lustre will correctly mount the MGT and MDT automatically.</para></note>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para> If the MGS and MDT are separate, the recommended startup order is: MGS, then OSTs, then the MDT, and then clients.</para>
+ <para>Mount the MDT.</para>
+ <note><para condition='l24'>Mount all MDTs if multiple MDTs are present.</para></note>
</listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- <note>
- <para>If an OST is added to a Lustre file system with a combined MGS/MDT, then the startup order changes slightly; the MGS must be started first because the OST needs to write its configuration data to it. In this scenario, the startup order is MGS/MDT, then OSTs, then the clients.</para>
- </note>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Mount the OST(s).</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Mount the client(s).</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
</section>
<section xml:id="dbdoclet.50438194_84876">
<title><indexterm><primary>operations</primary><secondary>mounting</secondary></indexterm>Mounting a Server</title>