</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <emphasis>Set</emphasis>lnet
- <emphasis>module parameters to specify how Lustre Networking (LNET) is
- to be configured to work with a Lustre file system and test the LNET
- configuration.</emphasis>LNET will, by default, use the first TCP/IP
+ <emphasis>Set</emphasis> lnet
+ <emphasis>module parameters to specify how Lustre Networking (LNet) is
+ to be configured to work with a Lustre file system and test the LNet
+ configuration.</emphasis>LNet will, by default, use the first TCP/IP
interface it discovers on a system. If this network configuration is
- sufficient, you do not need to configure LNET. LNET configuration is
+ sufficient, you do not need to configure LNet. LNet configuration is
required if you are using InfiniBand or multiple Ethernet
interfaces.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- <para>For information about configuring LNET, see
- <xref linkend="configuringlnet" />. For information about testing LNET, see
+ <para>For information about configuring LNet, see
+ <xref linkend="configuringlnet" />. For information about testing LNet, see
<xref linkend="lnetselftest" />.</para>
<itemizedlist>
</note>
</listitem>
<listitem xml:id="dbdoclet.addmdtindex">
- <para>Optional for Lustre software release 2.4 and later. Add in
- additional MDTs.</para>
+ <para>Optional for Lustre software release 2.4 and later.
+ Add in additional MDTs.</para>
<screen>
mkfs.lustre --fsname=
<replaceable>fsname</replaceable> --mgsnode=
devices, mount them both.</para>
</note>
</listitem>
- <listitem xml:id="dbdoclet.50438267_pgfId-1290915">
+ <listitem xml:id="dbdoclet.format_ost">
<para>Create the OST. On the OSS node, run:</para>
<screen>
mkfs.lustre --fsname=
instead format the whole disk for the file system.</para>
</note>
</listitem>
- <listitem xml:id="dbdoclet.50438267_pgfId-1293955">
+ <listitem xml:id="dbdoclet.mount_ost">
<para>Mount the OST. On the OSS node where the OST was created,
run:</para>
<screen>
</screen>
<note>
<para>To create additional OSTs, repeat Step
- <xref linkend="dbdoclet.50438267_pgfId-1290915" />and Step
- <xref linkend="dbdoclet.50438267_pgfId-1293955" />, specifying the
+ <xref linkend="dbdoclet.format_ost" />and Step
+ <xref linkend="dbdoclet.mount_ost" />, specifying the
next higher OST index number.</para>
</note>
</listitem>
- <listitem xml:id="dbdoclet.50438267_pgfId-1290934">
+ <listitem xml:id="dbdoclet.mount_on_client">
<para>Mount the Lustre file system on the client. On the client node,
run:</para>
<screen>
<replaceable>/mount_point</replaceable>
</screen>
<note>
- <para>To create additional clients, repeat Step
- <xref linkend="dbdoclet.50438267_pgfId-1290934" />.</para>
+ <para>To mount the filesystem on additional clients, repeat Step
+ <xref linkend="dbdoclet.mount_on_client" />.</para>
</note>
<note>
<para>If you have a problem mounting the file system, check the
Lustre: Server temp-MDT0000 on device /dev/sdb has started
</screen>
</listitem>
- <listitem xml:id="dbdoclet.50438267_pgfId-1291170">
+ <listitem xml:id="dbdoclet.create_and_mount_ost">
<para>Create and mount
<literal>ost0</literal>.</para>
<para>In this example, the OSTs (
</indexterm>Scaling the Lustre File System</title>
<para>A Lustre file system can be scaled by adding OSTs or clients. For
instructions on creating additional OSTs repeat Step
- <xref linkend="dbdoclet.50438267_pgfId-1291170" />and Step
- <xref linkend="dbdoclet.50438267_pgfId-1293955" />above. For mounting
+ <xref linkend="dbdoclet.create_and_mount_ost" />and Step
+ <xref linkend="dbdoclet.mount_ost" />above. For mounting
additional clients, repeat Step
- <xref linkend="dbdoclet.50438267_pgfId-1290934" />for each client.</para>
+ <xref linkend="dbdoclet.mount_on_client" />for each client.</para>
</section>
<section remap="h3">
<title>