-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xl="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0"
- xml:lang="en-US" xml:id="installinglustre">
- <title xml:id="installinglustre.title">Installing the Lustre* Software</title>
- <para>This chapter describes how to install the Lustre* software from RPM packages. It
- includes:</para>
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
+<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+xmlns:xl="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0" xml:lang="en-US"
+xml:id="installinglustre">
+ <title xml:id="installinglustre.title">Installing the Lustre Software</title>
+ <para>This chapter describes how to install the Lustre software from RPM
+ packages. It includes:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- <xref linkend="dbdoclet.50438261_99193"/>
+ <xref linkend="dbdoclet.50438261_99193" />
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <xref linkend="dbdoclet.50438261_41900"/>
+ <xref linkend="dbdoclet.50438261_41900" />
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- <para>For hardware and system requirements and hardware configuration information, see <xref
- linkend="settinguplustresystem"/>.</para>
+ <para>For hardware and system requirements and hardware configuration
+ information, see
+ <xref linkend="settinguplustresystem" />.</para>
<section xml:id="dbdoclet.50438261_99193">
<title>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>installing</primary>
- <secondary>preparation</secondary>
- </indexterm> Preparing to Install the Lustre Software</title>
- <para>You can install the Lustre software from downloaded packages (RPMs) or directly from the
- source code. This chapter describes how to install the Lustre RPM packages. For information
- about installing from source code, see <xref linkend="installinglustrefromsourcecode"
- />.</para>
- <para>The Lustre RPM packages have been tested on the Linux distributions listed in the table
- below.</para>
- <para>
- <table frame="all" xml:id="LustreTestMatrixTable">
- <title>Lustre Test Matrix</title>
- <tgroup cols="3">
- <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
- <colspec colname="c2" colnum="2" colwidth="1.1*"/>
- <colspec colname="c3" colnum="3" colwidth="1.46*"/>
- <thead>
- <row>
- <entry>Lustre Version</entry>
- <entry>Servers Tested<superscript>1</superscript></entry>
- <entry>Clients Tested</entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>2.0</para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>RHEL 5, CentOS 5</para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>RHEL 5, CentOS 5, SLES 11 SP0</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>2.1.x</para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>RHEL 5, CentOS 5, RHEL 6, CentOS 6</para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>RHEL 5, CentOS 5, RHEL 6, CentOS 6, SLES 11 SP1</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>2.2</para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>RHEL 6, CentOS 6</para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>RHEL 5, CentOS 5, RHEL 6, CentOS 6, SLES 11 SP1</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>2.3</para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>RHEL 6.3, CentOS 6.3</para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>RHEL 6.3, CentOS 6.3, RHEL 5.8, CentOS 5.8, SLES 11 SP1</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>2.4.x</entry>
- <entry>
- <para>RHEL 6.4, CentOS 6.4</para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>RHEL 6.4, CentOS 6.4, SLES 11 SP2, FC18</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
- </para>
- <para><superscript>1</superscript>Red Hat* Enterprise Edition*, CentOS Enterprise Linux
- Distribution, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Fedora* F18 Linux kernel.</para>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>installing</primary>
+ <secondary>preparation</secondary>
+ </indexterm>Preparing to Install the Lustre Software</title>
+ <para>You can install the Lustre software from downloaded packages (RPMs)
+ or directly from the source code. This chapter describes how to install the
+ Lustre RPM packages. Instructions to install from source code are beyond
+ the scope of this document, and can be found elsewhere online.</para>
+ <para>The Lustre RPM packages are tested on current versions of Linux
+ enterprise distributions at the time they are created. See the release
+ notes for each version for specific details.</para>
<section xml:id="section_rqs_tjw_3k">
<title>Software Requirements</title>
- <para>To install the Lustre software from RPMs, the following are required:<itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para><emphasis role="bold"><emphasis role="italic">Lustre server
- packages</emphasis></emphasis>. The required packages for Lustre servers are listed
- in the table below, where <replaceable>ver</replaceable> refers to the Linux* kernel
- distribution (e.g., 2.6.32-358.6.2.el6) and <replaceable>arch</replaceable> refers to
- the processor architecture (e.g., x86_64). These packages are available in the <link
- xl:href="https://wiki.hpdd.intel.com/display/PUB/Lustre+Releases">Lustre
- Releases</link> repository.</para>
- <para>
- <table frame="all" xml:id="table_cnh_5m3_gk">
- <title>Packages Installed on Lustre Servers</title>
- <tgroup cols="2">
- <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1.18*"/>
- <colspec colname="c2" colnum="2" colwidth="1*"/>
- <thead>
- <row>
- <entry>Package Name*</entry>
- <entry>Description</entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry><code>kernel-</code><replaceable>ver</replaceable><code>_lustre.</code><replaceable>arch</replaceable></entry>
- <entry>Linux kernel with Lustre patches (often referred to as "patched
- kernel")</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><code>lustre-</code><replaceable>ver</replaceable><code>_lustre.</code><replaceable>arch</replaceable></entry>
- <entry>Lustre command line tools</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><code>lustre-modules-</code><replaceable>ver</replaceable><code>_lustre.</code><replaceable>arch</replaceable></entry>
- <entry>Lustre-patched kernel modules</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><code>lustre-ldiskfs-</code><replaceable>ver</replaceable><code>_lustre.</code><replaceable>arch</replaceable></entry>
- <entry>Lustre back-end file system tools</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><code>e2fsprogs</code></entry>
- <entry>Utility to maintain Lustre back-end file system</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><code>lustre-tests-</code><replaceable>ver</replaceable><code>_lustre.</code><replaceable>arch</replaceable></entry>
- <entry>Lustre I/O Kit benchmarking tools<emphasis role="italic"> (Included in
- Lustre software as of Version 2.2)</emphasis></entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para><emphasis role="bold"><emphasis role="italic">Lustre client
- packages</emphasis></emphasis>. The required packages for Lustre clients are listed
- in the table below, where <replaceable>ver</replaceable> refers to the Linux
- distribution (e.g., 2.6.18-348.1.1.el5). These packages are available in the <link
- xl:href="https://wiki.hpdd.intel.com/display/PUB/Lustre+Releases">Lustre
- Releases</link> repository.</para>
- <para>
- <table frame="all" xml:id="table_j3r_ym3_gk">
- <title>Packages Installed in Lustre Clients</title>
- <tgroup cols="2">
- <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
- <colspec colname="c2" colnum="2" colwidth="1.02*"/>
- <thead>
- <row>
- <entry>Package Name</entry>
- <entry>Description</entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry><code>lustre-client-modules-</code><replaceable>ver</replaceable></entry>
- <entry>Patchless kernel modules for client</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><code>lustre-client-</code><replaceable>ver</replaceable><code>_lustre</code></entry>
- <entry>Client command line tools</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><code>lustre-client-tests-</code><replaceable>ver</replaceable></entry>
- <entry>Lustre I/O Kit <emphasis role="italic">(Included in Lustre software as
- of Version 2.2)</emphasis>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
- </para>
- <note>
- <para>The version of the kernel running on a Lustre client must be the same as the
- version of the <code>lustre-client-modules-</code><replaceable>ver</replaceable>
- package being installed. If the kernel running on the client is not compatible, a
- kernel that is compatible must be installed on the client before the Lustre file
- system software is installed.</para>
- </note>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para><emphasis role="bold"><emphasis role="italic">Lustre LNET network driver
- (LND)</emphasis></emphasis>. The Lustre LNDs provided with the Lustre software are
- listed in the table below. For more information about Lustre LNET, see <xref
- xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" linkend="understandinglustrenetworking"
- />.</para>
- <table frame="all" xml:id="table_bkx_dn3_gk">
- <title>Network Types Supported by Lustre LNDs</title>
+ <para>To install the Lustre software from RPMs, the following are
+ required:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis role="bold">
+ <emphasis role="italic">Lustre server packages</emphasis>
+ </emphasis>. The required packages for Lustre 2.9 EL7 servers are
+ listed in the table below, where
+ <replaceable>ver</replaceable> refers to the Lustre release and
+ kernel version (e.g., 2.9.0-1.el7) and
+ <replaceable>arch</replaceable> refers to the processor architecture
+ (e.g., x86_64). These packages are available in the
+ <link xl:href="https://wiki.whamcloud.com/display/PUB/Lustre+Releases">
+ Lustre Releases</link> repository, and may differ depending on
+ your distro and version.</para>
+ <para>
+ <table frame="all" xml:id="table_cnh_5m3_gk">
+ <title>Packages Installed on Lustre Servers</title>
<tgroup cols="2">
- <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
- <colspec colname="newCol2" colnum="2" colwidth="1.95*"/>
+ <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1.18*" />
+ <colspec colname="c2" colnum="2" colwidth="1*" />
<thead>
<row>
- <entry>Supported Network Types</entry>
- <entry>Notes</entry>
+ <entry>Package Name</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
- <entry>TCP</entry>
- <entry>Any network carrying TCP traffic, including GigE, 10GigE, and
- IPoIB</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <code>kernel-<replaceable>ver</replaceable>_lustre.<replaceable>arch</replaceable></code>
+ </entry>
+ <entry>Linux kernel with Lustre software patches (often
+ referred to as "patched kernel")</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>
+ <code>lustre-<replaceable>ver</replaceable>.<replaceable>arch</replaceable></code>
+ </entry>
+ <entry>Lustre software command line tools</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>InfiniBand* network</entry>
- <entry>OpenFabrics OFED (o2ib)</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <code>kmod-lustre-<replaceable>ver</replaceable>.<replaceable>arch</replaceable></code>
+ </entry>
+ <entry>Lustre-patched kernel modules</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>gni</entry>
- <entry>Gemini (Cray)</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <code>kmod-lustre-osd-ldiskfs-<replaceable>ver</replaceable>.<replaceable>arch</replaceable></code>
+ </entry>
+ <entry>Lustre back-end file system tools for ldiskfs-based
+ servers.
+ </entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>Seastar</entry>
- <entry>Cray</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <code>lustre-osd-ldiskfs-mount-<replaceable>ver</replaceable>.<replaceable>arch</replaceable></code>
+ </entry>
+ <entry>Helper library for <literal>mount.lustre</literal>
+ and <literal>mkfs.lustre</literal> for ldiskfs-based servers.
+ </entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>MX</entry>
- <entry>Myrinet* network</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <code>kmod-lustre-osd-zfs-<replaceable>ver</replaceable>.<replaceable>arch</replaceable></code>
+ </entry>
+ <entry>Lustre back-end file system tools for ZFS. This is
+ an alternative to
+ <literal>lustre-osd-ldiskfs</literal> (kmod-spl and
+ kmod-zfs available separately).</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>ra</entry>
- <entry>RapidArray* interconnect</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <code>lustre-osd-zfs-mount-<replaceable>ver</replaceable>.<replaceable>arch</replaceable></code>
+ </entry>
+ <entry>Helper library for <literal>mount.lustre</literal>
+ and <literal>mkfs.lustre</literal> for ZFS-based servers
+ (zfs utilities available separately).
+ </entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>Elan</entry>
- <entry>Quadrics</entry>
+ <entry>
+ <code>e2fsprogs</code>
+ </entry>
+ <entry>Utilities to maintain Lustre ldiskfs back-end file
+ system(s)
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>
+ <code>lustre-tests-<replaceable>ver</replaceable>_lustre.<replaceable>arch</replaceable></code>
+ </entry>
+ <entry>Lustre I/O Kit benchmarking tools
+ <emphasis role="italic">(Included in Lustre software as of
+ release 2.2)</emphasis></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist></para>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis role="bold">
+ <emphasis role="italic">Lustre client packages</emphasis>
+ </emphasis>. The required packages for Lustre 2.9 EL7 clients are
+ listed in the table below, where
+ <replaceable>ver</replaceable> refers to the Linux distribution (e.g.,
+ 3.6.18-348.1.1.el5). These packages are available in the
+ <link xl:href="https://wiki.whamcloud.com/display/PUB/Lustre+Releases">
+ Lustre Releases</link> repository.</para>
+ <para>
+ <table frame="all" xml:id="table_j3r_ym3_gk">
+ <title>Packages Installed on Lustre Clients</title>
+ <tgroup cols="2">
+ <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*" />
+ <colspec colname="c2" colnum="2" colwidth="1.02*" />
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Package Name</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>
+ <code>kmod-lustre-client-<replaceable>ver</replaceable>.<replaceable>arch</replaceable></code>
+ </entry>
+ <entry>Patchless kernel modules for client</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>
+ <code>lustre-client-<replaceable>ver</replaceable>.<replaceable>arch</replaceable></code>
+ </entry>
+ <entry>Client command line tools</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>
+ <code>lustre-client-dkms-<replaceable>ver</replaceable>.<replaceable>arch</replaceable></code>
+ </entry>
+ <entry>Alternate client RPM to kmod-lustre-client with
+ Dynamic Kernel Module Support (DKMS) installation. This
+ avoids the need to install a new RPM for each kernel update,
+ but requires a full build environment on the client.</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ </para>
+ <note>
+ <para>The version of the kernel running on a Lustre client must be
+ the same as the version of the
+ <code>kmod-lustre-client-<replaceable>ver</replaceable></code>
+ package being installed, unless the DKMS package is installed.
+ If the kernel running on the client is not compatible, a kernel
+ that is compatible must be installed on the client before the
+ Lustre file system software is used.</para>
+ </note>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis role="bold">
+ <emphasis role="italic">Lustre LNet network driver (LND)</emphasis>
+ </emphasis>. The Lustre LNDs provided with the Lustre software are
+ listed in the table below. For more information about Lustre LNet,
+ see
+ <xref xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+ linkend="understandinglustrenetworking" />.</para>
+ <table frame="all" xml:id="table_bkx_dn3_gk">
+ <title>Network Types Supported by Lustre LNDs</title>
+ <tgroup cols="2">
+ <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*" />
+ <colspec colname="newCol2" colnum="2" colwidth="1.95*" />
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Supported Network Types</entry>
+ <entry>Notes</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>TCP</entry>
+ <entry>Any network carrying TCP traffic, including GigE,
+ 10GigE, and IPoIB</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>InfiniBand network</entry>
+ <entry>OpenFabrics OFED (o2ib)</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gni</entry>
+ <entry>Gemini (Cray)</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist></para>
<para>
<note>
- <para>The InfiniBand* and TCP Lustre LNDs are routinely tested during release cycles. The
- other LNDs are maintained by their respective owners</para>
+ <para>The InfiniBand and TCP Lustre LNDs are routinely tested during
+ release cycles. The other LNDs are maintained by their respective
+ owners</para>
</note>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para><emphasis role="bold"><emphasis role="italic"> High availability
- software</emphasis></emphasis>. If needed, install third party high-availability
- software. For more information, see <xref linkend="dbdoclet.50438188_92688"/>.</para>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis role="bold">
+ <emphasis role="italic">High availability software</emphasis>
+ </emphasis>. If needed, install third party high-availability
+ software. For more information, see
+ <xref linkend="dbdoclet.50438188_92688" />.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para><emphasis role="bold"><emphasis role="italic">Optional
- packages.</emphasis></emphasis> Optional packages provided in the <link
- xl:href="https://wiki.hpdd.intel.com/display/PUB/Lustre+Releases">Lustre
- Releases</link> repository may include the following (depending on the operating
- system and platform):<itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para><code>kernel-debuginfo</code>, <code>kernel-debuginfo-common</code>,
- <code>lustre-debuginfo</code>, <code>lustre-ldiskfs-debuginfo</code> -
- Versions of required packages with debugging symbols and other debugging options
- enabled for use in troubleshooting.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para><code>kernel-devel</code>, - Portions of the kernel tree needed to compile
- third party modules, such as network drivers.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para><code>kernel-firmware</code> - Standard Red Hat Enterprise Linux package
- that has been recompiled to work with the Lustre kernel.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para><code>kernel-headers</code> - Header files installed under /user/include and
- used when compiling user-space, kernel-related code.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para><code>lustre-source</code> - Source code for Lustre.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para><emphasis role="italic">(Recommended) </emphasis><code>perf</code>,
- <code>perf-debuginfo</code>, <code>python-perf</code>,
- <code>python-perf-debuginfo</code> - Linux performance analysis tools that
- have been compiled to match the Lustre kernel version.</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist></para>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis role="bold">
+ <emphasis role="italic">Optional packages.</emphasis>
+ </emphasis>Optional packages provided in the
+ <link xl:href="https://wiki.whamcloud.com/display/PUB/Lustre+Releases">
+ Lustre Releases</link> repository may include the following
+ (depending on the operating system and platform):
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <code>kernel-debuginfo</code>,
+ <code>kernel-debuginfo-common</code>,
+ <code>lustre-debuginfo</code>,
+ <code>lustre-osd-ldiskfs-debuginfo</code>- Versions of required
+ packages with debugging symbols and other debugging options
+ enabled for use in troubleshooting.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <code>kernel-devel</code>, - Portions of the kernel tree needed
+ to compile third party modules, such as network drivers.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <code>kernel-firmware</code>- Standard Red Hat Enterprise Linux
+ distribution that has been recompiled to work with the Lustre
+ kernel.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <code>kernel-headers</code>- Header files installed under
+ /user/include and used when compiling user-space,
+ kernel-related code.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <code>lustre-source</code>- Lustre software source code.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis role="italic">(Recommended)</emphasis>
+ <code>perf</code>,
+ <code>perf-debuginfo</code>,
+ <code>python-perf</code>,
+ <code>python-perf-debuginfo</code>- Linux performance analysis
+ tools that have been compiled to match the Lustre kernel
+ version.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>
<section xml:id="section_rh2_d4w_gk">
<title>Environmental Requirements</title>
- <para>Before installing the Lustre software, make sure the following environmental
- requirements are met.<itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para><emphasis role="italic">(Required)</emphasis>
- <emphasis role="italic"><emphasis role="bold">Disable Security-Enhanced Linux
- (SELinux) on all Lustre servers and clients.</emphasis></emphasis> The Lustre
- software does not support SELinux. Therefore, the SELinux system extension must be
- disabled on all Lustre nodes. Also, make sure other security extensions (such as the
- Novell AppArmor* security system) and network packet filtering tools (such as
- iptables) do not interfere with the Lustre software.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para><emphasis role="italic">(Required) </emphasis><emphasis role="italic"><emphasis
- role="bold">Use the same user IDs (UID) and group IDs (GID) on all
- clients.</emphasis></emphasis> If use of supplemental groups is required, see
- <xref linkend="dbdoclet.50438291_32926"/> for information about supplementary user
- and group cache upcall (<code>identity_upcall</code>).</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para><emphasis role="italic">(Recommended) </emphasis><emphasis role="italic"><emphasis
- role="bold">Provide remote shell access to clients.</emphasis></emphasis> It is
- recommended that all cluster nodes have remote shell client access to facilitate the
- use of Lustre configuration and monitoring scripts. Parallel Distributed SHell (pdsh)
- is preferable, although Secure SHell (SSH) is acceptable.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para><emphasis role="italic">(Recommended) </emphasis><emphasis role="italic"><emphasis
- role="bold">Ensure client clocks are synchronized.</emphasis></emphasis> The
- Lustre file system uses client clocks for timestamps. If clocks are out of sync
- between clients, files will appear with different time stamps when accessed by
- different clients. Drifting clocks can also cause problems by, for example, making it
- difficult to debug multi-node issues or correlate logs, which depend on timestamps. We
- recommend that you use Network Time Protocol (NTP) to keep client and server clocks in
- sync with each other. For more information about NTP, see: <link
- xl:href="http://www.ntp.org/">http://www.ntp.org</link>.</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist></para>
+ <para>Before installing the Lustre software, make sure the following
+ environmental requirements are met.
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis role="italic">(Required)</emphasis>
+ <emphasis role="italic">
+ <emphasis role="bold">Use the same user IDs (UID) and group IDs
+ (GID) on all clients.</emphasis>
+ </emphasis>If use of supplemental groups is required, see
+ <xref linkend="dbdoclet.identity_upcall" /> for information about
+ supplementary user and group cache upcall (<code>identity_upcall</code>).</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis role="italic">(Recommended)</emphasis>
+ <emphasis role="italic">
+ <emphasis role="bold">Provide remote shell access to
+ clients.</emphasis>
+ </emphasis>It is recommended that all cluster nodes have remote shell
+ client access to facilitate the use of Lustre configuration and
+ monitoring scripts. Parallel Distributed SHell (pdsh) is preferable,
+ although Secure SHell (SSH) is acceptable.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis role="italic">(Recommended)</emphasis>
+ <emphasis role="italic">
+ <emphasis role="bold">Ensure client clocks are
+ synchronized.</emphasis>
+ </emphasis>The Lustre file system uses client clocks for timestamps.
+ If clocks are out of sync between clients, files will appear with
+ different time stamps when accessed by different clients. Drifting
+ clocks can also cause problems by, for example, making it difficult
+ to debug multi-node issues or correlate logs, which depend on
+ timestamps. We recommend that you use Network Time Protocol (NTP) to
+ keep client and server clocks in sync with each other. For more
+ information about NTP, see:
+ <link xl:href="http://www.ntp.org/">http://www.ntp.org</link>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis role="italic">(Recommended)</emphasis>
+ <emphasis role="italic">
+ <emphasis role="bold">Make sure security extensions</emphasis>
+ </emphasis>
+ (such as the Novell AppArmor <superscript>*</superscript>security
+ system) and
+ <emphasis role="italic">
+ <emphasis role="bold">network packet filtering tools</emphasis>
+ </emphasis>
+ (such as iptables) do not interfere with the Lustre software.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist></para>
</section>
</section>
<section xml:id="dbdoclet.50438261_41900">
- <title>Lustre Installation Procedure</title>
+ <title>Lustre Software Installation Procedure</title>
<caution>
- <para>Before installing the Lustre software, back up ALL data. The Lustre software contains
- kernel modifications that interact with storage devices and may introduce security issues
- and data loss if not installed, configured, or administered properly.</para>
+ <para>Before installing the Lustre software, back up ALL data. The Lustre
+ software contains kernel modifications that interact with storage devices
+ and may introduce security issues and data loss if not installed,
+ configured, or administered properly.</para>
</caution>
- <para>To install the Lustre software from RPMs, complete the steps below.</para>
+ <para>To install the Lustre software from RPMs, complete the steps
+ below.</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>Verify that all Lustre installation requirements have been met. </para>
+ <para>Verify that all Lustre installation requirements have been
+ met.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>For hardware requirements, see <xref linkend="settinguplustresystem"/>.</para>
+ <para>For hardware requirements, see
+ <xref linkend="settinguplustresystem" />.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>For software and environmental requirements, see the section <xref
- xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" linkend="dbdoclet.50438261_99193"
- />above.</para>
+ <para>For software and environmental requirements, see the section
+ <xref xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+ linkend="dbdoclet.50438261_99193" />above.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Download the Lustre server RPMs for your platform from the <link
- xl:href="https://wiki.hpdd.intel.com/display/PUB/Lustre+Releases">Lustre Releases</link>
- repository. See <xref xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
- linkend="table_cnh_5m3_gk"/> for a list of required packages.</para>
+ <para>Download the
+ <literal>e2fsprogs</literal> RPMs for your platform from the
+ <link xl:href="https://wiki.whamcloud.com/display/PUB/Lustre+Releases">
+ Lustre Releases</link> repository.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Download the Lustre server RPMs for your platform from the
+ <link xl:href="https://wiki.whamcloud.com/display/PUB/Lustre+Releases">
+ Lustre Releases</link> repository. See
+ <xref xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+ linkend="table_cnh_5m3_gk" />for a list of required packages.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem xml:id="dbdoclet.50438261_88296">
- <para>Install the Lustre server packages on all Lustre servers (MGS, MDSs, and
- OSSs).<orderedlist numeration="loweralpha">
- <listitem>
- <para>Log onto a Lustre server as the <literal>root</literal> user</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Use the <literal>yum</literal> command to install the packages:</para>
- <para>
- <screen># yum --nogpgcheck install pkg1.rpm pkg2.rpm ...</screen>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Verify the packages are installed correctly:</para>
- <para>
- <screen>rpm -qa|egrep "lustre|wc"|sort</screen>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Reboot the server.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Repeat these steps on each Lustre server.</para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist></para>
+ <para>Install the Lustre server and
+ <literal>e2fsprogs</literal> packages on all Lustre servers (MGS, MDSs,
+ and OSSs).
+ <orderedlist numeration="loweralpha">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Log onto a Lustre server as the
+ <literal>root</literal> user</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Use the
+ <literal>yum</literal> command to install the packages:</para>
+ <para>
+ <screen>
+# yum --nogpgcheck install pkg1.rpm pkg2.rpm ...
+</screen>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Verify the packages are installed correctly:</para>
+ <para>
+ <screen>
+rpm -qa|egrep "lustre|wc"|sort
+</screen>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Reboot the server.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Repeat these steps on each Lustre server.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Download the Lustre client RPMs for your platform from the <link
- xl:href="https://wiki.hpdd.intel.com/display/PUB/Lustre+Releases">Lustre Releases</link>
- repository. See <xref xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
- linkend="table_j3r_ym3_gk"/> for a list of required packages.</para>
+ <para>Download the Lustre client RPMs for your platform from the
+ <link xl:href="https://wiki.whamcloud.com/display/PUB/Lustre+Releases">
+ Lustre Releases</link> repository. See
+ <xref xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+ linkend="table_j3r_ym3_gk" />for a list of required packages.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Install the Lustre client packages on all Lustre clients.<note>
- <para>The version of the kernel running on a Lustre client must be the same as the
- version of the <literal>lustre-client-modules-</literal><replaceable>ver</replaceable>
- package being installed. If not, a compatible kernel must be installed on the client
- before the Lustre client packages are installed.</para>
- </note></para>
+ <para>Install the Lustre client packages on all Lustre clients.
+ <note>
+ <para>The version of the kernel running on a Lustre client must be
+ the same as the version of the
+ <literal>lustre-client-modules-</literal>
+ <replaceable>ver</replaceable> package being installed. If not, a
+ compatible kernel must be installed on the client before the Lustre
+ client packages are installed.</para>
+ </note></para>
<orderedlist numeration="loweralpha">
<listitem>
<para>Log onto a Lustre client as the root user.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Use the <literal>yum</literal> command to install the packages:</para>
+ <para>Use the
+ <literal>yum</literal> command to install the packages:</para>
<para>
- <screen># yum --nogpgcheck install pkg1.rpm pkg2.rpm ...</screen>
+ <screen>
+# yum --nogpgcheck install pkg1.rpm pkg2.rpm ...
+</screen>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Verify the packages were installed correctly:</para>
<para>
- <screen># rpm -qa|egrep "lustre|kernel"|sort</screen>
+ <screen>
+# rpm -qa|egrep "lustre|kernel"|sort
+</screen>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
</orderedlist>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
- <para>To configure LNET, go to <xref linkend="configuringlnet"/>. If default settings will be
- used for LNET, go to <xref linkend="configuringlustre"/>.</para>
+ <para>To configure LNet, go to
+ <xref linkend="configuringlnet" />. If default settings will be used for
+ LNet, go to
+ <xref linkend="configuringlustre" />.</para>
</section>
</chapter>
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