C H A P T E R 4

Installation Overview

This chapter provides on overview of the procedures required to set up, install and configure a Lustre file system.

Note - If you are new to Lustre, you may find it helpful to refer to Part I: Introducing Lustre 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:

1. (Required) Set up your Lustre file System hardware.

See Chapter 5: Setting Up a Lustre File System - Provides guidelines for configuring hardware for a Lustre file system including storage, memory, and networking requirements.

2. (Optional - Highly Recommended) Configure storage on Lustre storage devices.

See Chapter 6: Configuring Storage on a Lustre File System - Provides instructions for setting up hardware RAID on Lustre storage devices.

3. (Optional) Set up network interface bonding.

See Chapter 7: Setting Up Network Interface Bonding - Describes setting up network interface bonding to allow multiple network interfaces to be used in parallel to increase bandwidth or redundancy.

4. (Required) Install Lustre software.

See Chapter 8: Installing the Lustre Software - Describes preparation steps and a procedure for installing the Lustre software.

5. (Optional) Configure Lustre Networking (LNET).

See Chapter 9: Configuring Lustre Networking (LNET) - 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.

6. (Required) Configure Lustre.

See Chapter 10: Configuring Lustre - Provides an example of a simple Lustre configuration procedure and points to tools for completing more complex configurations.

7. (Optional) Configure Lustre Failover.

See Chapter 11: Configuring Lustre Failover - Describes how to configure Lustre failover using the Heartbeat cluster infrastructure daemon.