- 100baseT
- Network and Connectivity
- 64-bit scalability
- Supported XFS Features
- access control lists
- Supported XFS Features
- ACLs
- Supported XFS Features
- activate CXFS services
- cxfs_admin
- Enable a Node with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Start CXFS Services with the GUI
- ACTIVE cluster status
- CXFS GUI and Status
- active metadata server
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- add a node
- cxfs_admin
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Add or Remove Nodes in the Cluster with the GUI
- adding clients
- Adding Licenses
- address resolution protocol (ARP
- BMC System Controller
- admin state and fencing
- QLogic® Fibre Channel Switch
- administration
- avoiding a CXFS restart at reboot
- Avoiding a CXFS Restart at Reboot
- best practices
- Administration Best Practices
- cache utilization
- The filestreams Mount Option
- case-insensitive CXFS filesystems
- Creating a Case-Insensitive CXFS Filesystem
- chkconfig
- chkconfig Arguments
- client removal
- Removing a Single Client-Only Node from the Cluster
- client restoration
- Restoring a Single Client-Only Node to the Cluster
- cluster database shutdown
- Cluster Database Shutdown
- discovering the active metadata server
- Discovering the Active Metadata Server
- disk layout optimization
- Disk Layout Optimization for Approved Media Customers
- dump and restore
- Dump and Restore
- fencing and hardware changes
- Hardware Changes and I/O Fencing
- file-layout analysis
- Frame Files Defragmentation and Analysis
- filestreams
- The filestreams Mount Option
- filesystem maintenance
- Filesystem Maintenance
- forced CXFS shutdown
- Forced CXFS Shutdown: Revoke Membership of Local
Node
- frame files defragmentation
- Frame Files Defragmentation and Analysis
- granting task execution privilege
- Granting Task Execution Privileges for Users
- growing filesystems
- Growing Filesystems
- ideal frame layout
- Ideal Frame Layout
- initialization commands
- CXFS and Cluster Administration service Commands
- log file management
- Log File Management
- manually starting/stopping CXFS
- Manually Starting/Stopping CXFS
- metadata server removal
- Removing a Metadata Server from the Cluster Membership
- metadata server restoration
- Restoring a Server-Capable Administration Node to the Cluster Membership
- mount scripts
- CXFS Mount Scripts
- mounting filesystems
- Mounting Filesystems
- normal CXFS shutdown
- Normal CXFS Shutdown: Stop CXFS Services or
Disable the Node
- port usage
- Firewalls and CXFS Port Usage
- precedence of configuration options
- Precedence of Configuration Options
- private network failover configuration
- Private Network Failover
- RAID prefetch and frame layout
- Ideal Frame Layout
- real-time applications
- Multiple Streams of Real-Time Applications
- relocation
- CXFS Relocation Capability
- removing and restoring cluster members
- Cluster Member Removal and Restoration
- restarting CXFS
- Restarting the Entire Cluster
- revoke membership of local node
- Forced CXFS Shutdown: Revoke Membership of Local
Node
- rolling upgrades
- Definition of a Rolling Upgrade
- shutdown of the database and CXFS
- Shutdown of the Database and CXFS
- stopping CXFS
- Stopping CXFS for the Entire Cluster
- switch manipulation
- Using hafence
- tasks
- Administrative Tools
- tools
- Configuration Commands
- CXFS GUI Overview
- cxfs_admin Command-Line Configuration Tool
Overview
- Other Administrative Commands
- transform an existing node into a client-only node
- Transforming a Server-Capable Administration Node into a Client-Only
Node
- unmounting filesystems
- Unmounting Filesystems
- video streaming
- Generation of Streaming Workload for Video Streams
- XVM failover
- Configuring XVM Path Failover
- administration daemon
- /etc/services on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- administration membership
- Membership
- advisory record locks
- CXFS Features
- affinity values
- Specify XVM Path Failover and HBA Usage in failover2.conf
- age
- clconf_info and Status
- Aggregate Recover Transport
- Client Membership Loss
- Aggregate Send
- Client Membership Loss
- allocation of space
- Supported XFS Features
- allow CXFS kernel membership
- cxfs_admin
- Enable or Disable CXFS Kernel Membership (cmsd)
for the Local Node
- GUI
- Allow Membership of the Local Node with the GUI
- applications and server-capable administration nodes
- Dedicate Server-Capable Administration Nodes to CXFS Work
- architecture of server-capable administration nodes
- Use the Same OS Distribution for All Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- ARP
- BMC System Controller
- asynchronous buffering techniques
- Supported XFS Features
- atime
- Flow of Metadata for Reads and Writes
- attach
- Move a Node Between the Cluster and the Pool with cxfs_admin
- authorization errors
- Authorization Errors
- autoconf
- Automatically Configure a Client-Only Node
- automatic configuration
- Automatically Configure a Client-Only Node
- avoiding a CXFS restart at reboot
- Avoiding a CXFS Restart at Reboot
- AVT
- Changing SGIRDAC Mode to SGIAVT
Mode for SGI RAID
- back up the cluster database
- Back Up the Cluster Database
- backup private network
- Use a Private Network and Unique Cluster Name/ID
- backups
- Storage Backup Differences
- Do Not Run Backups on a Client Node
- bandwidth
- management
- Guaranteed-Rate I/O (GRIO) Version 2 Overview
- scaling
- CXFS Features
- supported XFS features
- Supported XFS Features
- when to use CXFS
- When to Use CXFS
- baseboard management controller
- See BMC
- best practices
- administration
- Administration Best Practices
- configuration
- Configuration Best Practices
- block size
- Configure Filesystems Properly
- Filesystem Specifications
- blue text in the GUI
- Help Menu
- BMC
- System Reset
- BMC System Controller
- bootcpuset
- Avoid CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Issues on Large Systems
- boot.xvm
- Turn Off Local XVM on Linux Nodes if Unused
- Brocade switch
- Create or Modify a Switch with cxfs_admin
- access to
- Brocade Firmware
- Limiting Login Sessions
- FC cable connections
- Changing the Brocade FC Cable Connections
- firmware
- Brocade Firmware
- license
- Verifying the Brocade License
- password
- Change the Brocade™ Password when Prompted
- telnet session hang
- Brocade telnet Session is Hung
- verification
- Verifying the Brocade Switch Firmware Version
- BSD interfaces
- CXFS Features
- B-trees
- Supported XFS Features
- buffer coherency
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- buffering disks
- CXFS Features
- bulkstat
- Defragment Filesystems with Care
- cache utilization
- Multiple Streams of Real-Time Applications
- The filestreams Mount Option
- cad
- CXFS and Cluster Administration service Commands
- messages
- cad Log File Error Messages
- options file
- /etc/services on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- cad.options on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- process
- Cluster Administration Daemons
- cad.options on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- Verify that the Cluster Daemons are Running
- verify it is running
- Verify that the Cluster Daemons are Running
- cad.options file
- cad.options on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- capacity of the system
- Use System Capacity Wisely
- case-insensitive CXFS filesystems
- Creating a Case-Insensitive CXFS Filesystem
- case-insensitive filesystems on Linux
- Creating a Case-Insensitive CXFS Filesystem
- case-sensitivity of cxfs_admin
- Syntax of Commands within cxfs_admin
- cbeutil
- Other Administrative Commands
- cdbBackup
- Other Administrative Commands
- Backing Up the Cluster Database with cdbBackup
- cdbconfig
- Other Administrative Commands
- cdbdelete
- Restoring the Cluster Database with cdbRestore
- cdbreinit
- Reboot Before Changing Node ID or Cluster ID
- Database Reinitialization with cdbreinit
- Clearing the Cluster Database
- cdbreinit error messages
- cdbreinit Errors
- cdbRestore
- Other Administrative Commands
- Restoring the Cluster Database with cdbRestore
- cdbutil
- Other Administrative Commands
- Locate the Problem
- cell ID
- adjustment
- Adding a New Server-Capable Administration Node to an Existing
Cluster
- Adjusting the Cell ID Numbers
- displayed by clconf_info
- clconf_info and Status
- displayed by cxfs_admin
- Validating the Cluster Configuration with cxfs-config
- membership delivered messages
- Cell ID Count and Membership delivered Messages
- Cell Up
- Client Membership Loss
- cell_tkm_feature_disable
- Stability Issues on Clients Due to Token Optimizations
- cell_tkm_feature_disable
- change notification suppression
- Suppress Change Notification for Switch Ports Connected to Nodes
- channel traffic
- Normal Messages
- checklist
- Initial Configuration Checklist
- chkconfig settings
- chkconfig Arguments
- clconf_info
- Other Administrative Commands
- clconf_info and the Active Metadata Server
- clconf_info and Status
- Identify the Cluster Status
- Locate the Problem
- clconf_stats
- Other Administrative Commands
- clconf_status
- Deprecated Commands
- clconfd
- CXFS and Cluster Administration service Commands
- mounting filesystems
- Mounting Filesystems
- not running
- clconfd Is Not Running
- options file
- clconfd.options on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- process
- CXFS Control Daemons
- verify it is running
- Verify that the Cluster Daemons are Running
- clconfd daemon death
- clconfd Daemon Death
- clconfd.options file
- clconfd.options on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- clconfd-scripts directory
- CXFS Mount Scripts
- clearing the database
- Clearing the Cluster Database
- cli
- cli Log File Error Messages
- client
- restoration
- Restoring a Single Client-Only Node to the Cluster
- client_timeout
- Multiple client_timeout Values
- client-only node
- backups and
- Do Not Run Backups on a Client Node
- gathering status from
- cxfs_info and Status
- node type
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- OS platforms
- What is CXFS?
- preference for
- Make Most Nodes Client-Only
- removal
- Removing a Single Client-Only Node from the Cluster
- terminology
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- tiebreaker
- Use a Client-Only Tiebreaker
- clients cannot join the cluster
- Clients Cannot Join the Cluster After Relocation
- clients unable to mount filesystems
- Clients Unable to Mount Filesystems
- cluster (terminology)
- Cluster and Cluster ID
- cluster administration daemons
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- Cluster Administration Daemons
- cad.options on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- CXFS and Cluster Administration service Commands
- cluster configuration tools
- Cluster Configuration Tools
- cluster daemon restart
- Stopping and Restarting Cluster Administration Daemons
- cluster database
- backup
- When to Perform a Database Backup
- definition of term
- Differences in Filesystem Mounting and Management
- membership
- Membership
- membership quorum stability
- Ensure Cluster Database Membership Quorum Stability
- methods to restore
- Methods to Restore the Database
- quorum
- Ensure Cluster Database Membership Quorum Stability
- shutdown
- Cluster Database Shutdown
- terminology
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- cluster database backup
- Back Up the Cluster Database
- cluster database quorum
- Quorum
- cluster database restart
- Restart the Cluster Database
- cluster definition
- cxfs_admin
- Create a Cluster with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Define a Cluster with the GUI
- cluster deletion
- cxfs_admin
- Delete a Cluster with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Delete a Cluster with the GUI
- cluster display
- cxfs_admin
- Display a Cluster with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Display a Cluster with the GUI
- cluster domain
- Run the xvm Command in Cluster Mode
- cluster ID
- Cluster and Cluster ID
- changing
- Reboot Before Changing Node ID or Cluster ID
- cxfs_admin
- Create a Cluster with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Define a Cluster with the GUI
- cluster manager tools
- Configuration Commands
- cluster membership
- Membership
- cluster migration
- Migration from a Cluster with IRIX® Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- cluster mirror status error
- cxfslicense System Log File Error Message
- cluster mode
- Modify a Cluster Definition with the GUI
- cluster modification
- cxfs_admin
- Modify a Cluster with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Modify a Cluster Definition with the GUI
- cluster status
- tools for troubleshooting
- Cluster/Node Status Tools
- verification
- CXFS GUI and Status
- cluster tasks
- cxfs_admin
- Cluster Tasks with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Cluster Tasks with the GUI
- cluster_admin
- CXFS Software Products Installed on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- cluster_admin software product
- Cluster Administration Daemons
- cluster_control
- CXFS Software Products Installed on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- cluster_control software product
- Cluster Administration Daemons
- cmgr
- Deprecated Commands
- cmond
- CXFS and Cluster Administration service Commands
- errors
- cmond System Log File Error Messages
- process
- Cluster Administration Daemons
- Verify that the Cluster Daemons are Running
- verify it is running
- Verify that the Cluster Daemons are Running
- CMS error messages
- CMS Error Messages
- cms_failconf
- Other Administrative Commands
- cms_fence_timeout
- cms_fence_timeout
- cms_fence_timeout_action
- cms_fence_timeout_action
- cms_local_fail_action
- cms_local_fail_action
- cms_reset_error_override
- cms_reset_error_override
- cms_reset_timeout
- cms_trace_enable
- cms_reset_timeout_action
- cms_reset_timeout_action
- cmsd
- Kernel Threads
- colors and states
- Key to Icons and States
- command buttons
- Shortcuts Using Command Buttons
- commands
- CXFS and Cluster Administration service Commands
- communication paths
- Communication Paths
- compute power
- Provide Enough Memory
- concat creation
- Shortcuts Using Command Buttons
- concatenated slice limit
- Filesystem Specifications
- concatenation
- Volume Management with XVM
- concepts for CXFS
- Cluster Environment Concepts
- configShow
- Avoid Dropping Out-Of-Order Frames
- configuration best practices
- Configuration Best Practices
- configuration checker (cxfs-config)
- Validating the Cluster Configuration with cxfs-config
- configuration checklist
- Initial Configuration Checklist
- configuration consistency
- Be Consistent in Configuration
- configuration overview
- Installation Overview for Server-Capable Administration Nodes
- configuration saving
- Save the CXFS Configuration
- configuration tasks
- cxfs_admin
- cluster deletion
- Delete a Cluster with cxfs_admin
- cluster display
- Display a Cluster with cxfs_admin
- cluster tasks
- Cluster Tasks with cxfs_admin
- CXFS services
- Enable a Node with cxfs_admin
- Enable a Node with cxfs_admin
- cxfs tiebreaker
- Modify a Cluster with cxfs_admin
- define a switch
- Create or Modify a Switch with cxfs_admin
- delete a switch
- Delete a Switch Definition with cxfs_admin
- fail policy hierarchy
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- fencing
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- filesystem deletion
- Delete a CXFS Filesystem with cxfs_admin
- filesystem mount/unmount
- Mount a CXFS Filesystem with cxfs_admin
- metadata server relocation
- Relocate the Metadata Server for a Filesystem with cxfs_admin
- node deletion
- Delete a Node with cxfs_admin
- node display
- Show Node Information with cxfs_admin
- node tasks
- Node Tasks with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- cluster definition
- Define a Cluster with the GUI
- cluster deletion
- Delete a Cluster with the GUI
- cluster display
- Display a Cluster with the GUI
- cluster modification
- Modify a Cluster Definition with the GUI
- connectivity test
- Test Node Connectivity with the GUI
- CXFS services start/stop
- Start CXFS Services with the GUI
- cxfs tiebreaker
- Set Tiebreaker Node with the GUI
- delete a switch
- Delete a Switch Definition with the GUI
- display a node
- Display a Node with the GUI
- fence lowering
- Lower the I/O Fence for a Node with the GUI
- fence raising
- Raise the I/O Fence for a Node with the GUI
- filesystem deletion
- Delete a CXFS Filesystem with the GUI
- filesystem modification
- Modify a CXFS Filesystem with the GUI
- filesystem mount/unmount
- Mount CXFS Filesystems with the GUI
- log configuration
- Set Log Configuration with the GUI
- membership allow/revoke
- Revoke Membership of the Local Node with the
GUI
- metadata server definition
- Define CXFS Filesystems with the GUI
- metadata server relocation
- Relocate a Metadata Server for a CXFS Filesystem with the GUI
- node addition/removal
- Add or Remove Nodes in the Cluster with the GUI
- node definition
- Define a Node with the GUI
- node deletion
- Delete a Node with the GUI
- node modification
- Modify a Node Definition with the GUI
- node resets
- Reset a Node with the GUI
- set up a new filesystem
- Set Up a New CXFS Filesystem with the GUI
- setting up a new cluster
- Set Up a New Cluster with the GUI
- switch definition
- Define a Switch with the GUI
- switch modification
- Modify a Switch Definition with the GUI
- update switch port information
- Update Switch Port Information with the GUI
- configuration tools
- Use CXFS Configuration Tools Appropriately
- configuration verification
- Verify the Configuration
- configure system files
- Postinstallation Steps
- configure XVM volumes
- XVM Configuration with the xvm Command
- connection error
- Connection Error
- connectivity diagnostics
- Modifications Required for CXFS GUI Connectivity Diagnostics
- Modifications for CXFS Connectivity Diagnostics
- Test Node Connectivity with the GUI
- contact a system controller
- Ping a Node System Controller with cxfs_admin
- contacting SGI with problems
- Reporting Problems to SGI
- contiguous allocation of space
- Supported XFS Features
- control command
- Control and Contact a Node with cxfs_admin
- control daemons
- CXFS Control Daemons
- control network
- See private network
- controller disable Messages
- Controller Disable Messages
- corpseleader process
- Kernel Threads
- cpu_exclusive
- Avoid CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Issues on Large Systems
- cpusets
- Avoid CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Issues on Large Systems
- crash
- System Dump Analysis Tool
- create a cluster
- cxfs_admin
- Create a Cluster with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Define a Cluster with the GUI
- create a filesystem metadata server
- cxfs_admin
- Create or Modify a CXFS Filesystem with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Define CXFS Filesystems with the GUI
- create a node
- cxfs_admin
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Define a Node with the GUI
- cred_age_max
- cred_age_max
- cred_age_pri
- cred_age_pri
- cred_age_timeout
- cred_age_timeout
- cron jobs
- Use cron Jobs Properly
- crontab
- Use cron Jobs Properly
- crsd
- CXFS and Cluster Administration service Commands
- errors
- crsd System Log File Error Messages
- crsd Log File Error Messages
- process
- Cluster Administration Daemons
- Verify that the Cluster Daemons are Running
- verify it is running
- Verify that the Cluster Daemons are Running
- ctime
- Flow of Metadata for Reads and Writes
- currentpath
- After Restart, Verify that All Nodes Use the Preferred XVM Path
- cxdetail
- Making Changes Safely
- CXFS client node
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- CXFS cluster services
- CXFS and Cluster Administration service Commands
- CXFS kernel membership
- allow/revoke
- cxfs_admin
- Enable or Disable CXFS Kernel Membership (cmsd)
for the Local Node
- GUI
- Revoke Membership of the Local Node with the
GUI
- current information
- Locate the Problem
- cxfs_admin
- Enable or Disable CXFS Kernel Membership (cmsd)
for the Local Node
- residual cluster
- Eliminate a Residual Cluster
- CXFS Manager
- See GUI
- cxfs service
- CXFS and Cluster Administration service Commands
- CXFS services
- overview
- CXFS Services
- start
- cxfs_admin
- Enable a Node with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Start CXFS Services with the GUI
- stop
- cxfs_admin
- Disable a Node with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Stop CXFS Services with the GUI
- CXFS shutdown (forced)
- cxfs_admin
- Enable or Disable CXFS Kernel Membership (cmsd)
for the Local Node
- GUI
- Revoke Membership of the Local Node with the
GUI
- overview
- Forced CXFS Shutdown: Revoke Membership of Local
Node
- CXFS shutdown (normal)
- Disable a Node with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Stop CXFS Services with the GUI
- overview
- Normal CXFS Shutdown: Stop CXFS Services or
Disable the Node
- CXFS software version information
- Show CXFS Software Version with cxfs_admin
- CXFS tiebreaker node
- cxfs_admin
- Modify a Cluster with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Set Tiebreaker Node with the GUI
- cxfs*mount.sh scripts
- CXFS Mount Scripts
- cxfs*umount.sh scripts
- CXFS Mount Scripts
- cxfs_admin
- CXFS Software Products Installed on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- <TAB> completion
- Basic and Advanced Mode
- access
- cxfs_admin Overview
- access permissions
- Setting cxfs_admin Access Permissions
- advanced mode
- Basic and Advanced Mode
- attributes
- Syntax of Commands within cxfs_admin
- basic mode
- Basic and Advanced Mode
- -c option
- Entering cxfs_admin Commands on the Command
Line
- class
- Syntax of Commands within cxfs_admin
- command history
- Displaying Command History
- command line execution
- Entering cxfs_admin Commands on the Command
Line
- defaults
- Setting cxfs_admin Defaults
- editor style
- Setting cxfs_admin Defaults
- error behavior
- Setting cxfs_admin Defaults
- exiting
- Exiting from cxfs_admin
- filesystem tasks
- Create or Modify a CXFS Filesystem with cxfs_admin
- help
- Getting Help
- -i option
- Accessing the Correct Cluster at a Multiple-Cluster Site
- interrupting a command
- Waiting for Commands to Complete
- invocation
- Starting cxfs_admin
- license information
- Show License Information with cxfs_admin
- license verification
- Displaying the Keys with cxfs_admin After Installing
CXFS
- line wrapping
- Setting cxfs_admin Defaults
- lock
- Making Changes Requires Both Write Mode and admin
Permission
- Stealing the Lock
- Giving Up the Lock
- modes
- Setting cxfs_admin Defaults
- Basic and Advanced Mode
- multiple clusters
- Accessing the Correct Cluster at a Multiple-Cluster Site
- network failover tasks
- Network Failover Modification Tasks with cxfs_admin
- object
- Syntax of Commands within cxfs_admin
- output is not current
- cxfs_admin Output is Not Current
- overview
- cxfs_admin Command-Line Configuration Tool
Overview
- cxfs_admin Overview
- permissions
- Making Changes Requires Both Write Mode and admin
Permission
- prompting mode
- Using Prompting Mode
- read-only mode
- Read-Only Mode by Default
- related commands
- Configuration Commands
- safety
- Stealing the Lock
- scripts
- Configuring a Large Cluster
- scripts and
- Using cxfs_admin Script Files
- Creating cxfs_admin Scripts
- set command
- Setting cxfs_admin Defaults
- show a filesystem
- Show a CXFS Filesystem
- steal
- Stealing the Lock
- switch tasks
- Switch Tasks with cxfs_admin
- syntax
- Syntax of Commands within cxfs_admin
- tiebreaker
- Specify a Tiebreaker with cxfs_admin
- cxfs_admin errors
- cxfs_admin Errors
- .cxfs_admin file
- Setting cxfs_admin Defaults
- Making Changes Requires Both Write Mode and admin
Permission
- CXFS_ADMIN_CLUSTER_NAME
- Setting cxfs_admin Defaults
- CXFS_ADMIN_EDITOR
- Setting cxfs_admin Defaults
- CXFS_ADMIN_LINE_WRAP
- Setting cxfs_admin Defaults
- CXFS_ADMIN_MODE
- Setting cxfs_admin Defaults
- CXFS_ADMIN_STOP_ON_ERROR
- Setting cxfs_admin Defaults
- CXFS_ADMIN_WRITE_MODE
- Setting cxfs_admin Defaults
- Making Changes Requires Both Write Mode and admin
Permission
- cxfs_client daemon
- CXFS and Cluster Administration service Commands
- CXFS_CLIENT license
- Licensing Requirements
- cxfs_client process
- CXFS Control Daemons
- cxfs_client service
- CXFS and Cluster Administration service Commands
- cxfs_client software product
- CXFS Control Daemons
- cxfs_client_push_period
- cxfs_client_push_period
- cxfs_client_range_age_max
- cxfs_client_range_age_max
- cxfs_client.options file
- Accessing the Correct Cluster at a Multiple-Cluster Site
- cxfs_cluster
- CXFS Software Products Installed on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- cxfs_cluster service
- CXFS and Cluster Administration service Commands
- cxfs_conversion_delay
- cxfs_conversion_delay
- cxfs_dcvn_timeout
- cxfs_dcvn_timeout
- cxfs_disable_splice
- cxfs_disable_splice
- cxfs_extents_delta
- cxfs_extents_delta
- cxfs_extents_delta_depth
- cxfs_extents_delta_depth
- cxfs_info
- cxfs_info and Status
- CXFS_MDS license
- Licensing Requirements
- cxfs_punch_hole_restrict
- cxfs_punch_hole_restrict
- cxfs_recovery_slowdown
- cxfs_recovery_slowdown
- cxfs_recovery_timeout_panic
- Use the Recovery Timeout Mechanism
- cxfs_recovery_timeout_panic
- cxfs_recovery_timeout_period
- Use the Recovery Timeout Mechanism
- cxfs_recovery_timeout_period
- cxfs_recovery_timeout_stalled
- Use the Recovery Timeout Mechanism
- Use the Recovery Timeout Mechanism
- Prevent Stalled-Recovery Timeout in a Non-HA DMF Environment
- cxfs_recovery_timeout_stalled
- cxfs_recovery_timeout_start
- Use the Recovery Timeout Mechanism
- Use the Recovery Timeout Mechanism
- cxfs_recovery_timeout_start
- cxfs_relocation_ok
- cxfs_relocation_ok
- cxfs_server_push_period
- cxfs_server_push_period
- cxfs_server_range_age_max
- cxfs_server_range_age_max
- cxfs_shutdown
- Other Administrative Commands
- cxfs_shutdown_time
- cxfs_shutdown_time
- cxfs_token_fault_tolerant
- cxfs_token_fault_tolerant
- cxfs_token_track
- cxfs_token_track
- cxfs_util
- CXFS Software Products Installed on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- cxfs_validate_objid
- cxfs_validate_objid
- cxfs_verify_existence_token
- cxfs_verify_existence_token
- cxfs-config
- Other Administrative Commands
- Validating the Cluster Configuration with cxfs-config
- cxfscp
- Use Fast Copying for Large CXFS Files
- cxfsd process
- Kernel Threads
- cxfsd_aux
- cxfsd_aux
- cxfsd_max
- cxfsd_max
- cxfsd_min
- cxfsd_max
- cxfsd_min
- cxfsd_sync_force
- cxfsd_sync_force
- cxfsdump
- Other Administrative Commands
- Cluster Information Gathering Tool (cxfsdump)
- cxfslicense
- Other Administrative Commands
- Displaying the Keys with cxfslicense After Installing
CXFS
- cxfsmgr
- Configuration Commands
- Configuration Commands
- CXFS GUI Overview
- Starting the GUI via the Command Line
- CXFS Configuration with the CXFS GUI and cxfs_admin
- See GUI
- cxfs-reprobe
- Discover Devices with cxfs-reprobe
- cxtask (cxfsmgr)
- Making Changes Safely
- daemons
- cluster administration
- Cluster Administration Daemons
- list of
- Kernel Threads
- overview
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- restart
- Stopping and Restarting Cluster Administration Daemons
- verify
- Verify that the Cluster Daemons are Running
- data flow
- Flow of Metadata for Reads and Writes
- data integrity protection
- Data Integrity Protection
- Protect Data Integrity on All Nodes
- data management API
- DMF
- data security
- Fail Policies
- database
- clearing
- Clearing the Cluster Database
- dump
- Locate the Problem
- membership
- Membership
- shutdown
- Cluster Database Shutdown
- database backup
- Back Up the Cluster Database
- database quorum
- Quorum
- dcshake process
- Kernel Threads
- deactivate CXFS services
- cxfs_admin
- Disable a Node with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Start CXFS Services with the GUI
- Stop CXFS Services with the GUI
- debugging parameters
- Do Not Change Debugging Parameters
- dynamic parameters
- Dynamic Parameters for Debugging Purposes Only
- static parameters
- Static Parameters for Debugging Purposes Only
- define a cluster
- cxfs_admin
- Create a Cluster with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Define a Cluster with the GUI
- defragmentation
- Supported XFS Features
- Defragment Filesystems with Care
- Frame Files Defragmentation and Analysis
- defunct admin logins
- CXFS Cannot Access the Switch
- delete a cluster
- cxfs_admin
- Delete a Cluster with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Delete a Cluster with the GUI
- delete a filesystem
- cxfs_admin
- Delete a CXFS Filesystem with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Delete a CXFS Filesystem with the GUI
- delete a node
- cxfs_admin
- Delete a Node with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Add or Remove Nodes in the Cluster with the GUI
- Delete a Node with the GUI
- detach
- Move a Node Between the Cluster and the Pool with cxfs_admin
- detach volume elements
- Shortcuts Using Command Buttons
- details area
- GUI Window Layout
- /dev/cxvm
- Identify the Cluster Status
- device block size
- Filesystem Specifications
- df
- Cluster/Node Status Tools
- df display problems
- df Display Problems for NFSv4-Exported Filesystems
- direct-to-disk I/O
- CXFS Features
- disable heartbeat
- Client Membership Loss
- disable nodes
- Disable Nodes that Affect Membership Before Maintenance
- disk blocks, free
- Cluster/Node Status Tools
- disk buffering
- CXFS Features
- disk configuration
- Configuring Disks
- disk layout optimization
- Use filestreams for Disk Layout Optimization
(Approved Media Customers Only)
- Disk Layout Optimization for Approved Media Customers
- disk management
- Storage Management
- disk unlabling
- Shortcuts Using Command Buttons
- display a cluster
- cxfs_admin
- Display a Cluster with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Display a Cluster with the GUI
- display nodes
- cxfs_admin
- Show Node Information with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Display a Node with the GUI
- DMAPI
- DMF
- Using DMF
- DMAPI requirement
- DMAPI Requirement
- DMF
- DMF
- DMF
- Using DMF
- dmi mount option
- Do Not Use Both dmi and filestreams
Mount Options
- Using DMF
- DNS
- Preferred Choice: Consistent /etc/hosts File
on All Nodes and Access Local Files First
- Acceptable Choice: Reliable DNS in a Dedicated HA Cluster
- Configure for nsd Use (Optional)
- domain
- Run the xvm Command in Cluster Mode
- DOWN node state
- CXFS GUI and Status
- downrev error
- node is downrev Error
- drag-and-drop
- Using Drag-and-Drop
- Configuring Disks
- drag-and-drop and preallocation
- Preallocate Space for Directories when Appropriate
- dump analysis
- System Dump Analysis Tool
- dump from metadata server
- Dump and Restore
- dump of the database
- Locate the Problem
- dynamic heartbeat monitoring
- Use the Appropriate CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Monitoring
- dynamic parameters for debugging purposes
- Dynamic Parameters for Debugging Purposes Only
- dynamic TCP port assignment
- Issues with Dynamic TCP Port Assignment
- easy client configuration
- Automatically Configure a Client-Only Node
- edge-serving
- Performance Considerations
- Edit menu
- Edit Menu
- EINTR
- Normal Messages
- embedded subnet manager
- Software Requirements for InfiniBand RAID on SLES
- enhanced NFS
- NFS Differences
- enhanced XFS
- Creating a Case-Insensitive CXFS Filesystem
- entitlement ID
- Installing the License Keys
- ERROR cluster status
- CXFS GUI and Status
- error messages
- Client Membership Loss
- /etc/exports
- Configuring /etc/exports on All Nodes
- /etc/failover2.conf
- XVM Path Failover Overview
- /etc/fstab
- Differences in Filesystem Mounting and Management
- Filesystem Maintenance
- /etc/hosts
- Ensure Quick Communication Among Cluster Nodes
- Preferred Choice: Consistent /etc/hosts File
on All Nodes and Access Local Files First
- /etc/hosts file
- Preferred Choice: Consistent /etc/hosts File
on All Nodes and Access Local Files First
- /etc/init.d
- See service
- /etc/lk/keys.dat
- Copying the Keys to the /etc/lk/keys.dat File
- /etc/ls.so.conf
- GUI Will Not Run
- /etc/modprobe.d/sgi-cxfs-xvm.conf
- Making Permanent Parameter Changes
- /etc/mtab
- Differences in Filesystem Mounting and Management
- /etc/nsswitch.conf file
- Hostname Resolution and Network Configuration
Rules
- /etc/projects
- Quotas Differences
- /etc/projid
- Quotas Differences
- /etc/resolv.conf
- Acceptable Choice: Reliable DNS in a Dedicated HA Cluster
- /etc/services file
- /etc/services on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- /etc/sysctl.conf
- Avoid CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Issues on Large Systems
- Ethernet network
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- examples
- administrative communication within one node
- Communication Paths
- communication between nodes in the pool
- Communication Paths
- communication for a node not in a cluster
- Communication Paths
- communication paths
- Communication Paths
- cxfs_admin scripts
- Using cxfs_admin Script Files
- daemon communication within one server-capable administration node
- Communication Paths
- /etc/hosts file
- Preferred Choice: Consistent /etc/hosts File
on All Nodes and Access Local Files First
- /etc/inet/hosts file
- Preferred Choice: Consistent /etc/hosts File
on All Nodes and Access Local Files First
- fs2d logging and tracing
- fs2d.options Example 1
- fs2d options
- fs2d.options Example 1
- GUI initial window
- Start the GUI
- GUI screens
- GUI Windows
- ifconfig
- Private Network Interface
- Linux
- Verifying the Private and Public Networks
- metadata flow
- Flow of Metadata for Reads and Writes
- metadata server distribution
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- name services
- Preferred Choice: Consistent /etc/hosts File
on All Nodes and Access Local Files First
- ping
- ping output
- Private Network Interface
- pool and cluster concepts
- Pool
- private network interface test
- Private Network Interface
- relocation versus recovery
- Recovery
- verify cluster daemons are running
- Verify that the Cluster Daemons are Running
- exclusive write tokens
- Avoid Performance Problems with Exclusive Write Tokens
- exporting a CFS filesystem
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- exports file
- Configuring /etc/exports on All Nodes
- extent deltas
- EXTENT Errors
- EXTENT errors
- EXTENT Errors
- extent lists parameter
- cxfs_extents_delta
- extent tracking
- Avoid Performance Problems with Unwritten Extent Tracking
- external log filesystems
- Supported XFS Features
- extsize
- Preallocate Space for Directories when Appropriate
- fail policies
- Fail Policies
- failover V2
- XVM Path Failover Overview
- failover2.conf
- Specify XVM Path Failover and HBA Usage in failover2.conf
- XVM Path Failover Overview
- failover2.conf generation
- Creating the /etc/failover2.conf File
- failover_net network
- Private Network Failover
- failpolicy
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- Failure time-stamp
- Client Membership Loss
- fam
- Use fam Properly
- fast copy
- Use Fast Copying for Large CXFS Files
- faster login for switch
- Change the Brocade™ Password when Prompted
- FC cable connections and Brocade switch
- Changing the Brocade FC Cable Connections
- fdisk
- Reuse of a Disk with GPT Labels
- Feature Enabler
- Licensing Requirements
- features
- CXFS Features
- fence
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- fenced node determination
- Determine If a Node Is Fenced
- fencereset
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- fencing
- Data Integrity Protection
- Data Integrity Protection
- lower (enable access)
- cxfs_admin
- Lower a Fence
- GUI
- Lower the I/O Fence for a Node with the GUI
- raise (disable access)
- cxfs_admin
- Raise a Fence
- GUI
- Raise the I/O Fence for a Node with the GUI
- fencing and hardware changes
- Hardware Changes and I/O Fencing
- fencing and security of data
- I/O Fencing
- fencing status
- I/O Fencing Status
- Fibre Channel
- Probe the LUNs with echo
- file access is slow
- Slow Access to Files
- file locking
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- File menu
- Making Changes Safely
- File Menu
- file size/offset maximum
- Filesystem Specifications
- file-layout analysis
- Frame Files Defragmentation and Analysis
- file-sequence reorganization
- Frame Files Defragmentation and Analysis
- filestreams mount option
- Do Not Use Both dmi and filestreams
Mount Options
- Use filestreams for Disk Layout Optimization
(Approved Media Customers Only)
- The filestreams Mount Option
- The filestreams Mount Option
- filesystem block size
- Filesystem Specifications
- filesystem comparison, network and CXFS
- Comparison of Network and CXFS Filesystems
- filesystem configuration
- Configure Filesystems Properly
- filesystem creation
- Comparison of XFS® and CXFS
- GUI
- Make Filesystems with the GUI
- filesystem defragmenter software
- Defragment Filesystems with Care
- filesystem deletion
- cxfs_admin
- Delete a CXFS Filesystem with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Delete a CXFS Filesystem with the GUI
- filesystem features of XFS supported by CXFS
- Supported XFS Features
- filesystem fullness
- Do Not Overfill CXFS Filesystems
- filesystem growth
- Growing Filesystems
- GUI
- Grow a Filesystem with the GUI
- filesystem is inaccessible
- Cannot Access Filesystem
- filesystem local-host access
- Performance Considerations
- filesystem maintenance
- Filesystem Maintenance
- filesystem manager
- Differences in Filesystem Mounting and Management
- filesystem metadata server definition
- GUI
- Define CXFS Filesystems with the GUI
- filesystem modification
- GUI
- Modify a CXFS Filesystem with the GUI
- Modify a CXFS Filesystem with the GUI
- filesystem mounting
- cxfs_admin
- Mount a CXFS Filesystem with cxfs_admin
- Mount a CXFS Filesystem with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Mount CXFS Filesystems with the GUI
- Mount a Filesystem Locally
- overview
- Mounting Filesystems
- XFS differences
- Differences in Filesystem Mounting and Management
- filesystem mounting problems
- Cannot Mount Filesystems
- filesystem network access
- When to Use CXFS
- filesystem reorganizer
- Supported XFS Features
- filesystem repair
- Repair Filesystems with Care
- filesystem response times
- Supported XFS Features
- filesystem restriction of access
- Supported XFS Features
- filesystem specifications
- Filesystem Specifications
- filesystem structure
- Comparison of XFS® and CXFS
- filesystem tasks
- GUI
- Filesystem Tasks with the GUI
- guided configuration
- Set Up a New CXFS Filesystem with the GUI
- filesystem unmounting
- cxfs_admin
- Unmount a CXFS Filesystem with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Mount CXFS Filesystems with the GUI
- Unmount CXFS Filesystems with the GUI
- Unmount a Local Filesystem
- overview
- Unmounting Filesystems
- server-capable administration node addition/deletion
- Unmount Filesystems Before Adding or Deleting Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- filesystem view
- What is CXFS?
- find and crontab
- Use cron Jobs Properly
- Find text field
- Selecting Items to View or Modify
- firewalls
- Firewalls and CXFS Port Usage
- firmware for switches
- Brocade
- Brocade Firmware
- forced CXFS shutdown
- CXFS Services
- Forced CXFS Shutdown: Revoke Membership of Local
Node
- Forced CXFS Shutdown: Revoke Membership of Local
Node
- GUI
- Stop CXFS Services with the GUI
- forced CXFS shutdown and restart
- Restart CXFS on a Node after an Administrative CXFS Stop
- Rejoining the Cluster after a Forced CXFS Shutdown
- forced filesystem shutdown messages
- Forced Filesystem Shutdown Messages and XFS File Corruption
- forced shutdown
- Avoid Split Clusters
- forced unmount
- GUI
- Unmount CXFS Filesystems with the GUI
- recommended
- Enable Forced Unmount When Appropriate
- frame files defragmentation
- Frame Files Defragmentation and Analysis
- Frame Files Defragmentation and Analysis
- frame layout with RAID prefetch
- Ideal Frame Layout
- framesort
- Frame Files Defragmentation and Analysis
- free disk blocks
- Cluster/Node Status Tools
- fs2d
- CXFS and Cluster Administration service Commands
- database membership
- Membership
- errors
- fs2d System Log File Error Messages
- fs2d Log File Error Messages
- options file
- fs2d.options on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- process
- Cluster Administration Daemons
- Verify that the Cluster Daemons are Running
- verify it is running
- Verify that the Cluster Daemons are Running
- fs2d membership
- See CXFS kernel membership
- fs2d quorum
- Quorum
- fs2d quorum master
- Determine the Quorum Master
- fs2d_log
- Ensure Cluster Database Membership Quorum Stability
- Identify the Cluster Status
- fs2d.options file
- fs2d.options on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- fsr
- Defragment Filesystems with Care
- Defragment Filesystems with Care
- fsr_xfs
- Supported XFS Features
- fstab
- Differences in Filesystem Mounting and Management
- Filesystem Maintenance
- function of a node
- Define a Node with the GUI
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- fx
- Initial Setup with the cxfs_admin Command
- gather cluster configuration information
- Cluster Information Gathering Tool (cxfsdump)
- ggd2
- CXFS and Cluster Administration service Commands
- gigabit ethernet
- Network and Connectivity
- GPT labels
- GPT Labels Overview
- GPT partition tables
- Reuse of a Disk with GPT Labels
- grant task access
- Grant Task Access to Users
- granting task execution privilege
- Granting Task Execution Privileges for Users
- gratuitous ARP
- BMC System Controller
- GRIO
- CXFS Restrictions
- grio2
- Enabling GRIOv2 After Reboot
- grio2 service
- CXFS and Cluster Administration service Commands
- grio2-cmds
- CXFS Software Products Installed on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- grio2-server
- CXFS Software Products Installed on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- GRIO_CLUSTER license
- Licensing Requirements
- grioadmin
- Guaranteed-Rate I/O (GRIO) Version 2 Overview
- griomon
- Guaranteed-Rate I/O (GRIO) Version 2 Overview
- grioqos
- Guaranteed-Rate I/O (GRIO) Version 2 Overview
- GRIOv2
- Guaranteed-Rate I/O (GRIO) Version 2 Overview
- disabling after reboot
- Disabling GRIOv2 After Reboot
- disabling for the current session
- Disabling GRIOv2 for the Current Session
- enabling after a reboot
- Enabling GRIOv2 After Reboot
- enabling for the current session
- Enabling GRIOv2 for the Current Session
- GRIOv2 daemon
- CXFS and Cluster Administration service Commands
- GRIOv2 errors
- GRIOv2 Errors
- grow a filesystem
- GUI
- Grow a Filesystem with the GUI
- growing filesystems
- Unmount a CXFS Filesystem Before Growing It
- Growing Filesystems
- guaranteed-rate I/O
- CXFS Restrictions
- guaranteed-rate I/O (GRIO) version 2
- See GRIOv2
- GUI
- CXFS GUI Overview
- configuring with
- Initial Setup with the CXFS GUI
- multiple instances
- Making Changes Safely
- overview
- Configuration Commands
- GUI Features
- starting
- Logging In
- tasks
- See configuration tasks
- web-based version
- Starting the GUI from the Web
- GUI and xvm command differences
- Important GUI and xvm Command Differences
- GUI connection error
- GUI Will Not Run
- GUI displays invalid filesystems
- GUI Displays Invalid Filesystems
- GUI help
- Getting More Information
- GUI invocation
- Starting the GUI via the Command Line
- GUI will not run
- GUI Will Not Run
- GUID partition table (GPT) labels
- GPT Labels Overview
- guided configuration tasks
- GUI Features
- HA
- What is CXFS?
- HA features
- What is CXFS?
- HA services
- Highly Available Services
- hafence
- Other Administrative Commands
- Using hafence
- hardware changes
- Hardware Changes and I/O Fencing
- hardware inventory
- Display Hardware Inventory with lsscsi
- hardware requirements
- Hardware and Software Requirements for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- hardware reset
- See reset
- HBA
- Network and Connectivity
- heartbeat monitor
- Client Membership Loss
- heartbeat monitor parameter
- mtcp_hb_watchdog
- heartbeat monitoring
- Use the Appropriate CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Monitoring
- heartbeat network
- Private Network
- Define a Node with the GUI
- heartbeat parameter
- mtcp_hb_local_options
- mtcp_hb_period
- Heartbeat Processing
- Client Membership Loss
- heartbeat timeout
- Membership
- Client Membership Loss
- heartbeat timing
- Private Network
- heartbeat warning parameter
- mtcp_hb_warn_period
- help
- for cxfs_admin
- Getting Help
- for GUI
- Set Up a New Cluster with the GUI
- Help button
- CXFS GUI Overview
- Help menu
- Help Menu
- hierarchical storage management
- DMF
- high availability services
- Highly Available Services
- host bus adapter
- I/O Fencing
- I/O Fencing
- hostname
- Define a Node with the GUI
- hostname resolution
- Hostname Resolution and Network Configuration
Rules
- hostname/IP-address pairings
- Set Up a New Cluster with the GUI
- hosts file
- Preferred Choice: Consistent /etc/hosts File
on All Nodes and Access Local Files First
- HSM
- DMF
- hub
- Network and Connectivity
- hung system
- System is Hung
- hung telnet session
- Brocade telnet Session is Hung
- ibv_devices
- Software Requirements for InfiniBand RAID on SLES
- ibv_devinfo
- Software Requirements for InfiniBand RAID on SLES
- icons and states
- Key to Icons and States
- id_ext
- Software Requirements for InfiniBand RAID on SLES
- ideal frame layout
- Ideal Frame Layout
- ifconfig
- Private Network Interface
- Linux
- Verifying the Private and Public Networks
- ifconifg and error messages
- Understanding Error Messages
- INACTIVE
- cluster status
- CXFS GUI and Status
- node state
- CXFS GUI and Status
- incarnation
- clconf_info and Status
- InfiniBand
- Probe the LUNs with echo
- infiniband-diags
- Software Requirements for InfiniBand RAID on RHEL
- Software Requirements for InfiniBand RAID on SLES
- InfiniteStorage Software Platform (ISSP)
- CXFS Interoperability With Other Products and Features
- initial cluster configuration
- cxfs_admin
- Initial Setup with the cxfs_admin Command
- GUI
- Initial Setup with the CXFS GUI
- initial configuration
- Initial Setup of the Cluster
- initial configuration checklist
- Initial Configuration Checklist
- initialization commands
- CXFS and Cluster Administration service Commands
- in-order-delivery feature
- Avoid Dropping Out-Of-Order Frames
- input instructions
- Getting More Information
- installation overview
- Installation Overview for Server-Capable Administration Nodes
- installation verification
- Installation Verification
- Intelligent Platform Management Interface
- See IPMI
- intelplus
- ipmitool Command Fails
- internode communication
- Hostname Resolution and Network Configuration
Rules
- interoperability
- CXFS Interoperability With Other Products and Features
- introduction
- Introduction to CXFS™
- inventory file
- Dump and Restore
- I/O error in filesystem
- I/O Error in Filesystem
- I/O fencing
- Data Integrity Protection
- I/O Fencing
- I/O fencing and integrity of data
- I/O Fencing
- I/O operations
- When to Use CXFS
- I/O overhead
- Provide Enough Memory
- ioc_guid
- Software Requirements for InfiniBand RAID on SLES
- IOD
- Enabling In-Order-Delivery of Packets
- IOD feature
- Avoid Dropping Out-Of-Order Frames
- iodSet
- Enabling In-Order-Delivery of Packets
- iostat
- Performance Monitoring Tools
- IP address and private network
- Define a Node with the GUI
- IP address error
- IP Address Error
- IP address, changing
- Hostname Resolution and Network Configuration
Rules
- IP-address/hostname pairings
- Set Up a New Cluster with the GUI
- ipfilterd
- Reset or I/O Fencing Capability
- IPMI
- BMC System Controller
- IPMI issues
- IPMI Issues
- ipmitool
- Install ipmitool on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- ipmitool Command Fails
- BMC System Controller
- BMC System Controller
- IPv4
- Network and Connectivity
- Ensure Quick Communication Among Cluster Nodes
- IPv6
- Ensure Quick Communication Among Cluster Nodes
- Configure Appropriately for IPv6
- link-local requirement
- Network and Connectivity
- using in conjunction with IPv4 networks
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- IRIX and Linux system administration differences
- Differences Between IRIX and Linux System Administration
- ISSP
- CXFS Interoperability With Other Products and Features
- item view
- See details view
- Java access to GUI
- CXFS GUI Overview
- jumbo frames
- Network and Connectivity
- kernel heartbeat issues
- Avoid CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Issues on Large Systems
- kernel memory parameters
- Avoid CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Issues on Large Systems
- kernel quorum
- Quorum
- kernel threads
- Kernel Threads
- kswapd
- Avoid CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Issues on Large Systems
- L2
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- label disks
- Shortcuts Using Command Buttons
- LAN
- Network Filesystems
- ipmitool Command Fails
- large cluster
- Create an Initial Cluster of All Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- large cluster configuration
- Configuring a Large Cluster
- large clusters
- Set Up a New Cluster with the GUI
- Last heartbeat time-stamp
- Client Membership Loss
- Legato NetWorker
- Storage Backup Differences
- libcdb
- Other Administrative Commands
- libibverbs
- Software Requirements for InfiniBand RAID on SLES
- library for record locking
- CXFS Features
- license
- Brocade
- Verifying the Brocade License
- GUI and
- GUI Will Not Run
- license key error
- License Key Error
- licenses
- cxfs_admin
- Show License Information with cxfs_admin
- upgrading
- Upgrading Licenses
- licensing
- adding licenses
- Adding Licenses
- bundles
- CXFS_CLIENT License Bundles
- CPU count
- Licensing Requirements
- cumulative
- CXFS_CLIENT License Bundles
- entitlement ID
- Installing the License Keys
- /etc/lk/keys.dat
- Copying the Keys to the /etc/lk/keys.dat File
- examples
- Examples of License Requirements
- License Changes as a Cluster Grows
- flexibility
- Server-side Licensing Flexibility
- gathering host information
- Installing the License Keys
- installation
- Copying the Keys to the /etc/lk/keys.dat File
- key replication
- Adding Licenses
- lk_hostid
- Gathering the Host Information
- node-locked license keys
- Licensing Requirements
- number of keys
- Adding Licenses
- obtaining keys
- Obtaining the Keys from SGI
- requirements
- Licensing Requirements
- server-side benefits
- Licensing Requirements
- server-side licensing
- Licensing Requirements
- verifying the keys
- cxfs_admin
- Displaying the Keys with cxfs_admin After Installing
CXFS
- cxfslicense
- Displaying the Keys with cxfslicense After Installing
CXFS
- lk_verify
- Displaying the Keys with lk_verify
- limitations and considerations for server-capable administration nodes
- Limitations and Considerations for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- link-local address
- IPv6: Use a Link-Local Address for the Private Network
- link-local IPv6 requirement
- Network and Connectivity
- Linux
- ifconfig
- Verifying the Private and Public Networks
- Linux and IRIX system administration differences
- Differences Between IRIX and Linux System Administration
- lk_verify
- Displaying the Keys with lk_verify
- load
- Modify updatedb to Avoid Unnecessary Load
- local area networks (LANs)
- Network Filesystems
- local domain
- Run the xvm Command in Cluster Mode
- local node
- When You Should Not Perform Stop CXFS Services
- local node failure parameter
- cms_local_fail_action
- local XVM
- Turn Off Local XVM on Linux Nodes if Unused
- locate
- Use cron Jobs Properly
- locks
- CXFS Features
- log configuration
- GUI
- Set Log Configuration with the GUI
- log files
- Understand the Log Files
- consume too much disk space
- Log Files Consume Too Much Disk Space
- errors
- Daemon Log File Errors
- list of
- Status in Log Files
- management
- Log File Management
- monitoring
- Status in Log Files
- names
- Do Not Change Log File Names
- sizes
- Rotate Log Files
- log in problems
- Cannot Log In
- log-based filesystem
- Supported XFS Features
- logging fs2d options
- fs2d.options on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- logical unit number (LUN)
- LUN
- logical volume creation
- Initial Setup with the cxfs_admin Command
- logical volume reconfiguration
- Structuring Volume Topologies
- lost CXFS membership
- Lost CXFS Membership
- lower a fence
- cxfs_admin
- Lower a Fence
- lower command
- Lower a Fence
- ls
- Use cron Jobs Properly
- LSI drivers
- Use the LSI Drivers that Ship with the Linux OS
- LSI switch
- Create or Modify a Switch with cxfs_admin
- lsscsi
- Display Hardware Inventory with lsscsi
- LUN
- LUN
- LUN flipping
- Slow Access to Files
- LUN limit
- Filesystem Specifications
- Filesystem Specifications
- LUN management
- Storage Management
- LUN numbers supported
- Support for a Single Partition Only
- Mac OS X
- What is CXFS?
- maintenance
- Administrative Tools
- maintenance levels
- Avoid CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Issues on Large Systems
- maintenance on nodes
- Disable Nodes that Affect Membership Before Maintenance
- make a filesystem
- GUI
- Make Filesystems with the GUI
- mandatory record locks
- CXFS Features
- manually mounting filesystems
- Configuring a Large Cluster
- manually starting/stopping CXFS
- Manually Starting/Stopping CXFS
- mask and switch definition
- Define a Switch with the GUI
- matrix of supported CXFS software
- CXFS Best Practices
- media customers
- Disk Layout Optimization for Approved Media Customers
- media customers and disk layout optimization
- Use filestreams for Disk Layout Optimization
(Approved Media Customers Only)
- Mellanox
- Software Requirements for InfiniBand RAID on SLES
- membership
- See cluster database membership or CXFS kernel membership
- membership delivered
- Cell ID Count and Membership delivered Messages
- membership loss
- Client Membership Loss
- membership quorum stability
- Ensure Cluster Database Membership Quorum Stability
- memory oversubscription
- Avoid CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Issues on Large Systems
- memory parameters
- Avoid CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Issues on Large Systems
- memory requirements
- Provide Enough Memory
- memory_exclusive
- Avoid CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Issues on Large Systems
- memory_spread_{page,slab}
- Avoid CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Issues on Large Systems
- mesg_ce_max
- mesg_ce_max
- mesg_ce_min
- mesg_ce_min
- mesgtcpaccept process
- Kernel Threads
- mesgtcpdiscovery
- Kernel Threads
- mesgtcpmulticast
- Kernel Threads
- mesgtcprcv process
- Kernel Threads
- Message Failure
- Client Membership Loss
- metadata
- logging
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- terminology
- What is CXFS?
- Differences in Filesystem Mounting and Management
- Metadata
- transaction examples
- Performance Considerations
- metadata flow
- Flow of Metadata for Reads and Writes
- metadata server
- definition
- GUI
- Define CXFS Filesystems with the GUI
- discovery
- CXFS GUI and the Active Metadata Server
- model
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- recovery
- Recovery
- relocation
- cxfs_admin
- Relocate the Metadata Server for a Filesystem with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Relocate a Metadata Server for a CXFS Filesystem with the GUI
- terminology
- Differences in Filesystem Mounting and Management
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- metadata server panics after reboot
- Metadata Server Panics After Reboot
- metadata server removal
- Removing a Metadata Server from the Cluster Membership
- metadata server restoration
- Restoring a Server-Capable Administration Node to the Cluster Membership
- migrating from an IRIX to a Linux cluster
- Migration from a Cluster with IRIX® Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- mirror creation
- Shortcuts Using Command Buttons
- mirror status error
- cxfslicense System Log File Error Message
- mirroring
- Volume Management with XVM
- Use RAID Mirroring Not XVM Mirroring
- missing XVM volumes
- Important GUI and xvm Command Differences
- mkfs
- Comparison of XFS® and CXFS
- Set Up a New CXFS Filesystem with the GUI
- Initial Setup with the cxfs_admin Command
- mkfs options
- Use Improved mkfs Options
- mkfs.xfs --n version=ci
- Creating a Case-Insensitive CXFS Filesystem
- mkinitrd fails
- mkinitrd Fails
- mkpartsect
- Reuse of a Disk with GPT Labels
- mlb_notify_aux
- mlb_notify_aux
- mlb_notify_idle_timeout
- mlb_notify_idle_timeout
- mlb_notify_max
- mlb_notify_max
- mlb_notify_min
- mlb_notify_min
- mode of cluster
- Modify a Cluster Definition with the GUI
- modify a cluster
- cxfs_admin
- Modify a Cluster with cxfs_admin
- modify a filesystem
- GUI
- Modify a CXFS Filesystem with the GUI
- modify a node
- GUI
- Modify a Node Definition with the GUI
- monitoring
- clconf_info
- clconf_info and Status
- cxfs_admin status
- cxfs_admin and Status
- monitoring tools
- Performance Monitoring Tools
- mount
- command
- Differences in Filesystem Mounting and Management
- Identify the Cluster Status
- filesystems
- Mounting Filesystems
- cxfs_admin
- Mount a CXFS Filesystem with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Mount CXFS Filesystems with the GUI
- options
- Define CXFS Filesystems with the GUI
- points
- Define CXFS Filesystems with the GUI
- see mounted filesystems
- Cluster/Node Status Tools
- mount a filesystem
- GUI
- Mount a Filesystem Locally
- mount errors
- Mount Errors
- mount options appropriate use
- Use Mount Options Appropriately
- mount scripts
- CXFS Mount Scripts
- mounted filesystems, showing
- Cluster/Node Status Tools
- move a node to the pool
- Move a Node Between the Cluster and the Pool with cxfs_admin
- mstflint
- Software Requirements for InfiniBand RAID on SLES
- Software Requirements for InfiniBand RAID on SLES
- mtcp_delay_time
- mesg_delay_time
- mtcp_hb_local_options
- mtcp_hb_local_options
- mtcp_hb_period
- mtcp_hb_period
- mtcp_hb_warn_period
- mtcp_hb_warn_period
- mtcp_hb_watchdog
- mtcp_hb_watchdog
- mtcp_mesg_validate
- mtcp_mesg_validate
- mtcp_nodelay
- mtcp_nodelay
- mtcp_notify_aux
- mtcp_notify_aux
- mtcp_notify_idle_timeout
- mtcp_notify_idle_timeout
- mtcp_notify_max
- mtcp_notify_max
- mtcp_notify_min
- mtcp_notify_min
- mtcp_reserve_size
- mtcp_reserve_size
- mtcp_rpc_thread
- mtcp_rpc_thread
- mtime
- Flow of Metadata for Reads and Writes
- multiOS cluster
- I/O Fencing
- multiple private networks and error messages
- Understanding Error Messages
- multiple streams of real-time applications
- Multiple Streams of Real-Time Applications
- multiple-streams of real-time applications
- Multiple Streams of Real-Time Applications
- name restrictions
- Hostname Resolution and Network Configuration
Rules
- named pipes
- CXFS Restrictions
- NetBackup
- Storage Backup Differences
- network
- interface configuration
- Hostname Resolution and Network Configuration
Rules
- network connectivity
- GUI
- Test Node Connectivity with the GUI
- network filesystem comparison
- Network Filesystems
- network issues
- Fix Network Issues First
- network requirements
- Network and Connectivity
- network switch
- Network and Connectivity
- NetWorker
- Storage Backup Differences
- networking tools
- Networking Tools
- networks
- Private Network
- new features summary
- Summary of New Features from Previous Releases
- new server-capable administration node
- Adding a New Server-Capable Administration Node to an Existing
Cluster
- NFS
- Network Filesystems
- NFS Differences
- NFS edge-serving
- Performance Considerations
- NFS exporting
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- Configuring /etc/exports on All Nodes
- CXFS Mount Scripts
- NFS fileserving network and private network
- Use a Private Network and Unique Cluster Name/ID
- NFS serving
- Provide Enough Memory
- NIS
- Ensure Quick Communication Among Cluster Nodes
- Preferred Choice: Consistent /etc/hosts File
on All Nodes and Access Local Files First
- Configure for nsd Use (Optional)
- nmi
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- NMI a node
- NMI a Node with cxfs_admin
- NMI reset method
- System Reset
- node
- isolation
- Fail Policies
- state
- CXFS GUI and Status
- status
- CXFS GUI and Status
- tasks
- See configuration tasks
- terminology
- What is CXFS?
- Node
- node addition
- GUI
- Add or Remove Nodes in the Cluster with the GUI
- node definition
- cxfs_admin
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Define a Node with the GUI
- node deletion
- cxfs_admin
- Delete a Node with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Delete a Node with the GUI
- node display
- cxfs_admin
- Show Node Information with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Display a Node with the GUI
- node function
- Define a Node with the GUI
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- node ID changes
- Reboot Before Changing Node ID or Cluster ID
- node ID, changing
- Reboot Before Changing Node ID or Cluster ID
- Node is Detected but Never Joins Membership
- Node is Detected but Never Joins Membership
- node is downrev error
- node is downrev Error
- node is not reset
- Node is Not Reset
- node is permanently fenced
- Node is Permanently Fenced
- node membership loss
- Inappropriate Node Membership Loss
- node modification
- GUI
- Modify a Node Definition with the GUI
- node removal
- Remove Unused Cluster Components
- node reset
- cxfs_admin
- Control and Contact a Node with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Reset a Node with the GUI
- node shutdown
- Shut Down Nodes Unobtrusively
- node status
- database shutdown
- Node Status and Cluster Database Shutdown
- forced CXFS shutdown
- Node Status and Forced CXFS Shutdown
- node status and forced shutdown
- Node Status and Forced CXFS Shutdown
- node status tools
- Cluster/Node Status Tools
- node tasks
- cxfs_admin
- Node Tasks with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Node Tasks with the GUI
- nodeid
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- node-locked license keys
- Licensing Requirements
- normal CXFS shutdown
- Stop CXFS Services with the GUI
- notify administrator of cluster changes
- GUI
- Modify a Cluster Definition with the GUI
- nsd
- Configure for nsd Use (Optional)
- nsswitch.conf file
- Hostname Resolution and Network Configuration
Rules
- NT nodes
- Samba Differences
- NTP
- Use a Time Synchronization Application
- NUMAlink feature enabler
- Licensing Requirements
- number of nodes supported
- Cluster Size and Composition
- O_EXCL
- O_EXCL Limitation
- old cluster
- Eliminate a Residual Cluster
- opensm
- Software Requirements for InfiniBand RAID on RHEL
- osview
- Use System Capacity Wisely
- out of logical swap space
- Out of Logical Swap Space
- out-of-order frames
- Avoid Dropping Out-Of-Order Frames
- output to gather
- Reporting Problems to SGI
- oversubscription of memory
- Avoid CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Issues on Large Systems
- overview
- Installation Overview for Server-Capable Administration Nodes
- packages installed
- administration
- CXFS Software Products Installed on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- panic after reboot
- Metadata Server Panics After Reboot
- parted
- Reuse of a Disk with GPT Labels
- partition
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- partition of network and reset of hardware
- Avoid Split Clusters
- partition_id
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- password for switch
- Change the Brocade™ Password when Prompted
- passwordless root ssh
- Set Up Passwordless root ssh Access
- path locations
- Path Summary
- pcp-gui
- XVM Statistics
- pcp-sgi
- XVM Statistics
- peer-to-disk model
- CXFS Features
- perform tasks
- Performing Tasks
- Performance Co-Pilot
- Performance Monitoring Tools
- XVM statistics
- XVM Statistics
- performance monitoring tools
- Performance Monitoring Tools
- physical LUN limit
- Filesystem Specifications
- Filesystem Specifications
- physical storage tools
- Physical Storage Tools
- physical volumes, showing
- Show Physical Volumes
- ping
- Verifying the Private and Public Networks
- Private Network Interface
- ping a system controller
- Ping a Node System Controller with cxfs_admin
- ping and BMC
- BMC Does Not Respond to a ping Command
- pipes (named)
- CXFS Restrictions
- pmdumptext
- XVM Statistics
- pmgxvm
- XVM Statistics
- pmie
- Performance Monitoring Tools
- pmieconf
- Performance Monitoring Tools
- pool
- Pool
- Move a Node Between the Cluster and the Pool with cxfs_admin
- port usage
- Firewalls and CXFS Port Usage
- POSIX pathname
- CXFS Features
- potential metadata server
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- power cycle reset method
- System Reset
- powercycle
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- power-cycle a node
- Power-Cycle a Node with cxfs_admin
- power-cycling a node
- Power-Cycling a Node
- preallocation
- Preallocate Space for Directories when Appropriate
- precedence of configuration options
- Precedence of Configuration Options
- preferred XVM path
- After Restart, Verify that All Nodes Use the Preferred XVM Path
- preinstallation steps
- Preinstallation Steps
- preliminary steps
- Preliminary Cluster Configuration Steps
- private network
- Private Network
- Use a Private Network and Unique Cluster Name/ID
- Hostname Resolution and Network Configuration
Rules
- Adding a Private Network
- Define a Node with the GUI
- interface test
- Linux
- Verifying the Private and Public Networks
- IPv6 link-local
- Network and Connectivity
- private network failover configuration
- Private Network Failover
- private network interface test
- Private Network Interface
- Privilege Manager
- Logging In
- probe_limit
- Use a Large Value for the XFS probe_limit Parameter
- problem location
- Locate the Problem
- problem reporting
- Reporting Problems to SGI
- problem solving
- Solve Problems Efficiently
- protocol
- Create or Modify a Switch with cxfs_admin
- PRUNEPATHS
- Modify updatedb to Avoid Unnecessary Load
- QLogic FC switch
- QLogic® Fibre Channel Switch
- QLogic switch
- Create or Modify a Switch with cxfs_admin
- quality-of-service monitoring tool
- Guaranteed-Rate I/O (GRIO) Version 2 Overview
- query fence status
- Query Fence Status
- quorum
- Quorum
- Ensure Cluster Database Membership Quorum Stability
- quorum leader
- Determine the Quorum Master
- quorum master
- Determine the Quorum Master
- quorum stability
- Ensure Cluster Database Membership Quorum Stability
- quotas
- Supported XFS Features
- Quotas Differences
- race to reset
- Avoid Split Clusters
- RAID
- RAID
- firmware
- RAID Firmware
- hardware
- RAID Hardware
- RAID mirror
- Use RAID Mirroring Not XVM Mirroring
- RAID prefetch and frame layout
- Ideal Frame Layout
- raise a fence
- cxfs_admin
- Raise a Fence
- GUI
- Raise the I/O Fence for a Node with the GUI
- raise command
- Raise a Fence
- range tokens
- Stability Issues on Clients Due to Token Optimizations
- RDAC
- Changing SGIRDAC Mode to SGIAVT
Mode for SGI RAID
- read and metadata
- flow
- Flow of Metadata for Reads and Writes
- real-time applications
- Multiple Streams of Real-Time Applications
- real-time filesystems
- CXFS Restrictions
- reboot panic
- Metadata Server Panics After Reboot
- rebooting
- Rebooting
- rebooting without rejoining the cluster
- Rebooting without Rejoining the Cluster
- Receive Thread
- Client Membership Loss
- reconfigure a cluster
- Eliminate a Residual Cluster
- record locks
- CXFS Features
- record-locking library
- CXFS Features
- recovering a two-node cluster
- Recovering a Cluster with Two Server-Capable Administration Nodes
- recovery
- Use Relocation Properly
- features
- Volume Management with XVM
- filesystem and XFS
- Supported XFS Features
- of the metadata server
- Recovery
- terminology
- Recovery
- Recovery process
- Kernel Threads
- recovery timeout feature
- Prevent Stalled-Recovery Timeout in a Non-HA DMF Environment
- recovery timeout mechanism
- Use the Recovery Timeout Mechanism
- recreating the cluster database
- Recreating the Cluster Database
- recreating the cluster using cxfs_admin scripts
- Recreating the Cluster Using cxfs_admin Scripts
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- What is CXFS?
- redundancy through mirroring
- Use RAID Mirroring Not XVM Mirroring
- reinitialize the database
- Database Reinitialization with cdbreinit
- rejoin the cluster
- forced CXFS shutdown
- Rejoining the Cluster after a Forced CXFS Shutdown
- normal CXFS shutdown
- Rejoining the Cluster after Stopping CXFS Services
- rejoining the cluster after a forced shutdown
- Rejoining the Cluster after a Forced CXFS Shutdown
- rejoining the cluster after stopping CXFS
- Rejoining the Cluster after Stopping CXFS Services
- release history
- Summary of New Features from Previous Releases
- reliability of the filesystem
- Supported XFS Features
- relocate a metadata server
- cxfs_admin
- Relocate the Metadata Server for a Filesystem with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Relocate a Metadata Server for a CXFS Filesystem with the GUI
- relocation
- Relocation
- Use Relocation Properly
- CXFS Relocation Capability
- relocation error
- Clients Cannot Join the Cluster After Relocation
- Relocation Error
- remove a cluster
- cxfs_admin
- Delete a Cluster with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Delete a Cluster with the GUI
- remove a filesystem
- cxfs_admin
- Delete a CXFS Filesystem with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Delete a CXFS Filesystem with the GUI
- remove a nod
- cxfs_admin
- Delete a Node with cxfs_admin
- remove a node
- GUI
- Add or Remove Nodes in the Cluster with the GUI
- Delete a Node with the GUI
- removed node
- Reboot a Removed Node Before Returning it to the Cluster Definition
- removing and restoring cluster members
- Cluster Member Removal and Restoration
- reorganizer
- Supported XFS Features
- reporting problems
- Reporting Problems to SGI
- requirements
- Hardware and Software Requirements for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- reset
- Reset or I/O Fencing Capability
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- removing
- Disable Reset If You Remove Reset Capability
- reset a database
- Clearing the Cluster Database
- reset a node
- Reset a Node with cxfs_admin
- cxfs_admin
- Control and Contact a Node with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Reset a Node with the GUI
- reset capability and forced shutdown
- Reset Capability and a Forced CXFS Shutdown
- reset configurations
- BMC System Controller
- reset connection test
- System Reset Connection for Server-Capable Administration Nodes
- reset lines
- Disable Reset If You Remove Reset Capability
- reset methods
- System Reset
- reset race
- Avoid Split Clusters
- reset services daemon
- /etc/services on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- reset_comms
- Control and Contact a Node with cxfs_admin
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- reset_device
- Control and Contact a Node with cxfs_admin
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- reset_node
- Control and Contact a Node with cxfs_admin
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- reset_password
- Control and Contact a Node with cxfs_admin
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- reset_port
- Control and Contact a Node with cxfs_admin
- reset_status
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- reset_user
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- resetting a node
- Resetting a Node
- residual cluster
- Eliminate a Residual Cluster
- restart (avoiding)
- Avoiding a CXFS Restart at Reboot
- restart at reboot
- Avoiding a CXFS Restart at Reboot
- restart cluster daemons
- Stopping and Restarting Cluster Administration Daemons
- restart the cluster database
- Restart the Cluster Database
- restarting CXFS
- Restarting the Entire Cluster
- restarting CXFS services
- Restarting CXFS Services
- restore
- Dump and Restore
- restrictions with CXFS filesystems
- CXFS Restrictions
- revoke CXFS kernel membership
- GUI
- Revoke Membership of the Local Node with the
GUI
- revoke membership of local node
- Forced CXFS Shutdown: Revoke Membership of Local
Node
- rfind
- Use cron Jobs Properly
- RHEL
- What is CXFS?
- rhelpd_aux
- rhelpd_aux
- rhelpd_max
- rhelpd_aux
- rhelpd_min
- rhelpd_max
- root filesystem and CXFS
- CXFS Restrictions
- rotating log files
- Log File Management
- rpcbind
- Use a Warm Start for rpcbind
- Firewalls and CXFS Port Usage
- RSCN
- Suppressing RSCN
- Samba
- Network Filesystems
- Samba Differences
- Run Samba Appropriately
- Samba fileserving network and private network
- Use a Private Network and Unique Cluster Name/ID
- Samba serving
- Provide Enough Memory
- SAN
- documentation
- Initial Configuration Checklist
- use of
- What is CXFS?
- sar
- Performance Monitoring Tools
- SAS
- Probe the LUNs with echo
- saving changes
- Save the Current Configuration Before Making Changes
- scalability (64 bit0)
- Supported XFS Features
- scripts
- cxfs_admin
- Using cxfs_admin Script Files
- pre/post-mount scripts
- CXFS Mount Scripts
- scripts for cxfs_admin
- Creating cxfs_admin Scripts
- selecting items to view or modify
- Selecting Items to View or Modify
- Grant Task Access to Users
- Revoke Task Access from Users
- server platforms
- What is CXFS?
- server-capable administration node
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- terminology
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- server-capable administration node numbers
- Use an Odd Number of Server-Capable Administration Nodes
- server-side licensing
- Licensing Requirements
- Licensing Requirements
- service cluster
- Manually Starting/Stopping CXFS
- service commands
- CXFS and Cluster Administration service Commands
- service cxfs_client
- Manually Starting/Stopping CXFS
- service cxfs_cluster
- Manually Starting/Stopping CXFS
- services file
- /etc/services on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- set up a new cluster
- Set Up a New Cluster with the GUI
- SGI InfiniteStorage RAID
- RAID Hardware
- SGI RMxxx RAID
- RAID Hardware
- SGI S330
- RAID Hardware
- SGI TPxxxx RAID
- RAID Hardware
- SGIAVT
- XVM Path Failover Overview
- Changing SGIRDAC Mode to SGIAVT
Mode for SGI RAID
- sgi-cad
- /etc/services on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- sgi-crsd
- /etc/services on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- sgi-pm-commands
- CXFS Software Products Installed on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- SGIRDAC
- XVM Path Failover Overview
- Changing SGIRDAC Mode to SGIAVT
Mode for SGI RAID
- sgi-sysadm_base-client
- CXFS Software Products Installed on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- sgi-sysadm_base-lib
- CXFS Software Products Installed on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- sgi-sysadm_base-server
- CXFS Software Products Installed on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- sgi-sysadm_cluster_base-client
- CXFS Software Products Installed on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- sgi-sysadm_cluster_base-server
- CXFS Software Products Installed on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- sgi-sysadm_cxfs-client
- CXFS Software Products Installed on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- sgi-sysadm_cxfs-server
- CXFS Software Products Installed on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- sgi-sysadm_cxfs-web
- CXFS Software Products Installed on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- sgi-sysadm_xvm-client
- CXFS Software Products Installed on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- sgi-sysadm_xvm-server
- CXFS Software Products Installed on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- sgi-sysadm_xvm-web
- CXFS Software Products Installed on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- sgi-xvm-commands
- CXFS Software Products Installed on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- shortcuts
- Shortcuts Using Command Buttons
- show a cluster
- cxfs_admin
- Display a Cluster with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Display a Cluster with the GUI
- show a node
- cxfs_admin
- Show Node Information with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Display a Node with the GUI
- show switches
- Show Switches with cxfs_admin
- shut down nodes unobtrusively
- Shut Down Nodes Unobtrusively
- shutdown
- Node Shutdown
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- cluster database
- Cluster Database Shutdown
- forced CXFS cluster database
- Forced CXFS Shutdown: Revoke Membership of Local
Node
- normal
- Normal CXFS Shutdown: Stop CXFS Services or
Disable the Node
- normal CXFS
- cxfs_admin
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Stop CXFS Services with the GUI
- restart and
- Restart CXFS on a Node after an Administrative CXFS Stop
- Rejoining the Cluster after a Forced CXFS Shutdown
- shutdown failure
- Shutdown Failure
- single filesystem view
- What is CXFS?
- single partition
- Support for a Single Partition Only
- single-system view
- What is CXFS?
- site-configurable system tunable kernel parameters
- CXFS System Tunable Kernel Parameters
- size of the cluster
- Cluster Size and Composition
- SLES
- What is CXFS?
- slice disk
- Shortcuts Using Command Buttons
- slocate
- Modify updatedb to Avoid Unnecessary Load
- slow file access
- Slow Access to Files
- small I/O and preallocation
- Preallocate Space for Directories when Appropriate
- snooping
- Private Network
- software mix
- Upgrade the Software Properly
- software requirements
- Hardware and Software Requirements for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- software upgrades
- Upgrade the Software Properly
- software version information
- Show CXFS Software Version with cxfs_admin
- space
- allocation
- Supported XFS Features
- speed
- Supported XFS Features
- split cluster
- Avoid Split Clusters
- split-brain syndrome
- See split cluster
- spoofing
- Private Network
- sprtools
- Software Requirements for InfiniBand RAID on RHEL
- srptools
- Software Requirements for InfiniBand RAID on SLES
- ssh port
- Keep the telnet or ssh Port
Open On the Switch
- ssh protocol for switches
- I/O Fencing
- ssh to switch
- Create or Modify a Switch with cxfs_admin
- stability issues
- Stability Issues on Clients Due to Token Optimizations
- stalled recovery timeout
- Prevent Stalled-Recovery Timeout in a Non-HA DMF Environment
- start
- CXFS processes
- Manually Starting/Stopping CXFS
- start CXFS
- Bring Up the Cluster In an Orderly Fashion
- start CXFS services
- Rejoining the Cluster after Stopping CXFS Services
- cxfs_admin
- Enable a Node with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Start CXFS Services with the GUI
- state in the GUI
- Displaying State
- static heartbeat monitoring
- Use the Appropriate CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Monitoring
- static parameters for debugging purposes
- Static Parameters for Debugging Purposes Only
- statistics for an XVM volume
- Performance Monitoring Tools
- status
- cluster
- CXFS GUI and Status
- node
- CXFS GUI and Status
- system, overview
- Methods to View System Status
- stop CXFS services
- cxfs_admin
- Disable a Node with cxfs_admin
- Disable a Node with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Stop CXFS Services with the GUI
- stopping CXFS
- Stopping CXFS for the Entire Cluster
- storage area network
- What is CXFS?
- What is CXFS?
- storage management
- Storage Management
- Use Proper Storage Management Procedures
- storage tools
- Physical Storage Tools
- stream management
- Guaranteed-Rate I/O (GRIO) Version 2 Overview
- streaming workload for video streams
- Generation of Streaming Workload for Video Streams
- stripe creation
- Shortcuts Using Command Buttons
- striping
- Volume Management with XVM
- subnet
- Private Network
- Use a Private Network and Unique Cluster Name/ID
- subnet manager
- Software Requirements for InfiniBand RAID on SLES
- subvolume creation
- Shortcuts Using Command Buttons
- summary of new features
- Summary of New Features from Previous Releases
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
- What is CXFS?
- SuSEfirewall2
- Configuring SuSEfirewall2
- swap to a file
- CXFS Restrictions
- switch
- I/O Fencing
- Brocade
- Brocade Switch
- definition
- cxfs_admin
- Create or Modify a Switch with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Define a Switch with the GUI
- display
- Show Switches with cxfs_admin
- QLogic
- QLogic® Fibre Channel Switch
- recommendations
- Network and Connectivity
- switch access problems
- CXFS Cannot Access the Switch
- switch definition
- GUI
- Define a Switch with the GUI
- switch deletion
- cxfs_admin
- Delete a Switch Definition with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Delete a Switch Definition with the GUI
- switch logs
- Redirect Switch Logs
- switch modification
- GUI
- Modify a Switch Definition with the GUI
- switch password
- Change the Brocade™ Password when Prompted
- switch port information
- GUI
- Update Switch Port Information with the GUI
- switch ssh or telnet port
- Keep the telnet or ssh Port
Open On the Switch
- switch use
- Minimize the Number of Switches
- switchshow
- No HBA WWPNs are Detected
- sysadmd
- Other Administrative Commands
- sysadmdesktop
- Logging In
- sysctl
- Making Temporary Parameter Changes
- SYSLOG
- File Menu
- Unmounting Filesystems
- SYSLOG errors
- System Log File Errors
- syslogdipadd
- Redirect Switch Logs
- system
- files
- Postinstallation Steps
- software communication paths
- Communication Paths
- status
- Methods to View System Status
- view
- What is CXFS?
- system activity
- Performance Monitoring Tools
- system administration differences between IRIX and Linux
- Differences Between IRIX and Linux System Administration
- system capacity
- Use System Capacity Wisely
- system controller types
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- system dump analysis
- System Dump Analysis Tool
- system hang
- System is Hung
- system log file
- File Menu
- system reset
- See reset
- system reset configurations
- BMC System Controller
- system tunable kernel parameters
- appropriate settings
- Using Appropriate Parameter Settings
- cell_tkm_feature_disable
- cell_tkm_feature_disable
- cms_fence_timeout
- cms_fence_timeout
- cms_fence_timeout_action
- cms_fence_timeout_action
- cms_local_fail_action
- cms_local_fail_action
- cms_reset_error_override
- cms_reset_error_override
- cms_reset_timeout_action
- cms_reset_timeout_action
- cms_trace_enable
- cms_trace_enable
- cred_age_max
- cred_age_max
- cred_age_pri
- cred_age_pri
- cred_age_timeout
- cred_age_timeout
- cxfs_client_push_period
- cxfs_client_push_period
- cxfs_client_range_age_max
- cxfs_client_range_age_max
- cxfs_conversion_delay
- cxfs_conversion_delay
- cxfs_dcvn_timeout
- cxfs_dcvn_timeout
- cxfs_disable_splice
- cxfs_disable_splice
- cxfs_extents_delta
- cxfs_extents_delta
- cxfs_extents_delta_depth
- cxfs_extents_delta_depth
- cxfs_punch_hole_restrict
- cxfs_punch_hole_restrict
- cxfs_recovery_slowdown
- cxfs_recovery_slowdown
- cxfs_recovery_timeout_panic
- cxfs_recovery_timeout_panic
- cxfs_recovery_timeout_period
- cxfs_recovery_timeout_period
- cxfs_recovery_timeout_stalled
- cxfs_recovery_timeout_stalled
- cxfs_recovery_timeout_start
- cxfs_recovery_timeout_start
- cxfs_relocation_ok
- cxfs_relocation_ok
- cxfs_server_push_period
- cxfs_server_push_period
- cxfs_server_range_age_max
- cxfs_server_range_age_max
- cxfs_shutdown_time
- cxfs_shutdown_time
- cxfs_token_fault_tolerant
- cxfs_token_fault_tolerant
- cxfs_token_track
- cxfs_token_track
- cxfs_validate_objid
- cxfs_validate_objid
- cxfs_verify_existence_token
- cxfs_verify_existence_token
- cxfsd_aux
- cxfsd_aux
- cxfsd_max
- cxfsd_max
- cxfsd_min
- cxfsd_min
- cxfsd_sync_force
- cxfsd_sync_force
- interpretations of bit values
- Interpretations of Bit Values for Standard and Debug Kernels
- mesg_ce_max
- mesg_ce_max
- mesg_ce_min
- mesg_ce_min
- mesg_delay_time
- mesg_delay_time
- mlb_notify_aux
- mlb_notify_aux
- mlb_notify_idle_timeout
- mlb_notify_idle_timeout
- mlb_notify_max
- mlb_notify_max
- mlb_notify_min
- mlb_notify_min
- mtcp_hb_local_options
- mtcp_hb_local_options
- mtcp_hb_period
- mtcp_hb_period
- mtcp_hb_warn_period
- mtcp_hb_warn_period
- mtcp_hb_watchdog
- mtcp_hb_watchdog
- mtcp_mesg_validate
- mtcp_mesg_validate
- mtcp_nodelay
- mtcp_nodelay
- mtcp_notify_aux
- mtcp_notify_aux
- mtcp_notify_idle_timeout
- mtcp_notify_idle_timeout
- mtcp_notify_max
- mtcp_notify_max
- mtcp_notify_min
- mtcp_notify_min
- mtcp_reserve_size
- mtcp_reserve_size
- mtcp_rpc_thread
- mtcp_rpc_thread
- permanent changes
- Making Permanent Parameter Changes
- queries
- Querying a Current Parameter Setting
- rhelpd_aux
- rhelpd_aux
- rhelpd_max
- rhelpd_max
- rhelpd_min
- rhelpd_min
- site-configurable dynamic
- Dynamic Parameters that are Site-Configurable
- site-configurable static
- Static Parameters that are Site-Configurable
- task_age_max
- task_age_max
- task_age_timeout
- task_age_timeout
- temporary changes
- Making Temporary Parameter Changes
- system tunable parameters
- Set System-Tunable Kernel Parameters Appropriately
- RHEL
- Making Permanent Parameter Changes
- System V interfaces
- CXFS Features
- task_age_max
- task_age_max
- task_age_timeout
- task_age_timeout
- tasks
- Performing Tasks
- Tasks menu
- Tasks Menu
- TCP/IP network
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- TCP/IP network requirements
- Network and Connectivity
- telnet
- Reset or I/O Fencing Capability
- limit simultaneous sessions for Brocade
- Limiting Login Sessions
- telnet and I/O fencing
- I/O Fencing
- telnet port
- Keep the telnet or ssh Port
Open On the Switch
- telnet port and I/O fencing
- I/O Fencing
- telnet protocol for switches
- I/O Fencing
- telnet session hung
- Brocade telnet Session is Hung
- telnet to switch
- Create or Modify a Switch with cxfs_admin
- temporary names
- Shortcuts Using Command Buttons
- term definitions
- Getting More Information
- terminology
- Cluster Environment Concepts
- test connectivity
- GUI
- Test Node Connectivity with the GUI
- Test Connectivity task
- Locate the Problem
- test the system
- Testing the System
- tgconfig
- Network and Connectivity
- threads
- Kernel Threads
- tiebreaker
- cxfs_admin
- Specify a Tiebreaker with cxfs_admin
- tiebreaker node
- CXFS Tiebreaker
- cxfs_admin
- Modify a Cluster with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Set Tiebreaker Node with the GUI
- tiebreakers
- Use a Client-Only Tiebreaker
- tigon
- Network and Connectivity
- time synchronization
- Use a Time Synchronization Application
- Time-stamp delta
- Client Membership Loss
- token hangs
- Stability Issues on Clients Due to Token Optimizations
- token optimizations
- Stability Issues on Clients Due to Token Optimizations
- token prefetch
- Stability Issues on Clients Due to Token Optimizations
- tokens
- Avoid Performance Problems with Exclusive Write Tokens
- Flow of Metadata for Reads and Writes
- tools
- Configuration Commands
- cluster configuration
- Cluster Configuration Tools
- cluster control
- Cluster Control Tools
- cluster information
- Cluster Information Gathering Tool (cxfsdump)
- cluster status
- Cluster/Node Status Tools
- networking
- Networking Tools
- node status
- Cluster/Node Status Tools
- performance monitoring
- Performance Monitoring Tools
- physical storage tools
- Physical Storage Tools
- system activity
- Performance Monitoring Tools
- system dump analysis
- System Dump Analysis Tool
- troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Tools
- TPxxxx RAID
- RAID Hardware
- transaction rate
- Supported XFS Features
- transaction rates
- Network Filesystems
- tree view
- See view area
- troubleshooting
- Using SGI Knowledgebase
- cluster database membership quorum stability
- Ensure Cluster Database Membership Quorum Stability
- common problems
- Potential Problems
- corrective actions
- Corrective Actions
- exclusive write tokens
- Avoid Performance Problems with Exclusive Write Tokens
- fenced node
- Determine If a Node Is Fenced
- GUI use
- Use CXFS Configuration Tools Appropriately
- identify cluster status
- Identify the Cluster Status
- locate the problem
- Locate the Problem
- log files
- Understand the Log Files
- messages
- Understanding Error Messages
- normal messages
- Normal Messages
- quorum master
- Determine the Quorum Master
- reboot before changing node ID or cluster ID
- Reboot Before Changing Node ID or Cluster ID
- redirect switch logs
- Redirect Switch Logs
- removing reset
- Disable Reset If You Remove Reset Capability
- reporting problems to SGI
- Reporting Problems to SGI
- residual cluster
- Eliminate a Residual Cluster
- restart CXFS after a forced CXFS shutdown
- Restart CXFS on a Node after an Administrative CXFS Stop
- strategy
- Troubleshooting Strategies
- tools
- Know the Troubleshooting Tools
- Troubleshooting Tools
- unwritten extent tracking
- Avoid Performance Problems with Unwritten Extent Tracking
- xfs_repair appropriate use
- Repair Filesystems with Care
- tunable parameters
- Set System-Tunable Kernel Parameters Appropriately
- unable to define a node
- Unable to Define a Node
- UNKNOWN cluster status
- CXFS GUI and Status
- UNKNOWN node state
- CXFS GUI and Status
- unlabel disks
- Shortcuts Using Command Buttons
- unmount (forced)
- GUI
- Unmount CXFS Filesystems with the GUI
- recommended
- Enable Forced Unmount When Appropriate
- unmount a filesystem
- cxfs_admin
- Unmount a CXFS Filesystem with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Unmount CXFS Filesystems with the GUI
- Unmount a Local Filesystem
- unmount scripts
- CXFS Mount Scripts
- unmounting filesystems
- Unmounting Filesystems
- unwritten extent tracking
- Avoid Performance Problems with Unwritten Extent Tracking
- UP node state
- CXFS GUI and Status
- updatedb
- Modify updatedb to Avoid Unnecessary Load
- UPDATEDB_PRUNEPATHS
- Modify updatedb to Avoid Unnecessary Load
- upgrade procedure
- General Upgrade Procedure
- upgrading
- transform an existing node into a client-only node
- Transforming a Server-Capable Administration Node into a Client-Only
Node
- upgrading licenses
- Upgrading Licenses
- user jobs and server-capable administration nodes
- Do Not Run User Jobs on Server-Capable Administration Nodes
- user-space membership
- Membership
- validation tool
- Other Administrative Commands
- /var/adm/SYSLOG
- File Menu
- /var/cluster/clconfd-scripts directory
- CXFS Mount Scripts
- /var/log/cxfs/fs2d_log
- Identify the Cluster Status
- /var/log/messages
- File Menu
- /var/xfsdump/inventory
- Dump and Restore
- verification of installation
- Installation Verification
- verify cluster daemons are running
- Verify that the Cluster Daemons are Running
- verifying connectivity in a multicast environment
- Verifying Connectivity in a Multicast Environment
- VERITAS NetBackup
- Storage Backup Differences
- video streams
- Generation of Streaming Workload for Video Streams
- view area
- GUI Window Layout
- view cluster components
- View Menu
- view component details
- Viewing Component Details
- VLAN
- Use a Private Network and Unique Cluster Name/ID
- vmstat
- Performance Monitoring Tools
- Voltaire switch
- Create or Modify a Switch with cxfs_admin
- volume creation
- Initial Setup with the cxfs_admin Command
- Shortcuts Using Command Buttons
- volume element detach
- Shortcuts Using Command Buttons
- volume header creation
- Initial Setup with the cxfs_admin Command
- volume management
- Volume Management with XVM
- volume manager
- XVM Volume Manager
- volume topologies
- Structuring Volume Topologies
- volume-element deletion
- Shortcuts Using Command Buttons
- web browser access to GUI
- CXFS GUI Overview
- web-based version of the GUI
- Starting the GUI from the Web
- weighted node
- See server-capable administration node
- what is CXFS?
- What is CXFS?
- when to use CXFS
- When to Use CXFS
- Windows
- What is CXFS?
- Windows copy and preallocation
- Preallocate Space for Directories when Appropriate
- Windows Explorer drag-and-drop and preallocation
- Preallocate Space for Directories when Appropriate
- Windows nodes
- Samba Differences
- worldwide node name
- I/O Fencing
- worldwide port name
- No HBA WWPNs are Detected
- write and metadata flow
- Flow of Metadata for Reads and Writes
- write tokens
- Avoid Performance Problems with Exclusive Write Tokens
- WWN discovery
- XVM Volume Mapping to Storage Targets
- WWNN
- I/O Fencing
- WWPN
- No HBA WWPNs are Detected
- XFS
- comparison to CXFS
- Comparison of XFS® and CXFS
- features supported
- Supported XFS Features
- quotas
- Quotas Differences
- XFS internal errors
- XFS Internal Errors in System Log File
- XFS version 1 directory format
- XFS Version 1
- xfs_fsr
- Supported XFS Features
- Defragment Filesystems with Care
- xfs_growfs
- Growing Filesystems
- xfs_io
- Preallocate Space for Directories when Appropriate
- xfs_repair
- Repair Filesystems with Care
- xfs_repair appropriate use
- Repair Filesystems with Care
- xfsd
- Kernel Threads
- xfsdump and xfsrestore
- Dump and Restore
- X/Open Data Storage Management Specification
- DMF
- xpmem
- Avoid CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Issues on Large Systems
- XSDM
- DMF
- XVM
- Volume Management with XVM
- Identify the Cluster Status
- Identify the Cluster Status
- Show Physical Volumes
- XVM Configuration with the xvm Command
- Cluster/Node Status Tools
- Performance Monitoring Tools
- logical volume creation
- Initial Setup with the cxfs_admin Command
- requirement
- XVM Volume Manager
- XVM cluster mirror status error
- cxfslicense System Log File Error Message
- xvm dump
- Save the XVM Configuration
- XVM failover
- Specify XVM Path Failover and HBA Usage in failover2.conf
- commands
- xvm Commands Related to XVM Failover
- XVM failover V2
- XVM Path Failover Overview
- XVM failover version 1
- CXFS Restrictions
- XVM in local mode
- Turn Off Local XVM on Linux Nodes if Unused
- XVM label corruption
- Save the XVM Configuration
- XVM mirroring
- Use RAID Mirroring Not XVM Mirroring
- XVM path
- After Restart, Verify that All Nodes Use the Preferred XVM Path
- XVM repair
- Save the XVM Configuration
- XVM shortcuts
- Shortcuts Using Command Buttons
- XVM statistics
- XVM Statistics
- XVM volume mapping to storage targets
- XVM Volume Mapping to Storage Targets
- XVM volumes
- XVM Configuration with the xvm Command
- xvmgr
- Configuration Commands
- YAST configuration
- Take Care When Using YAST for Configuration
- zoning
- Data Integrity Protection