- 100baseT
- Hardware and Software Requirements for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- 64-bit scalability
- Supported XFS Features
- access control lists
- Supported XFS Features
- ACLs
- Supported XFS Features
- activate CXFS services
- cmgr
- Start CXFS Services with cmgr
- 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
- cmgr
- Define a Node with cmgr
- cxfs_admin
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Add or Remove Nodes in the Cluster with the GUI
- add nic
- Define a Node with cmgr
- adding clients
- Cumulative Client License Keys
- address resolution protocol (ARP
- BMC System Controller
- admin command (cmgr)
- Entering Subcommands on the Command Line
- Entering Subcommands on the Command Line
- administration
- Administrative Tasks
- Log File Management
- RAID Units and XVM Failover V2
- TP9100, RM610/660, and Failover V2
- TP9300, TP9500, TP9700, and S330 and Failover V2
- Generation of Streaming Workload for Video Streams
- Frame Files Defragmentation and Analysis
- Disk Layout Optimization for Approved Media Customers
- Ideal Frame Layout
- Multiple Streams of Real-Time Applications
- The filestreams Mount Option
- Creating a Case-Insensitive CXFS Filesystem
- avoiding a CXFS restart at reboot
- Avoiding a CXFS Restart at Reboot
- 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
- dump and restore
- Dump and Restore
- failover2.conf
- failover2.conf File Concepts
- fencing and hardware changes
- Hardware Changes and I/O Fencing
- filesystem maintenance
- Filesystem Maintenance
- forced CXFS shutdown
- Forced CXFS Shutdown: Revoke Membership of Local
Node
- granting task execution privilege
- Granting Task Execution Privileges for Users
- growing filesystems
- Growing Filesystems
- initialization commands
- CXFS and Cluster Administration Initialization 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
- metadata server restoration
- Restoring a Metadata Server to the Cluster
- mount scripts
- CXFS Mount Scripts
- mounting filesystems
- Mounting Filesystems
- normal CXFS shutdown
- Normal CXFS Shutdown: Stop CXFS Services or
Disable the Node
- port usage
- CXFS Port Usage
- precedence of configuration options
- Precedence of Configuration Options
- private network failover configuration
- Private Network Failover
- 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
- CXFS Release Versions and Rolling Upgrades
- shutdown of the database and CXFS
- Shutdown of the Database and CXFS
- stopping CXFS
- Stopping CXFS for the Entire Cluster
- switch manipulation
- Switch Manipulation Using hafence
- transform an existing node into a client-only node
- Transforming a Server-Capable Administration Node into a Client-Only
Node
- unmounting filesystems
- Unmounting Filesystems
- XVM failover v2
- XVM Failover V2
- administration best practices
- Administration Best Practices
- administration daemon
- /etc/services on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- administration membership
- Membership
- administration tool
- cxfs_admin Command-Line Configuration Tool
Overview
- administration tools
- Configuration Commands
- advisory record locks
- CXFS Features
- affinity
- failover2.conf File Concepts
- affinity and XVM failover V2
- failover2.conf File Concepts
- age
- clconf_info and Status
- AIX
- What is CXFS?
- allocation of space
- Supported XFS Features
- allow CXFS kernel membership
- cmgr
- Allow Membership of the Local Node with cmgr
- GUI
- Allow Membership of the Local Node with the GUI
- Altix XE310
- What is CXFS?
- Altix XE320
- What is CXFS?
- Altix XE340
- What is CXFS?
- applications and server-capable administration nodes
- Use Server-Capable Administration Nodes that are Dedicated to CXFS
Work
- architecture of server-capable administration nodes
- Use the Same Architecture for All Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- ARP
- BMC System Controller
- asynchronous buffering techniques
- Supported XFS Features
- atime
- Flow of Metadata for Reads and Writes
- 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
- backup private network
- Use a Private Network
- backups
- Storage Backup Differences
- backups and client nodes
- Do Not Run Backups on a Client Node
- bandwidth
- Supported XFS Features
- Supported XFS Features
- When to Use CXFS
- CXFS Features
- bandwidth management
- Guaranteed-Rate I/O (GRIO) Version 2 Overview
- baseboard management controller
- See BMC
- best practices
- administration
- Administration Best Practices
- configuration
- Configuration Best Practices
- forced unmount
- Enable Forced Unmount When Appropriate
- block size
- Configure Filesystems Properly
- blue text
- Help Menu
- BMC
- System Reset
- BMC System Controller
- Define a Node with cmgr
- Define a Node with cmgr
- bootcpuset
- Avoid CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Issues on Large SGI Altix Systems
- boot.lvm
- Turn Off Local XVM on Linux Nodes if Unused
- Brocade password
- Change the Brocade Password when Prompted
- Brocade switch
- Brocade Switch
- Brocade telnet session hang
- Brocade telnet Session is Hung
- BSD interfaces
- CXFS Features
- B-trees
- Supported XFS Features
- buffer coherency
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- buffering disks
- CXFS Features
- build a cmgr script automatically
- Creating a cmgr Script Automatically
- build_cmgr_script command
- Creating a cmgr Script Automatically
- bulkstat
- Defragment Filesystems with Care
- cache utilization
- Multiple Streams of Real-Time Applications
- The filestreams Mount Option
- cad
- 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
- Verify that the Cluster Daemons are Running
- processes
- cad.options on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- verify it is running
- Verify that the Cluster Daemons are Running
- cad daemon and ports
- CXFS Port Usage
- 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
- Creating a Case-Insensitive CXFS Filesystem
- cbeutil
- Other Commonly Used Administrative Commands
- cdbBackup
- Other Commonly Used Administrative Commands
- cdbconfig
- Other Commonly Used Administrative Commands
- cdbdelete
- Using cdbBackup and cdbRestore
for the Cluster Database and Logging Information
- cdbreinit
- Reboot Before Changing Node ID or Cluster ID
- Cluster Configuration Tools
- Clearing the Cluster Database
- cdbRestore
- Other Commonly Used Administrative Commands
- cdbutil
- Other Commonly Used Administrative Commands
- Locate the Problem
- cell ID
- Validating the Cluster Configuration with cxfs-config
- clconf_info and Status
- Cell ID Count and Membership delivered Messages
- change a filesystem
- cmgr
- Modify a CXFS Filesystem with cmgr
- GUI
- Modify a CXFS Filesystem with the GUI
- change a node
- cmgr
- Modify a Node with cmgr
- GUI
- Modify a Node Definition with the GUI
- change an existing node into a client-only node
- Transforming a Server-Capable Administration Node into a Client-Only
Node
- Channel traffic
- Normal Messages
- checklist
- Initial Configuration Checklist
- chkconfig arguments
- IP Filtering for the CXFS Private Network
- chkconfig settings
- chkconfig Arguments
- clconf_info
- Other Commonly Used Administrative Commands
- clconf_info and the Active Metadata Server
- Identify the Cluster Status
- Locate the Problem
- Initial Setup with the cmgr Command
- clconf_stats
- Other Commonly Used Administrative Commands
- clconfd
- Mounting Filesystems
- errors
- clconfd System Log File Error Messages
- 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 is not running
- clconfd Is Not Running
- clconfd.options file
- clconfd.options on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- clconfd-scripts directory
- CXFS Mount Scripts
- clearing the database
- Clearing the Cluster Database
- cli
- errors
- cli System Log File Error Messages
- messages
- cli Log File Error Messages
- client administration node
- Define a Node with cmgr
- client removal
- Removing a Single Client-Only Node from the Cluster
- client restoration
- Restoring a Single Client-Only Node to the Cluster
- client_timeout
- Multiple client_timeout Values
- client-only node
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- Define a Node with cmgr
- gathering status from
- cxfs_info and Status
- client-only node preference
- Make Most Nodes Client-Only
- client-only node tiebreaker
- Use a Client-Only Tiebreaker
- client-only OS platforms
- What is CXFS?
- clients cannot join the cluster
- Clients Cannot Join the Cluster After Relocation
- cluster (terminology)
- Cluster
- cluster administration daemon
- options file
- cad.options on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- cluster administration daemons
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- Cluster Administration Daemons
- cluster conversion
- cmgr
- Convert a Cluster to CXFS or FailSafe with cmgr
- cluster daemon restart
- Stopping and Restarting Cluster Administration Daemons
- cluster database
- automatic cmgr script generation
- Creating a cmgr Script Automatically
- backup/restore
- Performing Cluster Database Backup and Restoration
- definition of term
- Differences in Filesystem Mounting and Management
- membership quorum stability
- Ensure Cluster Database Membership Quorum Stability
- quorum
- Ensure Cluster Database Membership Quorum Stability
- re-creation
- Creating a cmgr Script Automatically
- shutdown
- Cluster Database Shutdown
- cluster database membership
- Membership
- cluster definition
- cmgr
- Define a Cluster with cmgr
- GUI
- Define a Cluster with the GUI
- cluster deletion
- cmgr
- Delete a Cluster with cmgr
- cxfs_admin
- Delete a Cluster with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Delete a Cluster with the GUI
- cluster display
- cmgr
- Display a Cluster with cmgr
- cxfs_admin
- Display a Cluster with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Display a Cluster with the GUI
- cluster domain
- Volume Management with XVM
- cluster ID
- changing
- Reboot Before Changing Node ID or Cluster ID
- specification
- cmgr
- Define a Cluster with cmgr
- cxfs_admin
- Create or Modify a Cluster with cxfs_admin
- cluster ID changes
- Reboot Before Changing Node ID or Cluster ID
- 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
- cmgr
- Modify a Cluster with cmgr
- GUI
- Modify a Cluster Definition with the GUI
- cluster status
- tools for troubleshooting
- Cluster/Node Status Tools
- verification
- CXFS GUI and Status
- cluster tasks
- cmgr
- Cluster Tasks with cmgr
- cxfs_admin
- Cluster Tasks with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Cluster Tasks with the GUI
- cluster_admin software product
- Cluster Administration Daemons
- cluster_control software product
- Cluster Administration Daemons
- cluster_mgr
- Configuration Commands
- See cmgr
- cluster_services software product
- CXFS Control Daemons
- cmgr
- See configuration tasks
- automatic script generation
- Creating a cmgr Script Automatically
- -c option
- Entering Subcommands on the Command Line
- command line execution
- Entering Subcommands on the Command Line
- exiting
- Completing Actions and Cancelling
- help
- Getting Help
- initial configuration and
- Initial Setup with the cmgr Command
- overview
- cmgr Overview
- script mode
- Script Example
- scripts and
- Using Script Files
- shell and
- Invoking a Shell from within cmgr
- template files
- Template Scripts
- cmgr-create-cluster
- Template Scripts
- cmgr-create-node
- Template Scripts
- cmgr-templates directory
- Template Scripts
- cmond
- 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_failconf
- Other Commonly Used Administrative Commands
- cms_local_fail_action
- cms_local_fail_action
- cmsd
- Kernel Threads
- colors and states
- Key to Icons and States
- command buttons
- Shortcuts Using Command Buttons
- command line interface
- cmgr Overview
- See Also cmgr
- commands
- CXFS and Cluster Administration Initialization Commands
- communication paths
- Communication Paths
- comparison
- network and CXFS filesystems
- Comparison of Network and CXFS Filesystems
- XFS and CXFS
- Comparison of XFS and CXFS
- compute power
- Provide Enough Memory
- concat creation
- Shortcuts Using Command Buttons
- concatenation
- Volume Management with XVM
- concepts for CXFS
- Cluster Environment Concepts
- 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
- cmgr
- Reference to cmgr Tasks
- cluster definition
- Define a Cluster with cmgr
- cluster deletion
- Delete a Cluster with cmgr
- cluster display
- Display a Cluster with cmgr
- cluster tasks
- Cluster Tasks with cmgr
- connectivity test
- Test Node Connectivity with cmgr
- convert a FailSafe cluster
- Convert a Cluster to CXFS or FailSafe with cmgr
- CXFS services
- Start CXFS Services with cmgr
- Start CXFS Services with cmgr
- cxfs tiebreaker
- Set the Tiebreaker Node with cmgr
- defaults
- Set Configuration Defaults with cmgr
- define a switch
- Define a Switch with cmgr
- delete a switch
- Delete a Switch Definition with cmgr
- fail action hierarchy
- Define a Node with cmgr
- fence lowering
- Lower the I/O Fence for a Node with cmgr
- fence raising
- Raise the I/O Fence for a Node with cmgr
- fencing
- Define a Node with cmgr
- filesystem deletion
- Delete a CXFS Filesystem with cmgr
- filesystem modification
- Modify a CXFS Filesystem with cmgr
- filesystem mount/unmount
- Mount a CXFS Filesystem with cmgr
- log configuration
- Set Log Configuration with cmgr
- membership allow/revoke
- Revoke Membership of the Local Node with
cmgr
- metadata server definition
- Define a CXFS Filesystem with cmgr
- metadata server relocation
- Relocate the Metadata Server for a Filesystem with cmgr
- node deletion
- Delete a Node with cmgr
- node display
- Display a Node with cmgr
- node modification
- Modify a Node with cmgr
- node NMI
- Perform an NMI on a Node with cmgr
- node power cycle
- Performing a Power Cycle on a Node with cmgr
- node reset
- Reseting a Node with cmgr
- node tasks
- Node Tasks with cmgr
- notify administrator of cluster changes
- Define a Cluster with cmgr
- switch modification
- Modify a Switch Definition with cmgr
- update switch port information
- Update Switch Port Information with cmgr
- 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
- Create or Modify a Cluster with cxfs_admin
- define a switch
- Create 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
- Define a Node with cmgr
- 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 with the GUI
- Initial Setup with the CXFS GUI
- configure XVM volumes
- Cluster Configuration Tools
- connectivity diagnostics
- Modifications for CXFS Connectivity Diagnostics
- connectivity test
- cmgr
- Test Node Connectivity with cmgr
- GUI
- Test Node Connectivity with the GUI
- serial
- Testing Serial Connectivity for the L2 on Altix 350 Systems
- contacting SGI with problems
- Reporting Problems to SGI
- contiguous allocation of space
- Supported XFS Features
- control daemons
- CXFS Control Daemons
- control network
- See private network
- convert a FailSafe cluster
- cmgr
- Convert a Cluster to CXFS or FailSafe with cmgr
- convert a FailSafe node
- cmgr
- Convert a Node to CXFS or FailSafe with cmgr
- corpseleader process
- Kernel Threads
- cpu_exclusive
- Avoid CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Issues on Large SGI Altix Systems
- cpusets
- Avoid CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Issues on Large SGI Altix Systems
- create a cluster
- cmgr
- Define a Cluster with cmgr
- cxfs_admin
- Create or Modify a Cluster with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Define a Cluster with the GUI
- create a filesystem metadata server
- cmgr
- Define a CXFS Filesystem with cmgr
- GUI
- Define CXFS Filesystems with the GUI
- create a node
- cmgr
- Define a Node with cmgr
- cxfs_admin
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Define a Node with the GUI
- cron jobs
- Use cron Jobs Properly
- crontab
- Use cron Jobs Properly
- Use cron Jobs Properly
- Use cron Jobs Properly
- crsd
- process
- Cluster Administration Daemons
- Verify that the Cluster Daemons are Running
- verify it is running
- Verify that the Cluster Daemons are Running
- crsd daemon and ports
- CXFS Port Usage
- crsd errors
- crsd System Log File Error Messages
- crsd Log File Error Messages
- ctime
- Flow of Metadata for Reads and Writes
- currentpath
- After Restart, Verify that All Nodes Use the Preferred XVM Path
- cxdetail (cxfsmgr)
- Making Changes Safely
- CXFS client node
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- CXFS kernel and ports
- CXFS Port Usage
- CXFS kernel membership
- allow/revoke
- cmgr
- Revoke Membership of the Local Node with
cmgr
- current information
- Locate the Problem
- CXFS kernel membership allow/revoke
- GUI
- Revoke Membership of the Local Node with the
GUI
- CXFS Manager
- See configuration tasks, GUI
- See GUI
- CXFS Manager GUI
- CXFS GUI Overview
- CXFS membership
- problems
- Eliminate a Residual Cluster
- CXFS services
- CXFS Services
- start
- cmgr
- Start CXFS Services with cmgr
- cxfs_admin
- Enable a Node with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Start CXFS Services with the GUI
- stop
- System Reset Connection for Server-Capable Administration Nodes
- cmgr
- Stop CXFS Services with cmgr
- cxfs_admin
- Disable a Node with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Stop CXFS Services with the GUI
- CXFS shutdown forced
- Revoke Membership of the Local Node with
cmgr
- cmgr
- Stop CXFS Services with cmgr
- GUI
- Revoke Membership of the Local Node with the
GUI
- CXFS shutdown normal
- Normal CXFS Shutdown: Stop CXFS Services or
Disable the Node
- GUI
- Stop CXFS Services with the GUI
- CXFS tiebreaker node
- cmgr
- Set the Tiebreaker Node with cmgr
- cxfs_admin
- Create or 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
- Configuration Commands
- cxfs_admin Command-Line Configuration Tool
Overview
- <TAB> completion
- Basic and Advanced Mode
- access
- cxfs_admin Overview
- access permissions
- Setting cxfs_admin Access Permissions
- advanced mode
- Basic and Advanced Mode
- attributes
- Command Syntax Overview
- basic mode
- Basic and Advanced Mode
- -c option
- Entering cxfs_admin Commands on the Command
Line
- class
- Command Syntax Overview
- command history
- 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
- exiting from
- Exiting from cxfs_admin
- filesystem tasks
- Create or Modify a CXFS Filesystem with cxfs_admin
- help
- Getting Help
- interrupting a command
- Waiting for Commands to Complete
- license verification
- Displaying the License Keys with cxfs_admin
After Installing CXFS
- line wrapping
- Setting cxfs_admin Defaults
- lock
- Making Changes Safely
- mode
- Setting cxfs_admin Defaults
- modes
- Basic and Advanced Mode
- network failover tasks
- Network Failover Tasks with cxfs_admin
- object
- Command Syntax Overview
- overview
- cxfs_admin Overview
- prompting mode
- Using Prompting Mode
- safety
- Making Changes Safely
- scripts
- Creating cxfs_admin Scripts
- scripts and
- Using Script Files
- set command
- Setting cxfs_admin Defaults
- show a filesystem
- Show a CXFS Filesystem
- steal
- Making Changes Safely
- switch tasks
- Switch Tasks with cxfs_admin
- syntax
- Command Syntax Overview
- cxfs_admin output is not current
- cxfs_admin Output is Not Current
- cxfs_client
- process
- CXFS Control Daemons
- 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_dcvn_timeout
- cxfs_dcvn_timeout
- cxfs_extents_delta
- cxfs_extents_delta
- cxfs_info
- cxfs_info and Status
- 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
- 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 Commonly Used Administrative Commands
- CXFS_SS license key
- Licensing Requirements
- cxfs-config
- Other Commonly Used Administrative Commands
- Validating the Cluster Configuration with cxfs-config
- cxfscp
- Use Fast Copying for Large CXFS Files
- cxfsd process
- Kernel Threads
- cxfsd_max
- cxfsd_max
- cxfsd_min
- cxfsd_max
- cxfsd_min
- cxfsdump
- Other Commonly Used Administrative Commands
- Gather Cluster Configuration with cxfsdump
- cxfslicense
- Other Commonly Used Administrative Commands
- Verifying the License Keys with cxfslicense
After Installing CXFS
- cxfsmgr
- Configuration Commands
- CXFS GUI Overview
- Making Changes Safely
- Cluster Configuration Tools
- cxfs-reprobe
- Physical Storage Tools
- cxtask (cxfsmgr)
- Making Changes Safely
- daemon
- list of
- Kernel Threads
- restart
- Stopping and Restarting Cluster Administration Daemons
- verify
- Verify that the Cluster Daemons are Running
- daemons
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- Cluster Administration Daemons
- data flow
- Flow of Metadata for Reads and Writes
- data integrity protection
- Data Integrity Protection
- Protect Data Integrity on All Nodes
- data management API
- Data Migration Facility (DMF)
- Data Migration Facility
- Data Migration Facility (DMF)
- data security
- Fail Policies
- database
- clearing
- Clearing the Cluster Database
- dump
- Locate the Problem
- membership
- Membership
- shutdown
- Cluster Database Shutdown
- database membership
- See cluster database membership
- DB9 serial port
- L2 System Controller
- dcshake process
- Kernel Threads
- deactivate CXFS services
- cmgr
- Stop CXFS Services with cmgr
- cxfs_admin
- Disable a Node with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Start CXFS Services with the GUI
- Stop CXFS Services with the GUI
- debugging parameters
- Dynamic Parameters for Debugging Purposes Only
- define a cluster
- cmgr
- Define a Cluster with cmgr
- GUI
- Define a Cluster with the GUI
- defragmentation
- Frame Files Defragmentation and Analysis
- defragmenter
- Supported XFS Features
- defragmenter software
- Defragment Filesystems with Care
- defunct admin logins
- CXFS Cannot Access the Switch
- delete a cluster
- cmgr
- Delete a Cluster with cmgr
- cxfs_admin
- Delete a Cluster with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Delete a Cluster with the GUI
- delete a filesystem
- cmgr
- Delete a CXFS Filesystem with cmgr
- 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
- delete a node from the cluster
- cmgr
- Modify a Cluster with cmgr
- GUI
- Add or Remove Nodes in the Cluster with the GUI
- delete a node from the pool
- cmgr
- Delete a Node with cmgr
- GUI
- Delete a Node with the GUI
- detach volume elements
- Shortcuts Using Command Buttons
- details area
- GUI Window Layout
- /dev/cxvm directory
- Identify the Cluster Status
- df
- Cluster/Node Status Tools
- diagnostic tasks
- cmgr
- Test Node Connectivity with cmgr
- direct-to-disk I/O
- CXFS Features
- 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 Disk Layout Optimization for Approved Media Customers
- Disk Layout Optimization for Approved Media Customers
- Disk Layout Optimization for Approved Media Customers
- disk management
- Storage Management
- disk unlabling
- Shortcuts Using Command Buttons
- disk volume header (DVH) labels
- GPT Labels Overview
- display a cluster
- cmgr
- Display a Cluster with cmgr
- cxfs_admin
- Display a Cluster with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Display a Cluster with the GUI
- display nodes
- cmgr
- Display a Node with cmgr
- cxfs_admin
- Show Node Information with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Display a Node with the GUI
- DMAPI
- Data Migration Facility (DMF)
- Using the Data Migration Facility (DMF)
- DMF
- Data Migration Facility (DMF)
- DMF and CXFS
- DMF and CXFS
- Using the Data Migration Facility (DMF)
- DMF and memory-mapped I/O issues
- Avoid Memory-Mapped I/O for DMF Filesystems in Clusters with Clients
Other Than IRIX
- dmi mount option
- Do Not Use Both dmi and filestreams
Mount Options
- Using the Data Migration Facility (DMF)
- DNS
- Adding a Private Network
- Configure for nsd Use (Optional)
- domain
- Volume Management with XVM
- DOWN node state
- CXFS GUI and Status
- downrev
- node is downrev Error
- drag and drop
- Using Drag-and-Drop
- drag-and-drop
- Configuring Disks
- dump from metadata server
- Dump and Restore
- dump of the database
- Locate the Problem
- DVH labels
- GPT Labels Overview
- 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
- Portmapper Issues
- easy client configuration
- Automatically Configure a Client-Only Node
- edge serving
- Performance Considerations
- Edit menu
- Edit Menu
- enterprise client license key
- Server-Side Client License Keys
- entitlement ID
- Gathering the Host Information
- ERROR cluster status
- CXFS GUI and Status
- /etc/exports
- Configuring /etc/exports on All Nodes
- /etc/fstab
- Filesystem Maintenance
- /etc/fstab in XFS (not CXFS)
- Differences in Filesystem Mounting and Management
- /etc/hosts file
- Adding a Private Network
- /etc/init.d
- See service
- /etc/ipfilterd.conf
- IP Filtering for the CXFS Private Network
- /etc/mtab
- Differences in Filesystem Mounting and Management
- /etc/nsswitch.conf file
- Hostname Resolution and Network Configuration
Rules
- /etc/services file
- /etc/services on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- /etc/sysctl.conf
- Avoid CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Issues on Large SGI Altix Systems
- Ethernet network
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- examples
- admin ping
- System Reset Connection for Server-Capable Administration Nodes
- administrative communication within one node
- Communication Paths
- clconf_info
- Initial Setup with the cmgr Command
- cluster definition
- Initial Setup with the cmgr Command
- cluster display
- Initial Setup with the cmgr Command
- cmgr
- Entering Subcommands on the Command Line
- cmgr scripts
- Using Script Files
- communication between nodes in the pool
- Communication Paths
- communication for a node not in a cluster
- Communication Paths
- communication paths
- Communication Paths
- CXFS Manager GUI
- Start the GUI
- cxfs_admin
- Entering cxfs_admin Commands on the Command
Line
- cxfs_admin scripts
- Using Script Files
- daemon communication within one server-capable administration node
- Communication Paths
- define filesystem
- Initial Setup with the cmgr Command
- /etc/hosts file
- Adding a Private Network
- /etc/inet/hosts file
- Adding a Private Network
- fs2d logging and tracing
- Example 1
- fs2d options
- Example 1
- GUI screens
- GUI Windows
- ifconfig
- Private Network Interface
- Linux
- Verifying the Private and Public Networks for Linux
- IP filtering
- IP Filtering for the CXFS Private Network
- metadata flow
- Flow of Metadata for Reads and Writes
- metadata server distribution
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- name services
- Adding a Private Network
- node configuration
- Initial Setup with the cmgr Command
- ping
- ping output
- Private Network Interface
- pool and cluster concepts
- Pool
- potential metadata servers
- Initial Setup with the cmgr Command
- private network interface test
- Private Network Interface
- quit cmgr
- Initial Setup with the cmgr Command
- relocation versus recovery
- Recovery
- show clusters
- Entering cxfs_admin Commands on the Command
Line
- Entering Subcommands on the Command Line
- show nodes in pool
- Initial Setup with the cmgr Command
- show status
- Initial Setup with the cmgr Command
- start CXFS services
- Initial Setup with the cmgr Command
- stop CXFS services
- System Reset Connection for Server-Capable Administration Nodes
- test serial reset connection
- System Reset Connection for Server-Capable Administration Nodes
- 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 systune
- cxfs_extents_delta
- extent tracking
- Avoid Performance Problems with Unwritten Extent Tracking
- external log filesystems
- CXFS Restrictions
- external logs
- Limitations and Considerations for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- fail policies
- Fail Policies
- failover V2
- XVM Failover Version 2 Overview
- failover2.conf
- failover2.conf File Concepts
- failover_net network
- Private Network Failover
- FailSafe conversion for a cluster
- cmgr
- Convert a Cluster to CXFS or FailSafe with cmgr
- FailSafe conversion for a node
- cmgr
- Convert a Node to CXFS or FailSafe with cmgr
- 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
- Changing the Brocade FC Cable Connections
- fdisk
- Limitations and Considerations for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- features
- CXFS Features
- fencing
- Data Integrity Protection
- lower (enable access)
- cmgr
- Lower the I/O Fence for a Node with cmgr
- GUI
- Lower the I/O Fence for a Node with the GUI
- raise (disable access)
- cmgr
- Raise the I/O Fence for a Node with cmgr
- 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 port requirements
- CXFS Port Usage
- 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-layout analysis
- Frame Files Defragmentation and Analysis
- file-sequence reorganization
- Frame Files Defragmentation and Analysis
- filestreams
- Use Disk Layout Optimization for Approved Media Customers
- filestreams mount option
- Do Not Use Both dmi and filestreams
Mount Options
- The filestreams Mount Option
- The filestreams Mount Option
- filesystem comparison, network and CXFS
- Comparison of Network and CXFS Filesystems
- filesystem configuration
- Configure Filesystems Properly
- filesystem creation
- Comparison of XFS and CXFS
- filesystem defragmenter software
- Defragment Filesystems with Care
- filesystem deletion
- cmgr
- Delete a CXFS Filesystem with cmgr
- 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
- 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
- cmgr
- Define a CXFS Filesystem with cmgr
- GUI
- Define CXFS Filesystems with the GUI
- filesystem modification
- cmgr
- Modify a CXFS Filesystem with cmgr
- Modify a CXFS Filesystem with cmgr
- GUI
- Modify a CXFS Filesystem with the GUI
- Modify a CXFS Filesystem with the GUI
- filesystem mounting
- cmgr
- Modify a Cluster with cmgr
- Mount a CXFS Filesystem with cmgr
- Mount a CXFS Filesystem with cmgr
- cxfs_admin
- Mount a CXFS Filesystem with cxfs_admin
- Mount a CXFS Filesystem with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Mount CXFS Filesystems with the GUI
- overview
- Mounting Filesystems
- XFS differences
- Differences in Filesystem Mounting and Management
- filesystem mounting/unmounting
- GUI
- Unmount CXFS Filesystems with the GUI
- Unmount a Local Filesystem
- 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 structure
- Comparison of XFS and CXFS
- filesystem tasks
- cmgr
- CXFS Filesystem Tasks with cmgr
- GUI
- Filesystem Tasks with the GUI
- guided configuration
- Set Up a New CXFS Filesystem with the GUI
- filesystem unmount
- Unmounting Filesystems
- filesystem unmounting
- cmgr
- Unmount a CXFS Filesystem with cmgr
- cxfs_admin
- Unmount a CXFS Filesystem with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Mount CXFS Filesystems with the GUI
- filesystem unmounting and server-capable administration node addition/deletion
- Unmount Filesystems Before Adding or Deleting Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- filesystem view
- What is CXFS?
- filtering IP traffic
- IP Filtering for the CXFS Private Network
- find
- Use cron Jobs Properly
- find and crontab
- Use cron Jobs Properly
- Use cron Jobs Properly
- Find text field
- Selecting Items to View or Modify
- 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 shutdown
- Avoid Split Clusters
- forced unmount
- cmgr
- Define a CXFS Filesystem with cmgr
- 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
- 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 daemon and ports
- CXFS Port Usage
- fs2d membership
- See CXFS kernel membership
- 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
- Filesystem Maintenance
- fstab in XFS (not CXFS)
- Differences in Filesystem Mounting and Management
- function of a node
- Define a Node with the GUI
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- Define a Node with cmgr
- fx
- Initial Setup with the cxfs_admin Command
- Initial Setup with the cmgr Command
- gather cluster configuration information
- Gather Cluster Configuration with cxfsdump
- gigabit ethernet
- Hardware and Software Requirements for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- GPT labels
- GPT Labels Overview
- GPT labels with one partition
- GPT Labels Overview
- GPT partition tables
- Limitations and Considerations for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- granting task execution privilege
- Granting Task Execution Privileges for Users
- gratuitous ARP
- BMC System Controller
- GRIO
- CXFS Restrictions
- Guaranteed-Rate I/O (GRIO) Version 2 Overview
- disabling after reboot
- Disabling GRIO After Reboot
- disabling for the current session
- Disabling GRIO for the Current Session
- enabling after a reboot
- Enabling GRIO After Reboot
- enabling for the current session
- Enabling GRIO for the Current Session
- grio2
- Enabling GRIO After Reboot
- 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
- Licensing Requirements
- GRIOv2 license
- Licensing Requirements
- group memberships
- Limitations and Considerations for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- growing filesystems
- Growing Filesystems
- guaranteed-rate I/O
- CXFS Restrictions
- guaranteed-rate I/O (GRIO) version 2
- Guaranteed-Rate I/O (GRIO) Version 2 Overview
- 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
- Running the Web-based Version
- GUI and xvm command differences
- Important GUI and xvm Command Differences
- GUI will not run
- GUI Will Not Run
- GUID partition table (GPT) labels
- GPT Labels Overview
- guided configuration tasks
- GUI Features
- HA features
- What is CXFS?
- HA services
- Highly Available Services
- hafence
- Other Commonly Used Administrative Commands
- Switch Manipulation Using hafence
- hardware changes
- Hardware Changes and I/O Fencing
- hardware inventory
- Physical Storage Tools
- hardware requirements
- Hardware and Software Requirements for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- haStatus
- Other Commonly Used Administrative Commands
- heartbeat monitor systune
- mtcp_hb_watchdog
- heartbeat monitoring
- Use the Appropriate CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Monitoring
- heartbeat network
- Private Network
- Define a Node with the GUI
- heartbeat systune
- mtcp_hb_local_options
- mtcp_hb_period
- heartbeat timing
- Private Network
- help
- for cmgr
- Getting Help
- Entering Subcommands on the Command Line
- 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
- Data Migration Facility (DMF)
- high availability services
- Highly Available Services
- hinv
- Physical Storage Tools
- 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
- Adding a Private Network
- hsm
- Data Migration Facility (DMF)
- hub
- Hardware and Software Requirements for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- hung system
- System is Hung
- hung telnet session
- Brocade telnet Session is Hung
- hyperthread and multi-core processors
- CXFS License Keys
- icons and states
- Key to Icons and States
- ideal frame layout
- Ideal Frame Layout
- ifconfig
- Private Network Interface
- Linux
- Verifying the Private and Public Networks for Linux
- 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
- InfiniteStorage Software Platform (ISSP)
- CXFS Interoperability With Other Products and Features
- initial cluster configuration
- cmgr
- Initial Setup with the cmgr 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 Initialization Commands
- 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 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
- 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 filtering
- IP Filtering for the CXFS Private Network
- IP-address/hostname pairings
- Set Up a New Cluster with the GUI
- ipfilterd chkconfig
- IP Filtering for the CXFS Private Network
- ipfilterd_inactive_behavior
- IP Filtering for the CXFS Private Network
- IPMI
- BMC System Controller
- Define a Node with cmgr
- IPMI issues
- IPMI Issues
- ipmitool
- ipmitool Command Fails
- BMC System Controller
- IRIX
- What is CXFS?
- IRIX and Linux system administration differences
- An Overview of Differences Between IRIX and Linux System Administration
- is_* commands
- Define a Node with cmgr
- ISSP
- CXFS Interoperability With Other Products and Features
- item view
- See details view
- IX brick
- L2 System Controller
- Java access to GUI
- CXFS GUI Overview
- jumbo frames
- Hardware and Software Requirements for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- kernel heartbeat issues
- Avoid CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Issues on Large SGI Altix Systems
- kernel memory parameters
- Avoid CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Issues on Large SGI Altix Systems
- kernel status tools
- lcrash Kernel Status Tools
- kernel threads
- Kernel Threads
- Knowledgebase
- Using SGI Knowledgebase
- kswapd
- Avoid CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Issues on Large SGI Altix Systems
- L1
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- Define a Node with cmgr
- L1 system controller
- L1 System Controller
- L2
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- Define a Node with cmgr
- L2 networks
- Use a Separate L2 for Each Node
- L2 system controller
- L2 System Controller
- label disks
- Shortcuts Using Command Buttons
- LAN
- Network Filesystems
- lanplus
- ipmitool Command Fails
- large cluster
- Form a Small Functional Cluster First
- large clusters
- Set Up a New Cluster with the GUI
- lcrash
- Use the Appropriate Version of lcrash for SGI
Foundation Software
- Legato NetWorker
- Storage Backup Differences
- libcdb
- Other Commonly Used Administrative Commands
- library for record locking
- CXFS Features
- license
- Brocade
- Verifying the Brocade License
- GUI and
- GUI Will Not Run
- license key
- error
- License Key Error
- licensing
- client license key classes
- Server-Side Client License Keys
- CXFS_SS key
- Licensing Requirements
- enterprise client license keys
- Server-Side Client License Keys
- entitlement ID
- Gathering the Host Information
- examples
- Examples of License Keys Required for Cluster Changes
- gathering host information
- Gathering the Host Information
- key replication
- License Key Replication on Server Nodes
- lk_hostid
- Gathering the Host Information
- node-locked license keys
- Server-Side Licensing Overview
- number of keys
- Cumulative Client License Keys
- obtaining keys
- Obtaining the License Keys from SGI
- requirements
- Licensing Requirements
- server-side licensing
- Server-Side Licensing Overview
- SGI webpage
- For More Information About Licensing
- verifying the keys
- cxfs_admin
- Displaying the License Keys with cxfs_admin
After Installing CXFS
- cxfslicense
- Verifying the License Keys with cxfslicense
After Installing CXFS
- lk_verify
- Verifying the License Keys with lk_verify
- workstation client license keys
- Server-Side Client License Keys
- XVM
- Licensing Requirements
- limitations and considerations for server-capable administration nodes
- Limitations and Considerations for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- Linux
- ifconfig
- Verifying the Private and Public Networks for Linux
- Linux and IRIX system administration differences
- An Overview of Differences Between IRIX and Linux System Administration
- Linux-HA project
- Highly Available Services
- lk_verify
- Verifying the License Keys with lk_verify
- local area networks (LANs)
- Network Filesystems
- local domain
- Volume Management with XVM
- local node
- When You Should Not Perform Stop CXFS Services
- local node failure systune
- 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
- cmgr
- Set Log Configuration with cmgr
- GUI
- Set Log Configuration with the GUI
- log files
- Log Files
- consume too much disk space
- Log Files Consume Too Much Disk Space
- errors
- Log File Error Messages
- 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
- You 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
- Initial Setup with the cmgr Command
- logical volume reconfiguration
- Structuring Volume Topologies
- ls
- Use cron Jobs Properly
- LUN
- LUN
- LUN flipping
- Slow Access to Files
- LUN management
- Storage Management
- LUN numbers supported
- Number of LUNs Supported
- Mac OS X
- What is CXFS?
- maintenance
- Administrative Tasks
- maintenance levels
- Avoid CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Issues on Large SGI Altix Systems
- maintenance on nodes
- Disable Nodes that Affect Membership Before Maintenance
- mandatory record locks
- CXFS Features
- manually starting/stopping CXFS
- Manually Starting/Stopping CXFS
- mask and switch definition
- Define a Switch with the GUI
- maxdmasz
- Frame Files Defragmentation and Analysis
- media customers
- Disk Layout Optimization for Approved Media Customers
- media customers and disk layout optimization
- Use Disk Layout Optimization for Approved Media Customers
- membership
- See cluster database membership or CXFS kernel membership
- membership delivered
- Cell ID Count and Membership delivered Messages
- membership quorum stability
- Ensure Cluster Database Membership Quorum Stability
- membership weight
- Define a Node with cmgr
- memory oversubscription
- Avoid CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Issues on Large SGI Altix Systems
- memory parameters
- Avoid CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Issues on Large SGI Altix Systems
- memory requirements
- Provide Enough Memory
- memory_exclusive
- Avoid CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Issues on Large SGI Altix Systems
- memory_spread_{page,slab}
- Avoid CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Issues on Large SGI Altix Systems
- memory-mapped I/O issues
- Avoid Memory-Mapped I/O for DMF Filesystems in Clusters with Clients
Other Than IRIX
- mesgtcpaccept process
- Kernel Threads
- mesgtcpdiscovery
- Kernel Threads
- mesgtcpmulticast
- Kernel Threads
- mesgtcprcv process
- Kernel Threads
- metadata
- logging
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- terminology
- Differences in Filesystem Mounting and Management
- Metadata
- transaction examples
- Performance Considerations
- metadata flow
- Flow of Metadata for Reads and Writes
- metadata server
- definition
- cmgr
- Define a CXFS Filesystem with cmgr
- GUI
- Define CXFS Filesystems with the GUI
- discovery
- CXFS GUI and the Active Metadata Server
- model
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- order of
- Initial Setup with the cmgr Command
- recovery
- Recovery
- relocation
- cmgr
- Relocate the Metadata Server for a Filesystem with cmgr
- 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
- metadata server restoration
- Restoring a Metadata Server to the Cluster
- migrating from an IRIX to an SGI Foundation Software 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
- 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
- Initial Setup with the cmgr Command
- mkfs.xfs --n version=ci
- Creating a Case-Insensitive CXFS Filesystem
- mkpart
- Define a Node with the GUI
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- Define a Node with cmgr
- mkpartsect
- Limitations and Considerations for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- MMSC
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- Define a Node with cmgr
- MMSC serial port
- MMSC System Controller
- mode of cluster
- Modify a Cluster Definition with the GUI
- modify a filesystem
- cmgr
- Modify a Node with cmgr
- Modify a CXFS Filesystem with cmgr
- GUI
- Modify a CXFS Filesystem with the GUI
- modify a node
- cmgr
- Modify a Node with cmgr
- GUI
- Modify a Node Definition with the GUI
- monitoring tools
- Performance Monitoring Tools
- mount
- command
- Differences in Filesystem Mounting and Management
- Identify the Cluster Status
- filesystems
- Mounting Filesystems
- cmgr
- Mount a CXFS Filesystem with cmgr
- 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 filesystems
- Initial Setup with the cmgr Command
- mount scripts
- CXFS Mount Scripts
- mounted filesystems, showing
- Cluster/Node Status Tools
- MSC
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- Define a Node with cmgr
- MSC system controller
- MSC System Controller
- mtcp_hb_local_options
- mtcp_hb_local_options
- mtcp_hb_period
- mtcp_hb_period
- mtcp_hb_watchdog
- mtcp_hb_watchdog
- mtcp_mesg_validate
- mtcp_mesg_validate
- mtcp_nodelay
- mtcp_nodelay
- 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
- cmgr
- Test Node Connectivity with cmgr
- GUI
- Test Node Connectivity with the GUI
- network filesystem comparison
- Network Filesystems
- network issues
- Fix Network Issues First
- network requirements
- Hardware and Software Requirements for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- network switch
- Hardware and Software Requirements for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- NetWorker
- Storage Backup Differences
- networks
- Private Network
- new features summary
- Summary of New Features from Previous Releases
- NFS
- Network Filesystems
- NFS Differences
- NFS and CXFS
- Performance Considerations
- 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
- NFS serving
- Provide Enough Memory
- NFS serving from a client
- Performance Considerations
- NIS
- Adding a Private Network
- Configure for nsd Use (Optional)
- NMI a node
- cmgr
- Perform an NMI on a Node with cmgr
- NMI hangs
- Altix NMI System Reset Hangs
- NMI reset method
- System Reset
- no direct attachment
- GPT Labels Overview
- node
- isolation
- Fail Policies
- state
- CXFS GUI and Status
- status
- CXFS GUI and Status
- tasks
- See configuration tasks
- terminology
- Node
- node addition
- cmgr
- Define a Node with cmgr
- GUI
- Add or Remove Nodes in the Cluster with the GUI
- node conversion
- cmgr
- Convert a Node to CXFS or FailSafe with cmgr
- node definition
- cmgr
- Define a Node with cmgr
- cxfs_admin
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Define a Node with the GUI
- node deletion
- cmgr
- Delete a Node with cmgr
- cxfs_admin
- Delete a Node with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Delete a Node with the GUI
- node display
- cmgr
- Display a Node with cmgr
- 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
- Define a Node with cmgr
- node ID changes
- Reboot Before Changing Node ID or Cluster ID
- node ID, changing
- Reboot Before Changing Node ID or Cluster ID
- node membership loss
- Inappropriate Node Membership Loss
- node modification
- cmgr
- Modify a Node with cmgr
- GUI
- Modify a Node Definition with the GUI
- node NMI
- cmgr
- Perform an NMI on a Node with cmgr
- node power cycle
- cmgr
- Performing a Power Cycle on a Node with cmgr
- node removal
- Remove Unused Cluster Components
- node reset
- cmgr
- Reseting a Node with cmgr
- 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
- cmgr
- Node Tasks with cmgr
- cxfs_admin
- Node Tasks with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Node Tasks with the GUI
- node weight
- Define a Node with cmgr
- node-locked license keys
- Server-Side Licensing Overview
- normal CXFS shutdown
- Stop CXFS Services with the GUI
- notify administrator of cluster changes
- cmgr
- Define a Cluster with cmgr
- 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
- number of nodes supported
- Hardware and Software Requirements for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- O_EXCL
- Limitations and Considerations for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- old cluster
- Eliminate a Residual Cluster
- osview
- Use System Capacity Wisely
- output to gather
- Reporting Problems to SGI
- oversubscription of memory
- Avoid CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Issues on Large SGI Altix 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
- Limitations and Considerations for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- partition
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- Define a Node with cmgr
- Define a Node with cmgr
- partition of network and reset of hardware
- Avoid Split Clusters
- password for switch
- Change the Brocade Password when Prompted
- path locations
- Path Summary
- pcp-open
- 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 storage tools
- Physical Storage Tools
- physical volumes, showing
- Physical Storage Tools
- ping
- Verifying the Private and Public Networks for Linux
- Private Network Interface
- 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
- port usage
- CXFS Port Usage
- portmapper issues
- Portmapper Issues
- POSIX pathname
- CXFS Features
- posix_aio0
- Generation of Streaming Workload for Video Streams
- potential metadata server
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- power cycle a node
- cmgr
- Performing a Power Cycle on a Node with cmgr
- power cycle reset method
- System Reset
- precedence of configuration options
- Precedence of Configuration Options
- preferred path in failover2.conf
- failover2.conf File Concepts
- 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
- 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 for Linux
- private network failover configuration
- Private Network Failover
- private network interface test
- Private Network Interface
- private network required
- Hardware and Software Requirements for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- Privilege Manager
- Logging In
- problem location
- Locate the Problem
- problem reporting
- Reporting Problems to SGI
- problem solving
- Solve Problems Efficiently
- prompt mode for cmgr
- Using Prompt Mode
- QLogic FC switch
- QLogic Fibre Channel Switch
- quality-of-service monitoring tool
- Guaranteed-Rate I/O (GRIO) Version 2 Overview
- quit cmgr
- Initial Setup with the cmgr Command
- quorum
- Ensure Cluster Database Membership Quorum Stability
- quorum leader
- Determine the Quorum Master
- quorum leader and ports
- CXFS Port Usage
- 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
- verification
- RAID Verification
- RAID prefetch and frame layout
- Ideal Frame Layout
- RAID units and XVM failover
- RAID Units and XVM Failover V2
- RAID Units and XVM Failover V2
- raise a fence
- cmgr
- Raise the I/O Fence for a Node with cmgr
- GUI
- Raise the I/O Fence for a Node with the GUI
- 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
- Limitations and Considerations for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- reboot
- Rebooting
- reboot panic
- Metadata Server Panics After Reboot
- rebooting without rejoining the cluster
- Rebooting without Rejoining the Cluster
- 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 and Recovery 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 mechanism
- Use the Recovery Timeout Mechanism
- recreating the cluster using cxfs_admin scripts
- Recreating the Cluster Using cxfs_admin Scripts
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- What is CXFS?
- redirecting the console
- Redirecting the Console for Origin 300, Origin 350, Origin 3200C,
Onyx 300, Onyx 350, and Onyx 3200C
- reinitialize the database
- Cluster Configuration Tools
- rejoin the cluster
- forced CXFS shutdown
- Rejoining the Cluster after a Forced CXFS Shutdown
- Example of Rejoining the Cluster after a Forced CXFS Shutdown Using
cmgr
- normal CXFS shutdown
- Rejoining the Cluster after Stopping CXFS Services
- Example of Rejoining the Cluster after a Stopping CXFS Services
Using cmgr
- 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
- cmgr
- Relocate the Metadata Server for a Filesystem with cmgr
- 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 and Recovery Properly
- CXFS Relocation Capability
- relocation error
- Clients Cannot Join the Cluster After Relocation
- remove a cluster
- cmgr
- Delete a Cluster with cmgr
- cxfs_admin
- Delete a Cluster with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Delete a Cluster with the GUI
- remove a filesystem
- cmgr
- Delete a CXFS Filesystem with cmgr
- 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 from the cluster
- cmgr
- Modify a Cluster with cmgr
- GUI
- Add or Remove Nodes in the Cluster with the GUI
- remove a node from the pool
- cmgr
- Delete a Node with cmgr
- GUI
- Delete a Node with the GUI
- remove nic
- Define a Node with cmgr
- 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
- Hardware and Software Requirements for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- removing
- Disable Reset Capability If You Remove Reset Lines
- reset a database
- Clearing the Cluster Database
- reset a node
- cmgr
- Reseting a Node with cmgr
- GUI
- Reset a Node with the GUI
- reset capability and forced shutdown
- Reset Capability and a Forced CXFS Shutdown
- reset configurations
- System Reset Configuration
- reset lines
- Disable Reset Capability If You Remove Reset Lines
- reset methods
- System Reset
- reset race
- Avoid Split Clusters
- reset services daemon
- /etc/services on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- 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
- restarting CXFS
- Restarting the Entire Cluster
- restarting CXFS services
- Restarting CXFS Services
- Restarting CXFS Services
- restore
- Dump and Restore
- restrictions with CXFS filesystems
- CXFS Restrictions
- revoke CXFS kernel membership
- cmgr
- Revoke Membership of the Local Node with
cmgr
- 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_min
- rhelpd_max
- rhelpd_min
- RM610/660 and XVM failover V2
- TP9100, RM610/660, and Failover V2
- root filesystem and CXFS
- CXFS Restrictions
- rotating log files
- Log File Management
- RPC port mapper
- CXFS Port Usage
- S330 and failover V2
- TP9300, TP9500, TP9700, and S330 and Failover V2
- Samba
- Network Filesystems
- Samba Differences
- Samba and CXFS
- Samba fileserving network and private network
- Use a Private Network
- Samba serving
- Provide Enough Memory
- SAN
- documentation
- Initial Configuration Checklist
- use of
- What is CXFS?
- sar
- Performance Monitoring Tools
- saving changes
- Save the Current Configuration Before Making Changes
- scalability (64 bit0)
- Supported XFS Features
- script generation for cmgr
- Creating a cmgr Script Automatically
- script mode and cmgr
- Script Example
- scripts
- cmgr
- Using Script Files
- cxfs_admin
- Using Script Files
- pre/post-mount scripts
- CXFS Mount Scripts
- templates for cmgr
- Template 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 a User or Users
- Revoke Task Access from a User or Users
- serial connections
- cmgr
- Test Node Connectivity with cmgr
- GUI
- Test Node Connectivity with the GUI
- serial hardware reset
- See reset
- serial reset connection test
- System Reset Connection for Server-Capable Administration Nodes
- server-capable administration node
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- Define a Node with cmgr
- server-capable administration node numbers
- Use an Odd Number of Server-Capable Administration Nodes
- server-side licensing
- Server-Side Licensing Overview
- service cluster
- Manually Starting/Stopping CXFS
- service cxfs_client
- Manually Starting/Stopping CXFS
- service cxfs_cluster
- Manually Starting/Stopping CXFS
- services file
- /etc/services on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- services for CXFS
- stop
- System Reset Connection for Server-Capable Administration Nodes
- set commands
- Define a Node with cmgr
- set up a new cluster
- Set Up a New Cluster with the GUI
- SGI Foundation Software
- What is CXFS?
- What is CXFS?
- SGI Knowledgebase
- Using SGI Knowledgebase
- SGI ProPack
- What is CXFS?
- SGIAVT
- XVM Failover Version 2 Overview
- Changing SGIRDAC Mode to SGIAVT
Mode for SGI RAID
- SGIAVT mode
- TP9300, TP9500, TP9700, and S330 and Failover V2
- sgi-cad
- /etc/services on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- sgi-crsd
- /etc/services on Server-Capable Administration
Nodes
- SGIRDAC
- XVM Failover Version 2 Overview
- Changing SGIRDAC Mode to SGIAVT
Mode for SGI RAID
- shell use with cmgr
- Invoking a Shell from within cmgr
- shortcuts
- Shortcuts Using Command Buttons
- show a cluster
- cmgr
- Display a Cluster with cmgr
- cxfs_admin
- Display a Cluster with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Display a Cluster with the GUI
- show a node
- cmgr
- Display a Node with cmgr
- cxfs_admin
- Show Node Information with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Display a Node with the GUI
- show command (cmgr)
- Entering Subcommands on the Command Line
- show switches
- Show Switches with cxfs_admin
- Show Switches with cmgr
- shut down nodes unobtrusively
- Shut Down Nodes Unobtrusively
- shutdown
- Shutdown
- cluster database
- Cluster Database Shutdown
- forced CXFS cluster database
- Forced CXFS Shutdown: Revoke Membership of Local
Node
- normal CXFS
- cxfs_admin
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- Define a Node with cmgr
- GUI
- Stop CXFS Services with the GUI
- normal CXFS database
- Normal CXFS Shutdown: Stop CXFS Services or
Disable the Node
- restart and
- Restart CXFS on a Node after an Administrative CXFS Stop
- Rejoining the Cluster after a Forced CXFS Shutdown
- single filesystem view
- What is CXFS?
- single-system view
- What is CXFS?
- site-changeable system tunable parameters
- System Tunable Parameters
- size of the cluster
- Hardware and Software Requirements for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- SLES
- What is CXFS?
- sles-heartbeat_en
- Highly Available Services
- slice disk
- Shortcuts Using Command Buttons
- slow file access
- Slow Access to Files
- software mix
- Use the Correct Mix of Software Releases
- software requirements
- Hardware and Software Requirements for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- software upgrades
- Upgrade the Software Properly
- Solaris
- What is CXFS?
- space
- allocation
- Supported XFS Features
- speed
- Supported XFS Features
- split cluster
- Avoid Split Clusters
- split-brain syndrome
- See split cluster
- standby node
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- Use Relocation and Recovery Properly
- start
- CXFS processes
- Manually Starting/Stopping CXFS
- start command (cmgr)
- Entering Subcommands on the Command Line
- start CXFS
- Restart the Cluster In an Orderly Fashion
- start CXFS services
- Rejoining the Cluster after Stopping CXFS Services
- Example of Rejoining the Cluster after a Stopping CXFS Services
Using cmgr
- cmgr
- Start CXFS Services with cmgr
- cxfs_admin
- Enable a Node with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Start CXFS Services with the GUI
- static heartbeat monitoring
- Use the Appropriate CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Monitoring
- statistics for an XVM volume
- Performance Monitoring Tools
- status
- cluster
- CXFS GUI and Status
- node
- CXFS GUI and Status
- system controller
- Example of Monitoring Reset Lines Using cmgr
- system, overview
- Methods to View System Status
- stop command (cmgr)
- Entering Subcommands on the Command Line
- stop CXFS processes on Solaris
- Manually Starting/Stopping CXFS
- stop CXFS services
- cmgr
- Stop CXFS Services with cmgr
- Stop CXFS Services with cmgr
- 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
- 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
- subvolume creation
- Shortcuts Using Command Buttons
- summary of new features
- Summary of New Features from Previous Releases
- Supportfolio
- Using SGI Knowledgebase
- 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
- cmgr
- Define a Switch with cmgr
- cxfs_admin
- Create a Switch with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Define a Switch with the GUI
- display
- Show Switches with cxfs_admin
- Show Switches with cmgr
- QLogic
- QLogic Fibre Channel Switch
- query
- Query Switch Status with cmgr
- recommendations
- Hardware and Software Requirements for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- switch access problems
- CXFS Cannot Access the Switch
- switch definition
- GUI
- Define a Switch with the GUI
- switch deletion
- cmgr
- Delete a Switch Definition with cmgr
- cxfs_admin
- Delete a Switch Definition with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Delete a Switch Definition with the GUI
- switch modification
- cmgr
- Modify a Switch Definition with cmgr
- GUI
- Modify a Switch Definition with the GUI
- switch password
- Change the Brocade Password when Prompted
- switch port information
- cmgr
- Update Switch Port Information with cmgr
- GUI
- Update Switch Port Information with the GUI
- switch telnet port
- Keep the telnet Port Open on the Switch
- switch use
- Minimize the Number of Switches
- switchshow
- Solaris
- No HBA WWPNs are Detected
- sysadmd
- Other Commonly Used Administrative Commands
- sysadmdesktop
- Logging In
- sysctrl* commands
- Define a Node with cmgr
- SYSLOG
- Unmounting Filesystems
- File Menu
- SYSLOG errors
- System Log File Errors
- 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
- An Overview of Differences Between IRIX and Linux System Administration
- system capacity
- Use System Capacity Wisely
- system controller status
- Example of Monitoring Reset Lines Using cmgr
- system controller types
- Create or Modify a Node with cxfs_admin
- Define a Node with cmgr
- system hang
- System is Hung
- system log file
- File Menu
- system reset
- See reset
- system reset configurations
- System Reset Configuration
- system tunable parameters
- Set System Tunable Parameters Appropriately
- site-changeable dynamic
- Dynamic Parameters that are Site-Configurable
- site-changeable static
- Static Parameters that are Site-Configurable
- System V interfaces
- CXFS Features
- tasks
- Performing Tasks
- Tasks menu
- Tasks Menu
- TCP port
- CXFS Port Usage
- CXFS Port Usage
- TCP/IP network
- Node Types, Node Functions, and the Cluster Database
- TCP/IP network requirements
- Hardware and Software Requirements for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- telnet
- limit simultaneous sessions for Brocade
- Limiting telnet Sessions
- telnet and fencing
- QLogic Fibre Channel Switch
- telnet and I/O fencing
- I/O Fencing
- telnet port
- Keep the telnet Port Open on the Switch
- telnet port and I/O fencing
- I/O Fencing
- telnet session hung
- Brocade telnet Session is Hung
- template files
- Template Scripts
- temporary names
- Shortcuts Using Command Buttons
- term definitions
- Getting More Information
- terminology
- Cluster Environment Concepts
- test command (cmgr)
- Entering Subcommands on the Command Line
- test connectivity
- cmgr
- Test Node Connectivity with cmgr
- GUI
- Test Node Connectivity with the GUI
- Test Connectivity task
- Locate the Problem
- test the system
- Testing the System
- tgconfig
- Hardware and Software Requirements for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- threads
- Kernel Threads
- tiebreaker node
- CXFS Tiebreaker
- cmgr
- Set the Tiebreaker Node with cmgr
- cxfs_admin
- Create or Modify a Cluster with cxfs_admin
- GUI
- Set Tiebreaker Node with the GUI
- tiebreakers
- Use a Client-Only Tiebreaker
- tigon
- Hardware and Software Requirements for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- time synchronization
- Use a Time Synchronization Application
- tokens
- Avoid Performance Problems with Exclusive Write Tokens
- Flow of Metadata for Reads and Writes
- tools
- Configuration Commands
- TP9100 and XVM failover V2
- TP9100, RM610/660, and Failover V2
- TP9300 and failover V2
- TP9300, TP9500, TP9700, and S330 and Failover V2
- TP9300, TP9500, TP9700, and S330 and Failover V2
- TP9300, TP9500, TP9700, and S330 and Failover V2
- TP9500 and failover V2
- TP9300, TP9500, TP9700, and S330 and Failover V2
- TP9700 and failover V2
- TP9300, TP9500, TP9700, and S330 and Failover V2
- transaction rate
- Supported XFS Features
- transaction rates
- Network Filesystems
- transform an existing node into a client-only node
- Transforming a Server-Capable Administration Node into a Client-Only
Node
- tree view
- See view area
- troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting
- cad messages
- cad Log File Error Messages
- cannot access filesystem
- Cannot Access Filesystem
- cell ID count and “Membership delivered” messages
- Cell ID Count and Membership delivered Messages
- clconfd daemon death
- clconfd Daemon Death
- clconfd errors
- clconfd System Log File Error Messages
- clearing the database
- Clearing the Cluster Database
- cli errors
- cli System Log File Error Messages
- cli messages
- cli Log File Error Messages
- cluster configuration tools
- Cluster Configuration Tools
- cluster control tools
- Cluster Control Tools
- cluster daemon restart
- Stopping and Restarting Cluster Administration Daemons
- cluster database membership quorum stability
- Ensure Cluster Database Membership Quorum Stability
- cluster/node status tools
- Cluster/Node Status Tools
- cmond errors
- cmond System Log File Error Messages
- common problems
- Common Problems
- corrective actions
- Corrective Actions
- crsd errors
- crsd System Log File Error Messages
- crsd Log File Error Messages
- eliminating a residual cluster
- Eliminate a Residual Cluster
- exclusive write tokens
- Avoid Performance Problems with Exclusive Write Tokens
- fs2d errors
- fs2d System Log File Error Messages
- fs2d Log File Error Messages
- general messages
- General System Log File Messages
- GUI use
- Use CXFS Configuration Tools Appropriately
- GUI will not run
- GUI Will Not Run
- identify the cluster status
- Identify the Cluster Status
- IP address error
- IP Address Error
- kernel status tools
- lcrash Kernel Status Tools
- license key error
- License Key Error
- locate the problem
- Locate the Problem
- log file errors
- Log File Error Messages
- log files
- Log Files
- log files consume too much disk space
- Log Files Consume Too Much Disk Space
- lost CXFS membership
- Lost CXFS Membership
- messages
- Understanding Error Messages
- networking tools
- Networking Tools
- node is detected but never joins membership
- Node is Detected but Never Joins Membership
- normal messages
- Normal Messages
- out of logical swap space
- Out of Logical Swap Space
- performance monitoring tools
- Performance Monitoring Tools
- physical storage tools
- Physical Storage Tools
- reboot
- Rebooting
- reboot before changing node ID or cluster ID
- Reboot Before Changing Node ID or Cluster ID
- rebooting without rejoining the cluster
- Rebooting without Rejoining the Cluster
- recovering a two-node cluster
- Recovering a Cluster with Two Server-Capable Administration Nodes
- removing reset lines
- Disable Reset Capability If You Remove Reset Lines
- restart CXFS after a forced CXFS shutdown
- Restart CXFS on a Node after an Administrative CXFS Stop
- restarting CXFS services
- Restarting CXFS Services
- strategy
- Troubleshooting Strategy
- SYSLOG errors
- System Log File Errors
- system is hung
- System is Hung
- tools
- Know the Troubleshooting Tools
- unable to define a node
- Unable to Define a Node
- unwritten extent tracking
- Avoid Performance Problems with Unwritten Extent Tracking
- xfs_repair appropriate use
- Repair Filesystems with Care
- you cannot log in
- You Cannot Log In
- tunable parameters
- Set System Tunable Parameters Appropriately
- UDP port
- CXFS Port Usage
- UNKNOWN cluster status
- CXFS GUI and Status
- UNKNOWN node state
- CXFS GUI and Status
- unlabel disks
- Shortcuts Using Command Buttons
- unmount (forced)
- cmgr
- Define a CXFS Filesystem with cmgr
- GUI
- Unmount CXFS Filesystems with the GUI
- recommended
- Enable Forced Unmount When Appropriate
- unmount a filesystem
- cmgr
- Unmount a CXFS Filesystem with cmgr
- 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
- upgrading
- transform an existing node into a client-only node
- Transforming a Server-Capable Administration Node into a Client-Only
Node
- user jobs and server-capable administration nodes
- Do Not Run User Jobs on Server-Capable Administration Nodes
- user-space membership
- Membership
- /usr/cluster/bin/clconf_info
- Initial Setup with the cmgr Command
- validation tool
- Other Commonly Used Administrative Commands
- /var/adm/SYSLOG
- File Menu
- /var/cluster/clconfd-scripts directory
- CXFS Mount Scripts
- /var/cluster/cmgr-templates
- Template Scripts
- /var/cluster/ha/log/fs2d_log
- Identify the Cluster Status
- /var/cluster/ha/tmp/cmgr_create_cluster_clustername_processID
- Creating a cmgr Script Automatically
- /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
- 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
- volume creation
- Initial Setup with the cxfs_admin Command
- Shortcuts Using Command Buttons
- Initial Setup with the cmgr Command
- volume element detach
- Shortcuts Using Command Buttons
- volume header creation
- Initial Setup with the cxfs_admin Command
- Initial Setup with the cmgr Command
- volume management
- Volume Management with XVM
- volume manager
- Hardware and Software Requirements for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- 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
- Running the Web-based Version
- weight
- Define a Node with cmgr
- 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 nodes
- Samba Differences
- workstation client license key
- Server-Side Client License Keys
- 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 version 1 directory format
- Limitations and Considerations for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- xfs_fsr
- Supported XFS Features
- Defragment Filesystems with Care
- xfs_growfs
- Growing Filesystems
- 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
- Data Migration Facility (DMF)
- xpmem
- Avoid CXFS Kernel Heartbeat Issues on Large SGI Altix Systems
- XSDM
- Data Migration Facility (DMF)
- XVM
- Volume Management with XVM
- Physical Storage Tools
- Cluster Configuration Tools
- Cluster/Node Status Tools
- Performance Monitoring Tools
- Identify the Cluster Status
- Identify the Cluster Status
- logical volume creation
- Initial Setup with the cxfs_admin Command
- Initial Setup with the cmgr Command
- requirement
- Hardware and Software Requirements for Server-Capable
Administration Nodes
- XVM cluster mirror status error
- cxfslicense System Log File Error Message
- xvm dump
- Save the XVM Configuration
- XVM failover V2
- XVM Failover Version 2 Overview
- commands
- XVM Commands Related to Failover V2
- concepts
- XVM Failover Concepts
- examples
- Failover V2 Examples
- failover2.conf
- failover2.conf File Concepts
- RAID units
- RAID Units and XVM Failover V2
- TP9100, RM610/660, and
- TP9100, RM610/660, and Failover V2
- TP9300, TP9500, TP9700, and S330 and
- TP9300, TP9500, TP9700, and S330 and Failover V2
- 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 license
- Licensing Requirements
- 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 volume mapping to storage targets
- XVM Volume Mapping to Storage Targets
- XVM volumes
- Cluster Configuration Tools
- xvmgr
- Configuration Commands
- zoning
- Data Integrity Protection