Front cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this redbook -- Become a published author -- Comments welcome -- Summary of changes -- December 2003, Third Edition -- Part 1 Fundamentals -- Chapter 1. Clustering concepts and general overview -- 1.1 What is a cluster -- 1.2 Cluster types -- 1.2.1 High availability -- 1.2.2 High performance computing -- 1.2.3 Horizontal scaling -- 1.3 Beowulf clusters -- 1.4 Linux, open source, and clusters -- 1.5 IBM Linux clusters -- 1.5.1 xSeries custom-order clusters -- 1.5.2 The IBM eServer Cluster 1350 -- 1.6 Cluster logical structure -- 1.6.1 Cluster node types and xSeries offerings -- 1.7 Other cluster hardware components -- 1.7.1 Networks -- 1.7.2 Storage -- 1.7.3 Terminal servers -- 1.7.4 Keyboard, video, and mouse switches -- 1.8 Cluster software -- Chapter 2. New Linux cluster offering from IBM: Cluster 1350 -- 2.1 Product overview -- 2.2 Hardware -- 2.2.1 Racks -- 2.2.2 Cluster nodes -- 2.2.3 Remote Supervisor Adapters -- 2.2.4 External storage -- 2.2.5 Networking -- 2.2.6 Terminal servers -- 2.2.7 Hardware console: Keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) -- 2.3 Software -- 2.3.1 Linux operating system -- 2.3.2 IBM Cluster Systems Management (CSM) for Linux -- 2.3.3 General Parallel File System for Linux -- 2.3.4 Other software considerations -- 2.4 Services -- 2.4.1 Installation planning services -- 2.4.2 On-site installation of the IBM eServer Cluster 1350 -- 2.4.3 Warranty service and support -- 2.4.4 Project support services -- 2.4.5 Installation and customization -- 2.4.6 Continuing support services -- 2.5 Summary -- Chapter 3. Introducing Cluster Systems Management for Linux -- 3.1 IBM Cluster Systems Management overview -- 3.2 CSM architecture -- 3.2.1 Resource Monitoring and Control subsystem -- 3.2.2 CSM components -- 3.2.3 Security in CSM.

3.3 CSM monitoring -- 3.3.1 How CSM monitors a system -- 3.3.2 Resource Managers -- 3.3.3 Predefined conditions -- 3.3.4 Responses -- 3.3.5 Associating conditions and responses -- 3.3.6 Creating new conditions and responses -- 3.4 CSM management components -- 3.4.1 Node and group management commands -- 3.4.2 Controlling the hardware -- 3.4.3 Using DSH to run commands remotely -- 3.4.4 Configuration File Manager (CFM) -- 3.5 CSM hardware requirements -- 3.5.1 Minimum hardware requirements -- 3.6 Software requirements to run CSM -- 3.6.1 IBM CSM software packages -- 3.6.2 Third party software components -- 3.7 Quick installation process overview -- 3.8 CSM futures -- 3.9 Summary -- Chapter 4. Introducing General Parallel File System for Linux -- 4.1 Introduction to GPFS -- 4.1.1 GPFS terms and definitions -- 4.1.2 What is new in GPFS for Linux Version 1.3 -- 4.1.3 GPFS advantages -- 4.2 GPFS architecture -- 4.2.1 GPFS components -- 4.2.2 GPFS Network Shared Disk considerations -- 4.2.3 GPFS global management functions -- 4.2.4 Disk storage used in GPFS -- 4.2.5 Data and metadata replication capability -- 4.2.6 GPFS and applications -- 4.2.7 Scenario and operation example -- 4.3 GPFS requirements -- 4.3.1 Hardware requirements -- 4.3.2 Software requirements -- 4.4 Summary -- Part 2 Implementation and administration -- Chapter 5. Cluster installation and configuration with CSM -- 5.1 Planning the installation -- 5.1.1 Before you begin -- 5.1.2 Develop a network plan -- 5.1.3 Develop a hardware resources plan -- 5.1.4 Develop a plan to update your hardware -- 5.1.5 Develop your security plan -- 5.1.6 Installation media -- 5.1.7 Documenting the cluster configuration -- 5.2 Configuring the management server -- 5.2.1 Red Hat Linux 7.3 installation -- 5.2.2 Install additional Red Hat Linux 7.3 packages -- 5.2.3 Install Red Hat Linux 7.3 updates.

5.2.4 NTP configuration -- 5.2.5 Fix syslogd -- 5.2.6 Domain Name System (DNS) configuration -- 5.2.7 Install Terminal Server -- 5.2.8 System Management hardware configuration -- 5.2.9 Configuring environment variables -- 5.2.10 Deciding which remote shell protocol to use -- 5.2.11 Installing the CSM core package -- 5.2.12 Running the CSM installms script -- 5.2.13 Install the license -- 5.2.14 Verify the CSM installation on the management node -- 5.3 CSM installation on compute and storage nodes -- 5.3.1 BIOS settings for compute and storage nodes -- 5.3.2 Preparing to run the definenode command -- 5.3.3 Running the definenode script -- 5.3.4 Verify that rpower works -- 5.3.5 Customize the KickStart template (optional) -- 5.3.6 Running the csmsetupks script -- 5.3.7 Running the installnode script -- 5.3.8 Verifying compute and storage node installation -- 5.3.9 Configuring NTP on your compute and storage nodes -- 5.4 Special considerations for storage node installation -- 5.5 Summary -- Chapter 6. Cluster management with CSM -- 6.1 Changing the nodes in your cluster -- 6.1.1 Replacing nodes -- 6.1.2 Adding new nodes using the full installation process -- 6.1.3 Adding new nodes using the CSM only installation process -- 6.1.4 Removing nodes -- 6.1.5 Changing host names of nodes -- 6.2 Remote controlling nodes -- 6.2.1 Power control -- 6.2.2 Console access -- 6.2.3 Node availability monitor -- 6.2.4 Hardware status and management -- 6.3 Node groups -- 6.4 Running commands on the nodes -- 6.4.1 Distributed shell (dsh) -- 6.4.2 Distributed command execution manager (DCEM) -- 6.5 Configuration File Manager (CFM) -- 6.6 Software maintenance system (SMS) -- 6.7 Event monitoring -- 6.7.1 RMC components -- 6.7.2 Activating condition responses -- 6.7.3 Deactivating condition responses -- 6.7.4 Creating your own conditions and responses -- 6.7.5 RMC audit log.

6.8 Backing up CSM -- 6.9 Uninstalling CSM -- Chapter 7. GPFS installation and configuration -- 7.1 Basic steps to install GPFS -- 7.2 GPFS planning -- 7.2.1 Network implementation -- 7.2.2 Documentation -- 7.3 Preparing the environment -- 7.3.1 Nodes preparation -- 7.3.2 Prerequisite software -- 7.3.3 Prepare kernel source file for GPFS and Myrinet adapter -- 7.3.4 Time synchronization -- 7.3.5 Setting the remote command environment -- 7.3.6 Myrinet adapter installation -- 7.3.7 Prepare external storage for GPFS -- 7.3.8 Setting PATH for the GPFS command -- 7.4 GPFS installation -- 7.4.1 Installing the source files -- 7.4.2 Building the GPFS open source portability layer -- 7.5 Creating the GPFS cluster -- 7.5.1 Creating the GPFS nodes descriptor file -- 7.5.2 Defining the GPFS cluster -- 7.6 Creating the GPFS nodeset -- 7.7 Starting GPFS -- 7.8 Disk definitions -- 7.8.1 GPFS nodeset with NSD network attached servers -- 7.8.2 GPFS nodeset with direct attached disks -- 7.9 Exporting a GPFS file system using NFS -- 7.10 GPFS shutdown -- 7.11 Summary -- Chapter 8. Managing the GPFS cluster -- 8.1 Adding and removing disks from GPFS -- 8.1.1 Adding a new disk to an existing GPFS file system -- 8.1.2 Deleting a disk in an active GPFS file system -- 8.1.3 Replacing a failing disk in an existing GPFS file system -- 8.2 Removing all GPFS file systems and configuration -- 8.3 Access Control Lists (ACLs) -- 8.4 GPFS logs and traces -- 8.4.1 GPFS logs -- 8.4.2 Trace facility -- 8.5 Troubleshooting: Some possible GPFS problems -- 8.5.1 Authorization problems -- 8.5.2 Connectivity problems -- 8.5.3 NSD disk problems -- 8.6 Gather information before contacting Support Center -- Chapter 9. Migrating xCat clusters to CSM -- 9.1 xCAT overview -- 9.2 Migrating xCAT clusters to CSM -- 9.2.1 Using xcat2csm -- 9.2.2 Edit the generated files.

9.2.3 Importing the files into CSM -- 9.3 xCAT and CSM co-existence -- Part 3 Appendixes -- Appendix A. SRC and RSCT -- SRC and RSCT components overview -- System Resource Controller (SRC) -- Subsystem components -- Reliable Scalable Cluster Technology (RSCT) -- Topology Services subsystem -- Group Services (GS) subsystem -- Appendix B. Common facilities -- DNS server -- Package description -- DNS installation -- DNS configuration -- Starting the DNS server -- Testing the DNS server -- BIND logging -- Other features -- OpenSSH -- Package description -- OpenSSH authentication methods -- Update the file /etc/hosts -- Key generation for the root user -- Generation of authorized_keys file -- Distribution of the authorized_keys file to the other nodes -- Ensuring all nodes know each other -- Verification of the SSH configuration -- Additional information and trouble shooting -- Appendix C. Migrating to GPFS 1.3 from earlier versions -- Migration steps -- Appendix D. Planning worksheets -- CSM planning worksheets -- Management node TCP/IP attributes worksheets -- Compute node TCP/IP attributes worksheet -- Node attributes worksheets -- GPFS Planning worksheets -- File system descriptions -- Network File Shared descriptions -- Glossary -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Related publications -- IBM Redbooks -- Other publications -- Online resources -- How to get IBM Redbooks -- Help from IBM -- Index -- Back cover.