PRIMECLUSTER Installation and Administration Guide 4.2 (Linux for Itanium)

5.1.1 Setting Up CF and CIP

Set up Cluster Foundation (CF) and CIP using the CF Wizard of Cluster Admin. Enter the information described in the table below. The worksheet for the CF and CIP setup is the "Cluster Configuration Worksheet." For details on the setting, see "2.1.4 Example of creating a cluster" in the "PRIMECLUSTER Cluster Foundation (CF) Configuration and Administration Guide."

Setup item	Description	Described in worksheet
Cluster name	Define the name of the cluster systems. Use up to 31 printable ASCII characters (except space, line feed, and tab characters) for each name. Cluster names are always processed as uppercase characters.	"Cluster name"
Cluster nodes	Select the nodes that will construct a cluster system.	"Node name (uname-n)" for "Node 1", "Node 2", "Node 3" and "Node 4"
CF node names	Set the names of the nodes that construct the cluster. Use up to 11 printable ASCII characters (except space, line feed, and tab characters) for each node name. Upper-case characters cannot be used as a CF node name. In the setup screen, the same names as the "Cluster nodes" above are displayed by default.	"CF node name" for "Node 1", "Node 2", "Node 3" and "Node 4"
Cluster interconnects	In each node of the cluster, determine the network interface to be used in CF inter-node communication. A representative network interface is the Ethernet device. Set the network interfaces to be used for CF inter-node communication so that they are activated when the system is started. However, IP addresses must not be assigned to the interfaces.	"Path 0 NIC name" and "Path 1 NIC name" for "Node 1", "Node 2", "Node 3" and "Node 4"
IP interconnects	Optional. This setup allows you to operate CF over IP.	"IP interconnect setup"
CIP subnets	Set the following items, and set the IP address used by CF: CIP subnet count Host suffix Subnet number Subnet mask	"Number of subnets," "Subnet IP," and "Net mask" for "CIP"
Usage confirmation of CF remote services	Check whether the following functions are to be enabled: Remote file copy (cfcp) Remote command execution (cfsh) With the default settings, these services are "Not selected." To use RMS, you need to select at least one function.	"CF remote service usage"
Cluster Integrity Monitor (CIM) configuration	Set the nodes to be monitored by CIM.	"Node in CF quorum set" for "Node 1", "Node 2", "Node 3" and "Node 4"

• The cluster node name will be automatically used for the CF node name. The name string must consist of eleven characters or less. Change it if necessary.

• If you enable any one of the CF remote services, do not connect the following systems in the same cluster interconnect:

  • Systems that have a security problem

  • Systems in which cluster interconnects are not secured

• Hereinafter, the CF remote services (CFCP and CFSH) must be enabled. To enable the CFCP and CFSH, add the following definition to the "/etc/default/cluster.config" file before configuring the CF.

  CFCP    "cfcp"
  CFSH    "cfsh"

• If the CF and CIP configuration fails, check the following:

  • The cluster interconnect is connected.

  • The network interface that is used for the cluster interconnect is activated.

  • An IP address is configured for the network interface.

For information on the corrective action to be applied when the setting of the cluster interconnect fails, see "9 Diagnostics and Troubleshooting" in the "PRIMECLUSTER Cluster Foundation (CF) Configuration and Administration Guide. "

After the CF setup is completed, the "SF Wizard Startup Check" pop-up window is displayed. Click the No button. Set up the SF according to the instructions in "Setting Up the Shutdown Facility."