Configuring Cifs With Novell Cluster Services For An Nss File System; Benefits Of Configuring Cifs For High Availability; Cluster Terminology - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP2 - ADMINISTRATION Manual

Configuring CIFS with Novell
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Novell Cluster Services
availability, scalability, and security for your network while reducing administrative costs associated
with managing client workstations.
This section describes how to set up Novell CIFS in a cluster so that Windows and Linux computers
can use CIFS to access shared cluster resources on the network even when there is a server failure.
Section 8.1, "Benefits of Configuring CIFS for High Availability," on page 55
Section 8.2, "Cluster Terminology," on page 55
Section 8.3, "CIFS and Cluster Services," on page 56
Section 8.4, "Configuring CIFS in a Cluster," on page 58
Section 8.5, "What's Next," on page 61
8.1 Benefits of Configuring CIFS for High
Availability
With the OES 2 Linux cluster configured with CIFS protocols, users receive the following benefits
of a clustered environment:
Novell Cluster Services and Novell Storage Services
combine with Novell CIFS to facilitate highly available CIFS access for users.
Enabling and disabling CIFS for shared NSS pools has a single point of administration through
the browser-based Novell iManager pool configuration or the console-based NSSMU
monitoring GUI.
The cluster-enabled CIFS share is automatically mounted and dismounted when the shared
NSS pool's cluster resource is brought online and offline.
The CIFS sessions of the users continue without interruption when the shared NSS pool is
migrated or failed over to a different node in the cluster.

8.2 Cluster Terminology

The following terminology is used in this section when discussing the cluster environment:
Active node: The cluster server that currently owns the cluster resource and responds to
network requests made to shared volumes on that resource.
Passive node: The cluster server that does not currently own the cluster resources but is
available if the resource fails over or is migrated to it.
Active/Passive clustering: The cluster includes active nodes and passive nodes. The passive
nodes are used if an active node fails.
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