Installing Red Hat Cluster Software; Configuring Red Hat Cluster Software - Red Hat CLUSTER SUITE FOR ENTERPRISE LINUX 5.1 Configuration Manual

Chapter 1. Red Hat Cluster Configuration and Management Overview
Other options are available for storage according to the type of storage interface; for example,
iSCSI or GNBD. A Fibre Channel switch can be configured to perform fencing.
• Storage — Some type of storage is required for a cluster. The type required depends on the
purpose of the cluster.
Figure 1.1. Red Hat Cluster Hardware Overview

1.2. Installing Red Hat Cluster software

To install Red Hat Cluster software, you must have entitlements for the software. If you are
using the Conga configuration GUI, you can let it install the cluster software. If you are using
other tools to configure the cluster, secure and install the software as you would with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux software.

1.3. Configuring Red Hat Cluster Software

Configuring Red Hat Cluster software consists of using configuration tools to specify the
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