Table Of Contents - Red Hat GFS 6.1 Administrator's Manual

Table of Contents

Introduction........................................................................................................................ i
1. Audience .............................................................................................................. i
2. Document Conventions........................................................................................ i
3. More to Come .................................................................................................... iv
3.1. Send in Your Feedback ....................................................................... iv
4. Activate Your Subscription ..................................................................................v
4.1. Provide a Red Hat Login.......................................................................v
4.2. Provide Your Subscription Number .................................................... vi
4.3. Connect Your System.......................................................................... vi
5. Recommended References................................................................................. vi
1. GFS Overview ................................................................................................................1
1.1. New and Changed Features...............................................................................1
1.2. Performance, Scalability, and Economy ...........................................................3
1.2.1. Superior Performance and Scalability ...............................................3
1.2.2. Performance, Scalability, Moderate Price..........................................4
1.2.3. Economy and Performance ................................................................5
1.3. GFS Functions ..................................................................................................6
1.4. GFS Software Subsystems................................................................................7
1.5. Before Setting Up GFS .....................................................................................9
2. System Requirements ..................................................................................................11
2.1. Platform Requirements ...................................................................................11
2.2. Red Hat Cluster Suite......................................................................................11
2.3. Fencing............................................................................................................12
2.4. Fibre Channel Storage Network......................................................................12
2.5. Fibre Channel Storage Devices.......................................................................12
2.6. Network Power Switches ................................................................................13
2.7. Console Access ...............................................................................................13
3. Installing GFS ..............................................................................................................15
3.1. Installing the Red Hat Cluster Suite Packages................................................15
3.1.1. Automatic RPM Installation ............................................................16
3.1.2. Custom RPM Installation.................................................................17
4. Getting Started .............................................................................................................27
4.1. Prerequisite Tasks ...........................................................................................27
4.2. Initial Setup Tasks...........................................................................................27
5. Managing GFS .............................................................................................................29
5.1. Making a File System .....................................................................................29
5.1.1. Usage................................................................................................29
5.1.2. Examples..........................................................................................30
5.1.3. Complete Options ............................................................................31
5.2. Mounting a File System ..................................................................................32
5.2.1. Usage................................................................................................32