Chapter 2.
System Requirements
This chapter describes the system requirements for Red Hat GFS with Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 and consists of the following sections:
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Section 1, "Platform Requirements"
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Section 2, "Red Hat Cluster Suite"
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Section 3, "Fencing"
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Section 4, "Fibre Channel Storage Network"
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Section 5, "Fibre Channel Storage Devices"
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Section 6, "Network Power Switches"
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Section 7, "Console Access"
1. Platform Requirements
Table 2.1, "Platform Requirements"
Operating System
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, ES, or
WS, Version 4 or later
Table 2.1. Platform Requirements
2. Red Hat Cluster Suite
Red Hat GFS runs with Red Hat Cluster Suite 4.0 or later. The Red Hat Cluster Suite software
must be installed on the cluster nodes before you can install and run Red Hat GFS.
Note
Red Hat Cluster Suite 4.0 and later provides the infrastructure for application
failover in the cluster and network communication among GFS nodes (and other
Red Hat Cluster Suite nodes).
3. Fencing
shows the platform requirements for GFS.
Hardware Architecture
ia64, x86-64, x86
SMP supported
RAM
256 MB, minimum
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