Introduction; About This Guide; Audience; Software Versions - Red Hat GNBD WITH GLOBAL FILE SYSTEM 5.2 Configuration And Administration Manual

Introduction

1. About This Guide

This book describes how to use Global Network Block Device (GNDB) with Global File System
(GFS), including information about device-mapper multipath, GNDB driver and command
usage, and running GFS on a GNBD server node.

2. Audience

This book is intended to be used by system administrators managing systems running the Linux
operating system. It requires familiarity with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and GFS file system
administration.

3. Software Versions

Software
RHEL5
GFS
Table 1. Software Versions

4. Related Documentation

For more information about using Red Hat Enterprise Linux, refer to the following resources:
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Guide — Provides information regarding installation of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Deployment Guide — Provides information regarding the
deployment, configuration and administration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
For more information about Red Hat Cluster Suite for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, refer to the
following resources:
• Red Hat Cluster Suite Overview — Provides a high level overview of the Red Hat Cluster
Suite.
• Configuring and Managing a Red Hat Cluster — Provides information about installing,
configuring and managing Red Hat Cluster components.
• LVM Administrator's Guide: Configuration and Administration — Provides a description of the
Description
refers to RHEL5 and higher
refers to GFS for RHEL5 and higher
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