Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP 2 - CLUSTER SERVICES 1.8.7 FOR LINUX Manual page 215

Feature or Capability
Mixed-node Linux and NetWare
clusters
SBD (split-brain detector)
Mirrored SBD
Shared disks
Cluster-aware shared devices
Requires Novell Storage
®
Services (NSS)
Disk format when using shared
NSS pools
Requires NCP TM (NetWare Core
Protocol TM )
Cluster Services for Linux
Supported only for rolling cluster
conversions from NetWare to
Linux.
NSS pools created on Linux
cannot fail over to NetWare
nodes.
In a mixed-cluster environment,
you cannot add storage to the
cluster or modify the existing
storage pools.
After adding a Linux node to a
NetWare cluster, it is no longer
possible to add new NetWare
nodes. Only Linux nodes can be
added.
Yes; during the install on the first
server in the cluster, or by using
the sbdutil after the install and
before adding a second node to
the cluster.
Yes; by using evmsgui after the
install and before adding a
second node to the cluster.
Fibre Channel SAN LUNs
iSCSI SAN LUNs
SCSI disks (shared external drive
arrays)
Yes; requires using the EVMS
Cluster Segment Manager to
provide cluster-awareness similar
to NetWare Media Manager.
Required only if you create NSS
pools as cluster resources.
NetWare Segment Manager
Requires NCP Server to be
installed if you create cluster
resources that use NCP, such as
NSS pools, NCP volumes, and
Dynamic Storage Technology
shadow volume pairs.
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Cluster Services for NetWare
Supported only for rolling cluster
conversions from NetWare to
Linux.
NSS pools created on NetWare
can fail over to Linux nodes.
Yes; during the install on the first
server in the cluster.
Yes; during the install on the first
server in the cluster.
Fibre Channel SAN LUNs
iSCSI SAN LUNs
SCSI disks (shared external drive
arrays)
Yes; provided by NetWare Media
Manager.
Yes; NSS is the default file
system on NetWare.
Novell Cluster Services is not
supported on NetWare traditional
volumes.
NetWare Segment Manager
Yes; NCP is the default file
access protocol on NetWare.