Installing And Configuring Novell Cluster Services On Oes 2 Linux; System Requirements For Novell Cluster Services; Hardware Requirements - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP 2 - CLUSTER SERVICES 1.8.7 FOR LINUX Manual

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Installing and Configuring Novell

Cluster Services on OES 2 Linux

Novell

Cluster Services

Linux installation or afterwards on an existing OES 2 Linux server.

For information about upgrading a cluster server from OES 1 SP2 Linux to OES 2 Linux, see

Chapter 5, "Upgrading OES 1 Linux Clusters to OES 2 Linux," on page

For information about converting a cluster server from NetWare

see

Chapter 6, "Converting NetWare 6.5 Clusters to OES 2 Linux," on page

Section 3.1, "System Requirements for Novell Cluster Services," on page 27

Section 3.2, "Novell Cluster Services Licensing," on page 39

Section 3.3, "Extending the eDirectory Schema to Add Cluster Objects," on page 40

Section 3.4, "Assigning Install Rights for Container Administrators," on page 41

Section 3.5, "Installing Novell Cluster Services," on page 42

Section 3.6, "Configuring Novell Cluster Services," on page 46

Section 3.7, "Configuring Additional Administrators," on page 52

Section 3.8, "What's Next," on page 52

3.1 System Requirements for Novell Cluster

Services

Section 3.1.1, "Hardware Requirements," on page 27

Section 3.1.2, "Software Requirements," on page 28

Section 3.1.3, "Configuration Requirements," on page 34

Section 3.1.4, "Shared Disk System Requirements," on page 36

Section 3.1.5, "SAN Rules for LUN Masking," on page 38

Section 3.1.6, "Using Device Mapper Multipath with Novell Cluster Services," on page 38

The following hardware requirements for installing Novell Cluster Services represent the minimum

hardware configuration. Additional hardware might be necessary depending on how you intend to

use Novell Cluster Services.

A minimum of two Linux servers, and not more than 32 servers in a cluster

At least 512 MB of memory on each server in the cluster

One non-shared device on each server to be used for the operating system

At least one network card per server in the same IP subnet

can be installed during the Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) 2

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6.5 SP7 or later to OES 2 Linux,

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