Novell Cluster Services Licensing - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP 2 - CLUSTER SERVICES 1.8.7 FOR LINUX Manual

For OES 2 SP2 and later, or if you have installed the latest kernel and qla-driver, use the following
setting in the
/etc/modprobe.conf.local
options qla2xxx qlport_down_retry=2
Settings for the multipath.conf File
Use the following settings for the device settings in the
failback "immediate"
no_path_retry fail
The value is the same as a setting value of 0.
fail
For example:
defaults
{
polling_interval
# no_path_retry
user_friendly_names
features 0
}
devices {
device {
vendor "DGC"
product ".*"
product_blacklist "LUNZ"
path_grouping_policy "group_by_prio"
path_checker "emc_clariion"
features "0"
hardware_handler "1 emc"
prio "emc"
failback "immediate"
no_path_retry fail
values sets the HBAs for Blocked I/O mode
}
}
Settings for a QLogic HBA BIOS
For the QLogic HBA BIOS, the defaults for the Port Down Retry and Link Down Retry values are
45 seconds, so it will take about 50 seconds after a fault occurs before I/O resumes on the remaining
HBAs. Change these settings from 45 seconds to 5 seconds in the HBA BIOS. For example:
Port Down Retry=5
Link Down Retry=5

3.2 Novell Cluster Services Licensing

Novell Cluster Services supports up to 32 nodes in a single cluster. Novell Open Enterprise Server 2
customers receive a Novell Cluster Services entitlement that covers an unlimited number of two-
node clusters. Customers who want to add nodes to any cluster can purchase a paper license for
them for an additional fee. For information, see the
Server How-to-Buy Web site (http://www.novell.com/products/openenterpriseserver/ncs/
howtobuy.html).
file:
/etc/multipath.conf
1
0
yes
#Set MP for failed I/O mode, any other non-zero
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