Cluster Protocol Properties - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Membership
Timeout

Cluster Protocol Properties

Novell Cluster Services Overview and Installation
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The Quorum Membership is the number of nodes that must be running in the
cluster before resources will start to load. When you first bring up servers in
your cluster, Novell Cluster Services reads the number specified in the
Membership field and waits until that number of servers is up and running in
the cluster before it starts loading resources.
Set the Membership value to a number greater than 1 so that all resources
don't automatically load on the first server that is brought up in the cluster. For
example, if you set the Membership value to 4, there must be four servers up
in the cluster before any resource will load and start.
Timeout specifies the amount of time to wait for the number of servers defined
in the Membership field to be up and running. If the timeout period elapses
before the quorum membership reaches its specified number, resources will
automatically start loading on the servers that are currently up and running in
the cluster. For example, if you specify a Membership value of 4 and a timeout
value equal to 30 seconds, and after 30 seconds only two servers are up and
running in the cluster, resources will begin to load on the two servers that are
up and running in the cluster.
You can use the Cluster Protocol property pages to view or edit the transmit
frequency and tolerance settings for all nodes in the cluster, including the
master node. The master node is generally the first node brought online in the
cluster, but if that node fails, any of the other nodes in the cluster can become
the master.
Using ConsoleOne
Right-click the Cluster object.
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Click Properties.
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On the Cluster Object property page, select the Protocol tab.
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This tab has two pages: Settings and Internals. The Internals page lets you
view the script used to configure the cluster protocol settings, but not
change it. Use the Settings page to make changes to cluster protocol
properties.