Creating/Configuring Lustre File System - Chelsio Communications Chelsio T5 User Manual

Chapter XXII. Lustre File System

2. Creating/Configuring Lustre File System

Follow the steps mentioned below to create Lustre file system using Chelsio adapter:
i. Build kernel with Lustre support by following the procedure mentioned in
http://wiki.lustre.org/index.php/Building_and_Installing_Lustre_from_Source_Code
If you haven't done already, install Chelsio Unfied Wire package.
ii.
iii. Load the Network and iWARP driver as per requirement:
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To load Network driver in NIC mode:
[root@host]# modprobe cxgb4
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To load Network driver in TOE mode:
[root@host]# modprobe cxgb4
[root@host]# modprobe t4_tom
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To load iWARP driver
[root@host]# modprobe cxgb4
[root@host]# modprobe iw_cxgb4
[root@host]# modprobe rdma_ucm
Enable and assign IP address to Chelsio interface.
iv.
Edit modprobe.conf file with appropriate interface name
v.
options lnet networks=tcp0(ethX),tcp1(ethY)
options lnet networks=o2ib0(ethX),o2ib1(ethY) //For iWARP
where, ethX and ethY represent Chelsio interfaces.
Load the following Lustre modules:
vi.
[root@host]# modprobe lnet
[root@host]# modprobe lustre
Chelsio T5/T4 Unified Wire For Linux
//For NIC/TOE
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