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IBM General Parallel File System for AIX: Concepts, Planning, and Installation Guide


Nodeset configuration considerations

Before you configure your GPFS nodeset, insure you have tuned your system (see Tuning your SP system for GPFS and Tuning your HACMP cluster for GPFS).

Configuration involves defining the nodes to be included in the GPFS nodeset and specifying how they will operate. Your GPFS nodeset is configured by issuing the mmconfig command. Table 2 details the configuration options specified on the mmconfig command, which options can be changed later with the mmchconfig command, and what the default values are.

Table 2. GPFS configuration options

mmconfig mmchconfig default value
Nodes in your GPFS nodeset X To add or delete nodes at a later time use mmaddnode or mmdelnode respectively In an SP environment, all of the nodes in the SDR.

In an HACMP environment, all nodes in the GPFS cluster

Use designation of each node X X All nodes are included in the pool from which the File System Manager is chosen
Nodeset identifier X This cannot be changed once it is set An integer value beginning with one and increasing sequentially
Starting GPFS automatically X X no
Path for the storage of dumps X X /tmp/mmfs

X X TCP/IP
Quorum X X no
pagepool X X 20M
maxFilesToCache X X 1000
maxStatCache Default value initially used X 4 x maxFilesToCache
Maximum file system block size allowed Default value initially used X 256K
(EVENTIM)
X 86400000
(SESFAIL)
X 0
(MNTIME)
X 60

Notes:

  1. X - indicates the option is available on the command

  2. an empty cell - indicates the option is not available on the command


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