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Installing and Configuring Novell
Cluster Services on OES 2 Linux
Novell
®
Cluster Services
TM
can be installed during the Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) 2
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 55
.
For information about converting a cluster server from NetWare
®
6.5 SP7 or later to OES 2 Linux,
see
Chapter 6, “Converting NetWare 6.5 Clusters to OES 2 Linux,” on page 59
.
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
3.1.1 Hardware Requirements
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
