Lustre install for Unit.tv

Preparation

Nodes

IML:

1. CentOS 6.6
2. Cobbler
   1. let kickstart file to only install system on first partition
3. IML

MDS

1. CentOS 6.6
2. RAID:
   1. small partition for MGS
   2. large partition for MDT

OSS:

1. CentOS 6.6
2. RAID:
   1. 2 RAID arays: r6

Network

1. management netowrk
   1. PXE network: 172.28.11.xx
   2. IPMI network: 172.28.12.xx
2. IB network (private)
   1. IP: 192.168.0.x
3. ETH Network (private)
   1. IP: 192.168.1.x
4. Switch
   1. enable ETH license
5. Cards
   1. first port IB, second port eth

• IML
  • IP: 172.28.0.114

Hardware

• Network
  • all IB card should be set to port1 -> IB, port2 -> ETH
  • some port on IB switch should be ETH
• for every pair of JBOD, connect network cable directly to each other

Installation Steps

1. Set up IML
   1. install and configure IML with the latest RPMs
      1. change the eht0 ip to 172.28.11.1
   2. install cobbler
2. deploy all other nodes using cobbler
3. deploy IEEL on all other nodes