Lustre: Installation of lustre 2.1 whamcloud
Prerequisite
- Vanilla centos 6.2 installation.
- SSH keys setup between hosts and consistent users
- SElinuux disabled
Grab all the packages
Downloaded from two areas:
- http://downloads.whamcloud.com/public/lustre/latest-maintenance-release/el6/client/RPMS/x86_64/
- http://downloads.whamcloud.com/public/lustre/latest-maintenance-release/el6/server/RPMS/x86_64/
Install Lustre Patched Kernel
Install the following packages:
kernelkernel-firmware
Install these RPMs with yum localinstall ./kernel*
[root@rhel6_vanilla ~]# yum localinstall ./kernel*
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, security
Setting up Local Package Process
Examining ./kernel-2.6.32-220.el6_lustre.x86_64.rpm: kernel-2.6.32-220.el6_lustre.x86_64
Marking ./kernel-2.6.32-220.el6_lustre.x86_64.rpm as an update to kernel-2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64
base | 3.7 kB 00:00
base/primary_db | 4.5 MB 00:02
extras | 3.5 kB 00:00
extras/primary_db | 6.3 kB 00:00
updates | 3.5 kB 00:00
updates/primary_db | 1.2 MB 00:00
Examining ./kernel-firmware-2.6.32-220.el6_lustre.x86_64.rpm: kernel-firmware-2.6.32-220.el6_lustre.x86_64
Marking ./kernel-firmware-2.6.32-220.el6_lustre.x86_64.rpm as an update to kernel-firmware-2.6.32-220.el6.noarch
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kernel.x86_64 0:2.6.32-220.el6_lustre will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-firmware >= 2.6.32-220.el6_lustre for package: kernel-2.6.32-220.el6_lustre.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kernel-firmware.noarch 0:2.6.32-220.el6 will be updated
---> Package kernel-firmware.noarch 0:2.6.32-220.4.1.el6 will be an update
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
kernel x86_64 2.6.32-220.el6_lustre /kernel-2.6.32-220.el6_lustre.x86_64 112 M
Updating for dependencies:
kernel-firmware noarch 2.6.32-220.4.1.el6 updates 6.2 M
Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package(s)
Upgrade 1 Package(s)
Total size: 118 M
Total download size: 6.2 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-220.4.1.el6.noarch.rpm | 6.2 MB 00:01
warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 RSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID c105b9de: NOKEY
Retrieving key from file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6
Importing GPG key 0xC105B9DE:
Userid : CentOS-6 Key (CentOS 6 Official Signing Key) <centos-6-key@centos.org>
Package: centos-release-6-2.el6.centos.7.x86_64 (@anaconda-CentOS-201112102333.x86_64/6.2)
From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Updating : kernel-firmware-2.6.32-220.4.1.el6.noarch 1/3
Installing : kernel-2.6.32-220.el6_lustre.x86_64 2/3
Cleanup : kernel-firmware-2.6.32-220.el6.noarch 3/3
Installed:
kernel.x86_64 0:2.6.32-220.el6_lustre
Dependency Updated:
kernel-firmware.noarch 0:2.6.32-220.4.1.el6
Complete!