On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 09:57 +0000, Bjorn Nuyttens wrote: > This seems to be a common problem when working with multihomed systems. A > short > description of the situation: > - Lustre 1.4.7.3 (2.6.9-42.0.2.EL_lustre.1.4.7.3smp) > - 5 machines named helios160 trough helios164 > each with two NICs (networks 10.10.3. and 172.16.0.) > - 4 OSTs: helios160-163 > 1 MDS: helios164 > 5 clients: helios160-164 > - options lnet networks="tcp0" in /etc/modprobe.conf > > > The OSTs start using lconf but it "binds" to the wrong interface. It should > bind > to the 172.16.0. interface in stead of the 10.10.3. interface. I have been > playing around with the lnet options but lnet does not bind on the other NIC. > So > the question is, how to configure lnet to use the other interface?
Section 5.1 of the manual (at https://mail.clusterfs.com/wikis/lustre/LustreDocumentation) covers multi-homed networks pretty well. Specifically you need to look at the ip2nets or networks lnet options. b. _______________________________________________ Lustre-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.clusterfs.com/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss
