There's someone here pushing for the cnames to apparently keep away from per-client configs; I figure that if we go changing IP addresses we've got a bear to deal with anyway. (And we'll be renumbering later this summer when we move our machine room to a new building -- lustre client mounts will be the least of our concerns...)
On Jun 3, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Kevin Van Maren wrote: > So put the Lustre server entries in /etc/hosts > > It works, as long as the cname provides the right interface for > Lustre. Lustre keeps the IP addresses internally, so the IP address > cannot be changed without also modifying the Lustre config -- must > match the NIDs used when formatting the filesystem. > > Kevin > > > Robert Olson wrote: >> OK, thanks. I'm not entirely sure I want my fs mounts to rely on >> DNS tho... >> >> --bob >> >> On Jun 2, 2009, at 4:51 PM, Klaus Steden wrote: >> >> >>> I believe so ... I was using host names with Lustre 1.6.2 and had >>> no issues. >>> Just make sure DNS/name resolution is working properly and >>> consistently. >>> >>> Klaus >>> >>> On 6/2/09 9:04 AM, "Robert Olson" <[email protected]> etched on >>> stone >>> tablets: >>> >>> >>>> I'm curious if it's possible / wise to configure client mounts to >>>> use >>>> a cname instead of an IP address (server-cname....@tcp:/fsname). >>>> >>>> thanks, >>>> --bob >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Lustre-discuss mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss >>>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Lustre-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss >> > _______________________________________________ Lustre-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss
