Installing Suse Linux 8 Or 8.1; Update The Configuration Files - IBM Cluster 1350 Installation And Service

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Update the configuration files

Now that the Management Node can communicate with other devices in the

cluster take the following steps:

1. Update /etc/modules.conf with the following lines:

alias eth0 e1000

alias eth1 e1000

alias eth2 e1000

2. Edit or create the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 file and make sure

it contains the following directives:

DEVICE=eth1

BOOTPROTO=static

IPADDR=172.30.0.1

NETMASK=255.255.0.0

ONBOOT=yes

3. Edit or create the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth2 file and customize

it with site specific network information. It should contain the same directives

as ifcfg-eth1.

4. Edit the /etc/sysconfig/network file. As a minimum, it should contain the

following directives:

NETWORKING=yes

HOSTNAME=mgtnode.cluster.com

GATEWAY=(site specific gateway IP--default route)

GATEWAYDEV=eth2

5. Update the /etc/resolv.conf file with the following lines:

search clusters.com (any other site specific domains)

nameserver 172.20.0.1

6. Populate the /var/named directory using the named files found on the diskette

shipped with the Cluster 1350.

7. Copy over the downloaded /etc/named.conf and /etc/hosts files.

8. Edit the /etc/named.conf file and add any site specific nameservers to the

forwarders section. For example:

options {

directory "/var/named';

forwarders {

};

forward only;

9. Edit the /etc/sysconfig/dhcpd file. Change the DHCPDARGS directive to the

following:

DHCPDARGS="eth0 eth1"

10. Enable the named, dhcpd, and NFS services by issuing the following

commands:

# chkconfig named on

# chkconfig dhcpd on

# chkconfig nfs on

11. Remove kudzu by issuing the following command:

# chkconfig – — del kudzu

12. Reboot the Management Node by issuing the following command:

shutdown -r now