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Changing the system parameters

7–6

Networks/InfiniBand Interconnect Parameters

Configure an
InfiniBand
Interconnect

Yes

1.

Unmount the file systems on all client nodes.

2.

Log in to the administration server and stop the file systems by

entering the

stop filesystem filesystem_name

command

for each file system.

3.

Enter the

show filesystem

command and verify that all MDS

and OST services used by the file systems are stopped.

4.

Run the

configure system

command to change the parameter

value (see Section 7.2).

5.

Run the

configure server

command for all servers (see

Section 7.3).

6.

Start the file systems.

7.

When the file systems restart, the client nodes can remount the file

systems. If a client node fails to remount a file system, reboot the

client node.

Add IB Interface

Yes

See Section 7.7.

Delete IB Interface

Yes

See Section 7.8.

Type of network

No

N/A

InfiniBand
Interconnect Start
IP

Yes

This procedure describes how to change the

Start IP

address on

an InfiniBand interconnect.
Note that you can also change the IP address on individual servers.

For information on how to make this change, see Section 7.5.

1.

Unmount the file systems on all client nodes.

2.

Log in to the administration server and stop the file systems by

entering the

stop filesystem filesystem_name

command

for each file system.

3.

Enter the

show filesystem

command and verify that all MDS

and OST services used by the file systems are stopped.

4.

Run the

configure system

command to change the parameter

value (see Section 7.2).

5.

Run the

configure server

command for all servers (see

Section 7.3).

6.

Start the file systems.

7.

When the file systems restart, the client nodes can remount the file

systems. If a client node fails to remount a file system, reboot the

client node.

InfiniBand
Interconnect
Netmask

Yes

1.

Run the

configure system

command to change the parameter

value (see Section 7.2).

2.

Run the

configure server

command for all servers (see

Section 7.3).

InfiniBand
Interconnect MTU

Yes

1.

Run the

configure system

command to change the parameter

value (see Section 7.2).

2.

Run the

configure server

command for all servers (see

Section 7.3).

InfiniBand
Interconnect
Partition Key

Yes

1.

Run the

configure system

command to change the parameter

value (see Section 7.2).

2.

Run the

configure server

command for all servers (see

Section 7.3).

InfiniBand
Interconnect Device

No

N/A

Table 7-1

Procedures for changing parameters

Parameter

Can be

Changed?

Procedure for Changing