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Stage 2: configuring a quickcluster, Stage 3: adding service nodes to a cluster – Apple Qmaster 3 User Manual

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Stage 2:

Configuring a QuickCluster

Use the Apple Qmaster pane of System Preferences to configure the cluster controller
and service node computers.

To configure the cluster controller and service node computers

1

Open System Preferences.

2

Click the Apple Qmaster button, located in the Other section.

The Apple Qmaster pane appears.

3

If the pane is locked, unlock it by clicking the padlock in the lower-left corner to enter
the administrator name and password.

4

Click Start Sharing.

This creates a QuickCluster with this computer as its controller, and an instance of
processing services for each processor on the computer. For information about multiple
service instances, see

Using Virtual Clusters to Make the Most of Multiprocessor Computers

.

Stage 3:

Adding Service Nodes to a Cluster

Do the following on each computer that you would like to make a service node on your
cluster.

To add a service node to a cluster

1

Open System Preferences.

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