2 – InfiniPath Cluster Administration Configuration and Startup

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If you are using DHCP (dynamic host configuration protocol), add the following lines to ifcfg-eth2:

#QLogic Interconnect Ethernet DEVICE=eth2

ONBOOT=yes

BOOTPROTO=dhcp

If you are using static IP addresses, use the following lines instead, substituting your own IP address for the sample one given here.The normal matching netmask is shown.

#QLogic Interconnect Ethernet DEVICE=eth2 BOOTPROTO=static

ONBOOT=YES

IPADDR=192.168.5.101 #Substitute your IP address here NETMASK="255.255.255.0"#Normal matching netmask TYPE=Ethernet

This will cause the ipath_ether Ethernet driver to be loaded and configured during system startup. To check your configuration, and make the ipath_ether Ethernet driver available immediately, use the command (as root):

# /sbin/ifup eth2

4.Check whether the Ethernet driver has been loaded with: $ lsmod grep ipath_ether

5.Verify that the driver is up with: $ ifconfig -a

2.4.6.2

ipath_ether Configuration on SUSE 9.3, SLES 9, and SLES 10

These configuration steps will cause the ipath_ether network interfaces to be automatically configured when you next reboot the system. These instructions are for the SUSE 9.3, SLES 9 and SLES 10 distributions.

Typically on servers there are two Ethernet devices present, numbered as 0 (eth0) and 1 (eth1). This example assumes we create a third device, eth2.

NOTE: When multiple InfiniPath chips are present, the configuration for eth3, eth4, and so on follow the same format as for adding eth2 in the examples below. Similarly , in step 2, add one to the unit number, so replace .../00/guid with /01/guid for the second InfiniPath interface, and so on.

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