Quantum 3.5 manual Etc/hosts file

Table 8 File System Hardware Requirements

LAN Requirements

		Chapter 2 Installing StorNext File System
		Getting Ready to Install
File Systems	RAM	Disk Space
1–4*	2 GB	2 GB
5–8**	4 GB	4 GB

*Two CPUs recommended for best performance.

**Two CPUs required for best performance.

The following LAN requirements must be met before installing StorNext on the MDC:

•In cases where gigabit networking hardware is used and maximum StorNext performance is required, a separate, dedicated switched Ethernet LAN is recommended for the StorNext metadata network. If maximum StorNext performance is not required, shared gigabit networking is acceptable.

•A separate, dedicated switched Ethernet LAN is mandatory for the metadata network if 100 Mbit/s or slower networking hardware is used.

•The MDC and all clients must have static IP addresses.

Verify network connectivity with pings, and also verify entries in the

/etc/hosts file.

•If using Gigabit Ethernet, disable jumbo frames and TOE (TCP offload engine).

Note: StorNext does not support file system metadata on the same network as iSCSI, NFS, CIFS, or VLAN data when 100 Mbit/s or slower networking hardware is used.

Getting Ready to Install

Before installing StorNext SNFS, complete the following tasks to ensure successful installation:

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