[Lustre-discuss] multiple NLI's/interfaces to listen on?

[Klaus Steden]

Hi Robert,

You'd need to adjust the lnet options line in /etc/modprobe.conf to force
Lustre to bind to all your NICs, I believe it binds to the first one
available unless instructed otherwise.

Try this:

-- cut --
options lnet networks="tcp0(eth1),tcp1(eth2),tcp3(eth3)"
-- cut --

which will serve up the Lustre volume on each of your interfaces via three
different LNET networks. You may be able to organize them all under a single
LNET network, but without the right routing in place, it gets very
complicated.

hth,
Klaus

On 8/25/08 5:23 AM, "Robert Hassing" <rhassing at factotum.nl>did etch on stone
tablets:

> Hi All,
> 
> Got this little problem wich is driving me nuts.
> 
> I have a small network with a combined Lustre MDT/MGS/OST server and 3
> clients
> 
> I am trying to let the server listen on 3 different NIC's in a seperate
> network.
> 
> e.g.:
> 
> eth1: 10.1.34.50
> eth2: 10.1.35.50
> eth3: 10.1.36.50
> 
> I want to connect each client directly to one of the interfaces but when
> trying that only eth1 works.
> 
> from dmesg:
> Lustre: Added LNI 10.1.34.51 at tcp [8/256]
> Lustre: Accept secure, port 988
> 
> it appears the server only is listening on eth1 and not the other NIC's
> Is there a possibility to let the other NIC's also listen so i can use them?
> 
> Kind regards
> Robert H