[Lustre-discuss] Client Mount Error Messages

[Daniel Kobras]

Hi!

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 12:00:05PM -0500, CHU, STEPHEN H (ATTSI) wrote:
> I have a question regarding a few error messages presented after a client has
> mounted the File System. The FS mounted ok and is useable but the
> LusterErrors do not look normal. The client does not have IB connectivity to
> the MDS/OSS but uses "tcpX" to access the MDSs/OSSs. MDSs and OSSs are
> inter-connected with IB. The following are the configurations:
>
> MDS1:
(...)
> ·        MGS/MDS Parameters: lov.stripesize=25M lov.stripecount=1
>           failover.node=10.103.34.202 at o2ib,10.103.34.102 at o2ib1

failover.nodes tells the clients where to connect when the primary server is
unavailable. You need to list all NIDs of the failover node, or your 10GE-only
nodes won't be able to connect. The Lustre manual has a section on "Changing
the Address of a Failover Node" that might help you along.

Regards,

Daniel.