[Lustre-discuss] lnet & client client access

[Andreas Dilger]

On 2009-11-05, at 16:34, Piotr Wadas wrote:
> I've read a chapters about lnet module options, and kerberos-related
> notes in lustre 1.8 manual.
>
> Actually, if I define
>
> --
> options lnet networks=tcp0
> --
>
> instead of
>
> --
> options lnet networks=tcp0(eth0)
> --
>
> does it mean any client computer available via tcp0 (any physical
> interface), will be able to mount lustre filesystem ?

If the interface isn't specified it will default to tcp0(eth0).

> Regarding documentation, kerberos support seems to be an  
> experimental feature,
> with 1.8.1 / 1.8.1.1 ?


This is only an experimental feature in the HEAD code base, not in 1.8.
At one time HEAD was going to be released as 1.8, but it is now going to
be released as 2.0.

Cheers, Andreas
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Andreas Dilger
Sr. Staff Engineer, Lustre Group
Sun Microsystems of Canada, Inc.