PowerScale OneFS Simulator Installation Guide

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Virtual cluster configuration settings

Cluster configuration review and acceptance of stated configuration.

The configuration wizard prompts you a complete overview of the initial configuration of the cluster. You can customize your virtual cluster in a series of steps by typing yes to approve and move forward or no to go back and make changes.

Note: Upon completing of the cluster configuration, you will move to the management section on how to manage your virtual cluster using SSH or UI.

The following table provides information about each step in the configuration wizard. Enter values that are appropriate for your virtual cluster.


Setting	Description
Root password	Type a password for the root user.
UI admin password	Type a password for the UI administrator user.
ESRS	Type `no` to disable support for (ESRS) on your virtual cluster.
Cluster Join mode	Manual: Allows any node to join the cluster Secure: Will not allow a node to join unless a password is entered, thus securing the access to the cluster.
Name	Type a name to identify the virtual cluster.
Encoding	Specify the character encoding for the virtual cluster. The default character encoding is UTF-8.
Interface int-a	Specify the network settings for the int-a network which facilitates communication between the virtual nodes. Specify an IP address to configure the netmask. Refer to the table in Record network configuration data for the values you recorded for the internal IP range (VMnet1). Retain the existing value for MTU. Specify a low IP address and a high IP address for the internal IP range of your network. Press ENTER to retain the existing configuration.
Interface int-b	To skip configuring the failover back-end network press ENTER. If you chose to fully configure the failover interface, you need three matching IP ranges to support this. The Dell Technologies official Infiniband/Ethernet network address ranges are: 128.221.252.1.-254 128.221.253.1.-254 128.221.254.1.-254
External subnet	Specify the network settings for the ext-1 network. The ext-1 network provides client access to the virtual cluster. Specify an IP address to configure the netmask. Refer to the table in Record network configuration data for the values you recorded for the external IP range (VMnet8). Retain the existing value for MTU. Specify a low IP address and a high IP address for the external IP range of your network.
Default gateway	Specify the gateway IP address of your network to optionally configure the gateway server through which the virtual cluster communicates with clients outside the subnet.
SmartConnect	Specify the SmartConnect zone name and service IP address. Press ENTER to retain the default settings.
DNS	Specify the gateway IP address of your network to configure the DNS server.
External subnet	Specify the network settings for the external network interface. Press ENTER to retain the default settings.
Date and time zone	By default, the virtual node is set to the time and date settings based on your host computer. However, you can configure a different date and time zone.