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PowerScale OneFS Simulator Installation Guide

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Update the network interfaces

This section explains how to update the network interfaces from E1000 to VMXNET3 drivers.

The following steps explain how to add the additional interface to the OneFS level.
  1. Deploy the virtual machine and name it node1.
  2. Add the three networking interfaces in the VMware settings and set them to vmxnet3.
  3. Start the virtual machine and go through the install.
  4. When installation finishes, edit the /etc/rc.conf file.
    1. Add if_vmx to kld_list="aio cpuctl if_bxe if_vmx if_cxgb if_cxgbe if_em if_igb mthca mlx4ib mlxen ipoib".
    2. Add the following lines to rc.conf after ldconfig_paths=.
    • ifconfig_vmx0_name=em0
    • ifconfig_vmx1_name=em1
    • ifconfig_vmx2_name=em2
  5. Shut the virtual machine off and remove the E1000 network interfaces in the VMware settings.
  6. Clone 2 more virtual machines, calling them node2 and node3.
  7. Start the virtual machine for node3 and let it boot while watching in a VMRC console.
    1. Log in and run isi_reformat_node –nolkg.
    2. Wait for it to go back to the menu screen to create or join a cluster.
  8. Start the virtual machine for node2 and let it boot watching in a VMRC console.
    1. Log in and run isi_reformat_node –nolkg.
    2. Wait for it to go back to the menu screen to create or join a cluster.
  9. Start node1 and let it boot all the way up.
  10. Log in to it and ensure it is ok.
  11. Launch a VMRC console and ensure it boots all the way to the login screen.
  12. When node1 is up, log in to the GUI to watch the other nodes join.
  13. Go back to the node2 VMRC screen to select join and select the cluster. Wait until it completes.
  14. Go back to node 3 vmrc screen and select join and select the cluster.
    Wait until it completes.
  15. Log in and run ifconfig.
  16. Verify 10G interfaces.

Below is an example of an unedited /etc/rc.conf file. 

background_fsck="NO"
blanktime="NO"
dumpdev="NO"
dumppid="NO"
ipv6_ipv4mapping="YES"
kld_list="aio cpuctl if_bxe if_cxgb if_cxgbe if_em if_igb mthca mlx4ib mlxen ipoib"
ldconfig_paths="/usr/lib/compat /usr/local/lib /usr/likewise/lib /usr/local/apache2/lib /usr/local/apache2/bin /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg"
netfs_types="efs:IFS ${netfs_types}"
rcshutdown_timeout="570"
# Daemon options.
isi_clear_webui_enable="YES"
isi_drive_d_enable="YES"
isi_eth_mixer_enable="YES"
isi_flexnet_enable="YES"
isi_ipmi_d_enable="YES"
isi_initial_enable="YES"
isi_km_d_enable="YES"
isi_lcd_enable="YES"
isi_mcp_enable="YES"
isi_watchdog_enable="YES"
local_startup=""
netwait_enable="NO"
netwait_timeout="60" # Total number of seconds to perform pings.
netwait_if_timeout="30" # Total number of seconds to monitor link state.
newsyslog_flags="-N -CC"
nfs_async="NO"
portmap_enable="YES"
rpcbind_enable="YES"
sendmail_enable="NONE"
snmptrapd_enable="NO"
syslogd_flags="-c"
update_motd="YES"
xinetd_enable="YES"
xntpd_enable="NO"

Below is an example of a modified /etc/rc.conf file. Changes are italicized. 

background_fsck="NO"
blanktime="NO"
dumpdev="NO"
dumppid="NO"
ipv6_ipv4mapping="YES"
kld_list="aio cpuctl if_bxe if_vmx if_cxgb if_cxgbe if_em if_igb mthca mlx4ib mlxen ipoib"
ifconfig_vmx0_name=em0
ifconfig_vmx1_name=em1
ifconfig_vmx2_name=em2
ldconfig_paths="/usr/lib/compat /usr/local/lib /usr/likewise/lib /usr/local/apache2/lib /usr/local/apache2/bin /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg"
netfs_types="efs:IFS ${netfs_types}"
rcshutdown_timeout="570"

# Daemon options.
isi_clear_webui_enable="YES"
isi_drive_d_enable="YES"
isi_eth_mixer_enable="YES"
isi_flexnet_enable="YES"
isi_ipmi_d_enable="YES"
isi_initial_enable="YES"
isi_km_d_enable="YES"
isi_lcd_enable="YES"
isi_mcp_enable="YES"
isi_watchdog_enable="YES"
local_startup=""
netwait_enable="NO"
netwait_timeout="60" # Total number of seconds to perform pings.
netwait_if_timeout="30" # Total number of seconds to monitor link state.
newsyslog_flags="-N -CC"
nfs_async="NO"
portmap_enable="YES"
rpcbind_enable="YES"
sendmail_enable="NONE"
snmptrapd_enable="NO"
syslogd_flags="-c"
update_motd="YES"
xinetd_enable="YES"
xntpd_enable="NO"

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