[Linux-cluster] crossover cables

[Josh Gray]

Does the cluster then automatically use the xover interface for cluster
communication?  Do you have to specify it somewhere?

Josh


On 10/18/07 11:19 AM, "André Fernandes" <andreezer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, it should be a simple setup.
> 
> Let's assume that your nodes have 2 ethernet interfaces and 1 management
> interface (iLO for example). you will need 2 crossover cables for this.
> You plug in eth0 on each node to your network.
> Then, you plug eth1 on each machine to the other machine's management
> interface via crossover cable.
> Finally, you assign static IPs to the eth1 and the management interfaces
> (something like eth1 = 10.0.0.1 <http://10.0.0.1>  and iLO = 10.0.0.2
> <http://10.0.0.2> ).
> Then configure fencing as desired.
> 
> However, this setup will make it impossible to use the management interfaces
> for other nifty purposes...
> 
> On 10/18/07, Eric Schneider <eschneid at uccs.edu> wrote:
>> Does anyone have a good how-to on using a crossover cable with a cluster?  I
>> have looked a little bit and I can only find mention of the capability.
>> 
>> I already have the nodes plugged into our normal network.
>> 
>> Eric
>> 
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