R: [Linux-cluster] Re: How do I use a cross over cable to set upquorum?

[Baesso Mirko]

Hi, i need to setup a 2 node cluster and i would like to use the disk based tiebreaker or ip tiebreaker, but I see there is no cluquorumd command. I'm using RHCS 4 (NO GFS) on kernel 2.6.9.11
Could you help me
Thanks

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-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Andreso [mailto:andreseso at gmail.com] 
Inviato: giovedì 22 settembre 2005 11.44
A: linux-cluster at redhat.com
Oggetto: [Linux-cluster] Re: How do I use a cross over cable to set upquorum?

Sorry, I forgot to mention that I am running Centos 3.5 which is
equivalent to RHEL AS 3.5.

A working cluster.xml using the main network interface is attached

Andres

On 9/22/05, Andreso <andreseso at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to set up a cluster with clumanager-1.2.3-1 and
> clumanager-1.2.3-1 and my boss desires a working quorum where the two
> members of the cluster use a cross over cable to interchange the
> necessary information for quorum between the two cluster members.  The
> reason is that the company uses faulty switches so he considers using
> the main network interfaces of the servers not acceptable.
>
> I would like to know how I can obtain cluster quorum using the cross
> over cable.  I have succesfully set up the cluster using the main
> network interface but I have failed miserably setting up the cluster
> quorum over the cross over cable network interface.  I believe I have
> a routing problem.
>
> The route -n information for the cross over cable interface is
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
> 10.0.0.0        0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth1
>
> I am far from being a linux expert and in some things like clusters I
> am a newbie and I am not particularily strong on networking.  For
> example until I started setting up the cluster I had never heard of
> the concepts tiebreaker IP or Multicast IP address.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> If somebody has managed to make this work could they please post their
> cluster.xml file?
>