Installing IBM Spectrum Scale on Linux nodes and deploying protocols

Use this information for installing IBM Spectrum Scale on Linux nodes and deploying protocols.

Before installing IBM Spectrum Scale, you must review Planning for GPFS and the IBM Spectrum Scale FAQ in IBM® Knowledge Center (www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/STXKQY/gpfsclustersfaq.html).

Installing IBM Spectrum Scale without ensuring that the prerequisites listed in Hardware requirements, Software requirements, and Installation prerequisites are satisfied can lead to undesired results.

Note: For information about installing IBM Spectrum Scale Erasure Code Edition, see IBM Spectrum Scale Erasure Code Edition documentation in IBM Knowledge Center.

There are three methods available for installing IBM Spectrum Scale on Linux nodes.

Installation method	Description
Manual	You can install the GPFS software packages using the rpm command (for SLES and Red Hat Enterprise Linux) or the dpkg command (for Ubuntu Linux). For more information, see Manually installing the IBM Spectrum Scale software packages on Linux nodes.
Installation toolkit	On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and 18.04 LTS, and SLES 12 and 15, you can install GPFS and deploy protocols using the installation toolkit. Note: The object protocol is not supported on SLES 12. SMB, NFS, and object protocols are not supported on the s390x architecture. SMB, NFS, and object protocols are not supported on SLES 15. For more information, see Installing IBM Spectrum Scale on Linux nodes with the installation toolkit. For information on limitations if you are using the installation toolkit, see Limitations of the installation toolkit.
Installation GUI	You can use the installation GUI to install IBM Spectrum Scale system. However, the scope of installation related activities that can be done using the installation GUI is limited. For more information, see Installing IBM Spectrum Scale by using the graphical user interface (GUI). Note: The installation GUI is deprecated and it will be removed in a future release.

Installation method

Description

Manual

You can install the GPFS software packages using the rpm command (for SLES and Red Hat Enterprise Linux) or the dpkg command (for Ubuntu Linux).

For more information, see Manually installing the IBM Spectrum Scale software packages on Linux nodes.

Installation toolkit

On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and 18.04 LTS, and SLES 12 Start of change

and 15

, you can install GPFS and deploy protocols using the installation toolkit.

Note:

The object protocol is not supported on SLES 12.
SMB, NFS, and object protocols are not supported on the s390x architecture.
SMB, NFS, and object protocols are not supported on SLES 15.

For more information, see Installing IBM Spectrum Scale on Linux nodes with the installation toolkit.

For information on limitations if you are using the installation toolkit, see Limitations of the installation toolkit.

Installation GUI

You can use the installation GUI to install IBM Spectrum Scale system. However, the scope of installation related activities that can be done using the installation GUI is limited.

For more information, see Installing IBM Spectrum Scale by using the graphical user interface (GUI).

Note:

The installation GUI is deprecated and it will be removed in a future release. End of change