Spectrum Scale node designations

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Spectrum Scale nodes can have certain roles. There must be at least one node with a manager role, and a reasonable number of nodes with quorum roles.

For details of quorum roles, see Spectrum Scale node quorum. The node designations are divided into client roles and server roles which require appropriate Spectrum Scale licenses.

Table 1. Spectrum Scale node designations: Client roles
Node designation	Description
client	(default) not in the pool of manager nodes
nonquorum	(default) not in the pool of quorum nodes

Table 2. Spectrum Scale node designations: Server roles
Node designation	Description
manager	part of the pool of filesystem and token manager nodes
quorum	part of the node pool from which quorum is derived

Note: A Spectrum Scale node can have more than one role assigned, but only client or server roles can be combined (for example, quorum-manager).