Software requirements

• GPFS is supported on AIX®, Linux, and Windows.
• For existing GPFS 3.5 clusters, OpenSSL is required for remote cluster access.
• Kernel development files and compiler utilities are required to build the GPFS portability layer on Linux nodes. The required RPMs or packages for each supported Linux distribution are:
  • SLES Linux RPMs
    • kernel-default-devel
    • cpp
    • gcc
    • gcc-c++
    • binutils
  • Red Hat Linux RPMs
    • kernel-devel
    • cpp
    • gcc
    • gcc-c++
    • binutils
  • Debian and Ubuntu Linux packages
    • linux-headers
    • cpp
    • gcc
    • g++
    • binutils
• To use active file management (AFM), the following is required:
  • nfs-utils
• To use CNFS, the following are required:
  • ethtool
  • nfs-utils (on Ubuntu: nfs-common)
  • rpcbind
  • psmisc
• To use the mmchconfig numaMemoryInterleave parameter, the following is required:
  • numactl
• For the IBM Spectrum Scale™ monitoring service on AIX and Linux, the following is required:
  • python 2.6 or later
  Note: python 2.7.5 or later is recommended on AIX. This package is a part of AIX Toolbox for Linux Applications.

For a list of installation prerequisites including those specific to protocols, see Installation prerequisites.