Configuring Cluster Export Services
If you have not configured Cluster Export Services (CES) through the installer, you must configure CES now.
For more information on the CES features, see Implementing Cluster Export Services.
- Setting up Cluster Export Services shared root file system
If you have not set up a shared root file system through the installer, create one for Cluster Export Services (CES). - Configuring Cluster Export Services nodes
If you have not configured Cluster Export Services (CES) nodes through the installer, you must configure them before you configure any protocols. - Configuring CES protocol service IP addresses
Protocol services are made available through Cluster Export Services (CES) protocol service IP addresses. These addresses are separate from the IP addresses that are used internally by the cluster. - CES IP aliasing to network adapters on protocol nodes
Cluster Export Services (CES) is a functionality in IBM Spectrum Scale™ that enables NFS, SMB, and Object protocols. Irrespective of which protocols you choose, all are accessible through a floating pool of IP addresses called CES IPs. This pool of CES IPs is considered floating because each IP can move independently among all protocol nodes. In the event of a protocol node failure, accessibility to all protocols is maintained as the CES IPs automatically move from the failed protocol node to a healthy protocol node. Use this information to understand how CES IPs are assigned and how they are aliased to adapters with or without VLAN tagging. - Deploying Cluster Export Services packages on existing IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1 and later nodes
Use the following instructions to copy packages on your protocol nodes and to deploy these packages. - Verifying the final CES configurations
After you finish the Cluster Export Services (CES) configuration steps, verify the final configuration.
Parent topic: Configuring the CES and protocol configuration