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Cluster Systems Management (CSM) V1.3.2 is designed for simple, low-
cost management of distributed and clustered IBM eServer pSeries and
Cluster Systems Management (CSM) V1.4 is designed to provide simple,
low-cost management of distributed and clustered IBM eServer pSeries and
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a single AIX 5L V5.2 management console can provide management services
to AIX 5L and Linux clients in distributed and clustered configurations.
CSM is also a key element of the IBM eServer Cluster 1600 and Cluster
1350, platforms ideal for workload consolidation or for achieving high
degrees of scalability and performance for applications that take
advantage of clustered systems architectures; for example, computational
modeling in high-performance computing or multi-terabyte data warehouses
in large corporations.
CSM for Linux on pSeries is designed to include existing CSM 1.3.1
function, plus:
- Runs on new hardware - p615, p630, p650 and p655 - and the software
Linux distributions SLES 8 and TLES 8.
For both CSM for AIX 5L and CSM for Linux on xSeries, the following
new functions are designed to provide:
- A new command called csmstat is designed to provide a
snapshot of the cluster. It can be run across all the nodes in the
cluster, or for a particular set of nodes or node groups. It will return
for each node the network reach-ability of the node, power status, status
of network interfaces on the nodes, and LED/LCD display. For customers
familiar with PSSP, this functionality is very similar to what the PSSP
command "spmon -d" was often used for.
- CSM now provides backup and restore scripts to save and restore
certain CSM management server data. These scripts can be used in a
variety of ways, such as setting up new clusters using configuration data
from existing customers, moving a cluster's management server to a backup
server, or helping to save certain data prior to a management server
operating system upgrade and then restoring it.
- New diagnostic probes to help customers determine if certain things
are correct before installing the nodes in the cluster. These probes
help verify that the management server has been set up correctly and that
the hardware control points, console servers, and associated information
are all configured correctly.
CSM for Linux on xSeries is designed to provide the following new
function:
- The install mechanism for SuSE and SuSE SLES distributions has been
changed. Previously, CSM made use of the open source package System
Installation Suite (SIS). CSM will now use AutoYaST, the native SuSE/
SLES installer. (Note that CSM already uses the native install mechanism
on RedHat - Kickstart).
CSM for AIX 5L new function includes:
- Support for configuring secondary adapters at install time, allowing
the administrator to set up additional Ethernet adapters. This is
designed to increase efficiency and usability by allowing these
additional adapters to be set up across multiple nodes when the cluster
is installed.
- Use of the AIX geninstall command directly to install the
CSM management server instead of the CSM command installms.
This is more intuitive for AIX users who are accustomed to installing
their file sets with geninstall (formerly
installp).
- Increased usability and efficiency of CSM install of AIX by using the
new AIX command nim_master_setup to automate NIM setup.
- Install scripts are available for administrators to set up any needed
customization during install. These install scripts can be run before
rebooting, after rebooting, or during update of the node.
- Support to remote power on, off, and query of the HMC-attached
pSeries server. This support is an enhancement to the current LPAR
remote power support for the server.
a single AIX 5L V5.2 or V5.3 management console can provide management
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