6.1 Understanding Cluster Settings

6.1.1 Cluster Policies

Table 6-1 describes the configurable cluster policies. You can manage cluster policies in iManager by going to the Clusters > Cluster Options > Policies page.

Table 6-1 Cluster Policies

Property

Description

Cluster IP address

Specifies the IP address for the cluster.

You specify the IP address when you install Novell Cluster Services on the first node of the cluster. Rarely, you might need to modify this value.

Port

Specifies the port used for cluster communication.

The default cluster port number is 7023, and is automatically assigned when the cluster is created. You might need to modify this value if there is a port conflict.

Quorum membership

Specifies number of nodes that must be up and running in the cluster in order for cluster resources to begin loading.

Specify a value between 1 and the number of nodes.

Quorum timeout

Specifies the maximum amount of time in seconds to wait for the specified quorum to be met before cluster resources begin loading on whatever number of nodes are actually up and running.

E-mail notification

Enables or disables e-mail notification for the cluster. If it is enabled, you can specify up to eight administrator e-mail addresses for cluster events notification.

6.1.2 Cluster Protocols Properties

Table 6-2 describes the configurable cluster protocols properties that govern inter-node communication transmission and tolerances. You can manage cluster protocols policies in iManager by going to the Clusters > Cluster Options > Protocols page.

Table 6-2 Cluster Policies

Property

Description

Heartbeat

Specifies the interval of time in seconds between signals sent by each of the non-master nodes in the cluster to the master node to indicate that it is alive.

Tolerance

Specifies the maximum amount of time in seconds that a master node waits to get an alive signal from a non-master node before considering that node to have failed and removing it from the cluster.

Master watchdog

Specifies the interval of time in seconds between alive signals sent from the master node to non-master nodes to indicate that it is alive.

Slave watchdog

Specifies the maximum amount of time in seconds that the non-master nodes wait to get an alive signal from the master node before considering that the master node has failed, assigning another node to become the master node, and removing the old master node from the cluster.

Maximum retransmits

This value is set by default and should not be changed.