Index

The parenthesized number on an index entry indicates the location of the entry within the book. Entries before the first numbered section in a chapter are identified as Sec. n.0.


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A

adapter
        DE50x (Sec. 2.1)
        DE50x (Sec. 4.7.1)
        DE60x (Sec. 2.1)
        DE60x (Sec. 4.7.1)
        Ethernet (Sec. 2.1)
        Ethernet (Sec. 3.1.1)
        NetRAIN (Sec. 3.1.1)
        network (Sec. 4.3)

address
        broadcast (Sec. 3.1.2)
        IP (Sec. 3.1.2)

Address Resolution Protocol
        See ARP broadcast errors

alias
        See cluster alias

AlphaServer
        DS10L (Sec. 1.6)
        DS10L (Sec. 2.2.4)
        ES40 (Sec. 2.2.4)

API
        DLM (Sec. 1.1)
        Memory Channel (Sec. 1.1)
        Memory Channel (Sec. 1.6)

application programming interface
        See API

applications
        use of the cluster interconnect (Sec. 1.1)
        use of the cluster interconnect (Sec. 1.1)
        use of the cluster interconnect (Sec. 1.3)

ARP broadcast errors
        when booting cluster member (Sec. 4.7.5)

ATM LAN Emulation
        See ATM LANE

ATM LANE (Sec. 2.1)

autonegotiation (Sec. 4.7.1)
        configuring (Sec. 4.7.1)

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B

bandwidth comparision
        Memory Channel and LAN interconnect (Sec. 1.1)

broadcast address (Sec. 3.1.2)

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C

cable
        See crossover cable

cabling comparision
        Memory Channel and LAN interconnect (Sec. 1.1)

CFS
        read accesses (Sec. 1.2)
        use of the cluster interconnect (Sec. 1.1)
        use of the cluster interconnect (Sec. 1.2)

CLUIF ifconfig flag (Sec. 3.1.2)

cluster alias
        use of the cluster interconnect (Sec. 1.1)
        use of the cluster interconnect (Sec. 1.4)

cluster configuration
        two-member, direct-connect (Sec. 2.2.1)

Cluster File System
        See CFS

cluster hang
        avoiding (Sec. 2.2.3)

cluster interconnect
        defined (Sec. 1.1)
        physical interface (Sec. 3.1.2)
        rules and restrictions (Sec. 1.6)
        selecting (Sec. 1.1)
        virtual interface (Sec. 3.1.2)

cluster membership transitions (Sec. 1.1)
cluster membership transitions (Sec. 1.5)

cluster size
        cluster interconnect bandwidth requirements (Sec. 1.5)

cluster_interconnect attribute (Sec. C.0)

clu_add_member command
        configuration checks (Sec. 3.0)
        configuring a LAN interconnect using (Sec. 3.3)
        sample log file (Sec. B.2)

clu_check_config command
        configuration checks (Sec. 3.0)

clu_create command
        configuration checks (Sec. 3.0)
        configuring a LAN interconnect (Sec. 3.2)
        sample log file (Sec. B.1)

cnx_pinger broadcast errors
        when booting cluster member (Sec. 4.7.5)

comparing Memory Channel to LAN interconnect (Sec. 1.1)

configuration
        fully redundant LAN (Sec. 2.1)
        fully redundant LAN (Sec. 2.2.3)
        fully redundant LAN (Sec. A.0)
        importance of symmetrical (Sec. 2.1)
        importance of symmetrical (Sec. 2.2.3)
        multi-member using hub or switch (Sec. 2.2.2)
        restrictions (Sec. 2.1)
        supported (Sec. 2.2)
        two-member, direct-connect (Sec. 2.2.1)

connection manager
        use of the cluster interconnect (Sec. 1.1)
        use of the cluster interconnect (Sec. 1.5)

cost comparision
        Memory Channel and LAN interconnect (Sec. 1.1)

crossover cable (Sec. 2.1)
crossover cable (Sec. 2.2.1)
        multiple (Sec. 2.2.3)

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D

DE50x adapter
        configuring autonegotiation (Sec. 4.7.1)

DE60x adapter
        configuring autonegotiation (Sec. 4.7.1)

device name
        network adapter (Sec. 3.1.1)

direct I/O
        OPS (Sec. 1.2)

disk writes
        CFS (Sec. 1.1)
        CFS (Sec. 1.2)
        OPS (Sec. 1.2)

distance comparision
        Memory Channel and LAN interconnect (Sec. 1.1)

distributed lock manager
        See DLM

distributed processing (Sec. 1.3)

DLM
        use of the cluster interconnect (Sec. 1.1)

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E

/etc/rc.config file
        IFCONFIG variable (Sec. 3.1.2)
        NETDEV variable (Sec. 3.1.2)

/etc/sysconfigtab file
        cluster_interconnect attribute (Sec. C.0)
        ics_tcp_adapter0 (Sec. C.0)
        ics_tcp_inetaddr0 (Sec. C.0)
        ics_tcp_netmask0 (Sec. C.0)
        ics_tcp_nr0 attribute (Sec. C.0)
        ics_tcp_ports attribute (Sec. 4.7.7)
        ics_tcp_rendezvous_port attribute (Sec. 4.7.7)

Ethernet adapter (Sec. 2.1)

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F

failover (Sec. 4.7.6)

fast forwarding
        and STP (Sec. A.3)

FDDI (Sec. 2.1)

Fiber Distributed Data Interface
        See FDDI

Fibre Channel (Sec. 2.2.4)

forward delay (Sec. A.3)

full-duplex mode (Sec. 2.1)

fully redundant LAN interconnect (Sec. 2.1)
fully redundant LAN interconnect (Sec. 2.2.3)
fully redundant LAN interconnect (Sec. A.0)

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H

half-duplex mode (Sec. 2.1)

hang
        avoiding (Sec. 2.2.3)
        caused at boot time by adapter failure to autonegotiate (Sec. 4.7.1)
        caused at boot time by disconnected adapter (Sec. 4.7.2)
        caused at boot time by incorrect adapter speed and operational mode (Sec. 4.7.1)

hello time (Sec. A.3)

hub
        compared to switch (Sec. 2.1)
        requirements (Sec. 2.1)

hwmgr command
        obtaining network adapter information (Sec. 4.3)

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I

I/O
        use of the cluster interconnect (Sec. 1.1)
        use of the cluster interconnect (Sec. 1.2)

ics0 virtual interface (Sec. 3.1.2)

ics_broadcast_setup panic (Sec. 4.7.3)

ics_tcp_adapter0 attribute (Sec. C.0)

ics_tcp_inetaddr0 attribute (Sec. C.0)

ics_tcp_netmask0 (Sec. C.0)

ifconfig command
        using to monitor active LAN interconnect adapter (Sec. 2.2.3)

ifconfig ioctl (SIOCIFADD) message (Sec. 4.7.4)

IFCONFIG variable
        relationship to cluster interconnect devices (Sec. 3.1.2)

IP address
        cluster interconnect physical interface (Sec. 3.1.2)
        cluster interconnect virtual device (Sec. 3.1.2)

IP name
        cluster interconnect physical interface (Sec. 3.1.2)
        cluster interconnect virtual device (Sec. 3.1.2)

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L

lagconfig command
        not supported for LAN interconnect (Sec. 2.1)

LAN interconnect
        comparision to Memory Channel (Sec. 1.1)
        ensuring all active adapters are on the same switch (Sec. 2.2.3)
        hardware requirements (Sec. 2.1)
        maintaining (Sec. 2.2.3)
        migrating from Memory Channel to (Sec. 4.5)
        migrating from Memory Channel to (Sec. 4.6)
        monitoring (Sec. 4.4)
        rules and restrictions (Sec. 2.1)
        tuning (Sec. 4.2)

link aggregation (Sec. 2.1)
link aggregation (Sec. A.0)
link aggregation (Sec. A.1)

link resiliency (Sec. 2.1)
link resiliency (Sec. A.2)

log file
        clu_add_member command (Sec. B.2)
        clu_create command (Sec. B.1)

Logical Storage Manager
        See LSM

LSM
        not supported for data replication between sites (Sec. 1.6)

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M

mask
        subnet (Sec. 3.1.2)

maximum age (Sec. A.3)

&memchan (Sec. 3.1.2)

Memory Channel
        benefit for latency and distributed processing (Sec. 1.5)
        comparision to LAN (Sec. 1.1)
        migrating from LAN interconnect to (Sec. 4.6)
        migrating to LAN interconnect from (Sec. 4.5)

messages
        use of the cluster interconnect (Sec. 1.1)

migration
        LAN interconnect to Memory Channel (Sec. 4.6)
        Memory Channel to LAN interconnect (Sec. 4.5)

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N

name
        IP (Sec. 3.1.2)

NETDEV variable
        relationship to cluster interconnect devices (Sec. 3.1.2)

NetRAIN
        configuring as LAN cluster interconnect in existing cluster (Sec. 4.1)
        doubly defined device (Sec. 4.7.4)
        manual failover (Sec. 4.7.6)
        tuning as a LAN interconnect (Sec. 4.2)

NetRAIN failover
        consequences (Sec. 2.2.3)

network adapter
        device names (Sec. 3.1.1)
        obtaining operational information about (Sec. 4.3)

Network File System
        See NFS

network partition (Sec. 2.2.3)

NFS (Sec. 1.1)
NFS (Sec. 1.4)

No such device: nr0 message
        from NetRAIN (Sec. 4.7.6)

no-single-point-of-failure
        See NSPOF

NSPOF (Sec. 4.1)
NSPOF (Sec. A.0)

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O

OPS
        direct-I/O disk writes (Sec. 1.2)

Oracle Parallel Server
        See OPS

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P

panic
        caused at boot time by nonexistent adapter (Sec. 4.7.3)

partition
        See network partition

performance
        improving (Sec. 4.2)

port
        application inability to map to (Sec. 4.7.7)
        broadcast (Sec. 4.7.7)
        nonbroadcast (Sec. 4.7.7)

port trunking
        See link aggregation

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Q

quorum disk (Sec. 2.2.1)
        configuring (Sec. 2.2.3)

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R

read accesses
        CFS (Sec. 1.2)

redundancy
        LAN interconnect compared to Memory Channel (Sec. 1.1)

redundant array of independent network adapters
        See NetRAIN

redundant LAN interconnect (Sec. 2.1)
redundant LAN interconnect (Sec. 2.2.3)
redundant LAN interconnect (Sec. A.0)

remote file systems
        accessed through cluster interconnect (Sec. 1.1)

rendezvous port (Sec. 4.7.7)

resilient link (Sec. 2.1)
resilient link (Sec. A.0)

routing loop
        mechanisms for avoiding (Sec. A.0)

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S

scalability
        benefit of switch (Sec. 2.1)

size
        cluster (Sec. 1.1)
        cluster (Sec. 1.5)

Spanning Tree Protocol
        See STP

STP (Sec. 2.1)
STP (Sec. A.0)
STP (Sec. A.3)
        problems when enabled on NetRAIN ports (Sec. 4.7.5)

subnet mask (Sec. 3.1.2)

switch
        compared to hub (Sec. 2.1)
        multiple in fully redundant LAN interconnect (Sec. A.0)
        requirements (Sec. 2.1)
        using a single (Sec. 2.2.2)
        using multiple in fully redundant LAN interconnect (Sec. 2.1)
        using multiple in fully redundant LAN interconnect (Sec. 2.2.3)

synchronization
        write (Sec. 1.2)

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T

traffic
        application (Sec. 1.3)
        cluster alias (Sec. 1.4)
        storage (Sec. 1.2)

trunking
        See link aggregation

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V

virtual private network
        See VPN

vote
        configuring for fully redundant LAN interconnect (Sec. 2.2.3)

VPN (Sec. 2.1)

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W

WAN (Sec. 2.1)

wide area network
        See WAN

write accesses
        CFS (Sec. 1.2)