I am using the Lustre-1.2.4 on two machines "dell-161" and "dell-162" (both with redhat as 3.0, kernel 2.4.21). Everything goes well when using "sh local.sh" and "lconf local.xml" on each machine. Any suggestion is appreciated. Thanks! [root@dell-161 tmp]# lconf config.xml loading module: portals srcdir None devdir libcfs loading module: ksocknal srcdir None devdir knals/socknal loading module: lvfs srcdir None devdir lvfs loading module: obdclass srcdir None devdir obdclass loading module: ptlrpc srcdir None devdir ptlrpc loading module: ost srcdir None devdir ost loading module: fsfilt_ext3 srcdir None devdir lvfs loading module: obdfilter srcdir None devdir obdfilter loading module: mdc srcdir None devdir mdc loading module: osc srcdir None devdir osc loading module: lov srcdir None devdir lov loading module: mds srcdir None devdir mds NETWORK: NET_dell-161_tcp NET_dell-161_tcp_UUID tcp dell-161 988 OSD: OST_dell-161 OST_dell-161_UUID obdfilter /tmp/ostloopfile 8192 ext3 no 0 0 removing stale pidfile: /var/run/acceptor-988.pid MDSDEV: mds1 mds1_UUID /tmp/mdsloopfile ext3 8192 no ! /usr/sbin/lctl (107): error: setup: Transport endpoint is not connected ------------------------------------------- config.sh ------------------ #!/bin/bash config=config.xml LMC="lmc -m $config" rm -f $config $LMC --add node --node dell-161 $LMC --add net --node dell-161 --nid dell-161 --nettype tcp $LMC --add mds --node dell-161 --mds mds1 --fstype ext3 --dev /tmp/mdsloopfile --size 8192 $LMC --add lov --lov lov1 --mds mds1 --stripe_sz 1048576 --stripe_cnt 1 --stripe_pattern 0 $LMC --add ost --node dell-161 --lov lov1 --fstype ext3 --dev /tmp/ostloopfile --size 8192 $LMC --add node --node client $LMC --add net --node client --nid ''*'' --nettype tcp $LMC --add mtpt --node client --mds mds1 --lov lov1 --path /mnt/lustre ---------------------------------------------- # cat config.xml ---------------------- <?xml version=''1.0'' encoding=''UTF-8''?> <!DOCTYPE lustre> <lustre version=''2003070801''> <ldlm name=''ldlm'' uuid=''ldlm_UUID''/> <node name=''dell-161'' uuid=''dell-161_UUID''> <profile_ref uuidref=''PROFILE_dell-161_UUID''/> <network uuid=''NET_dell-161_tcp_UUID'' nettype=''tcp'' name=''NET_dell-161_tcp''> <nid>dell-161</nid> <clusterid>0</clusterid> <port>988</port> </network> </node> <profile name=''PROFILE_dell-161'' uuid=''PROFILE_dell-161_UUID''> <ldlm_ref uuidref=''ldlm_UUID''/> <network_ref uuidref=''NET_dell-161_tcp_UUID''/> <mdsdev_ref uuidref=''MDD_mds1_dell-161_UUID''/> <osd_ref uuidref=''OSD_OST_dell-161_dell-161_UUID''/> </profile> <mds name=''mds1'' uuid=''mds1_UUID''> <active_ref uuidref=''MDD_mds1_dell-161_UUID''/> <lovconfig_ref uuidref=''LVCFG_lov1_UUID''/> <filesystem_ref uuidref=''FS_fsname_UUID''/> </mds> <mdsdev name=''MDD_mds1_dell-161'' uuid=''MDD_mds1_dell-161_UUID''> <fstype>ext3</fstype> <devpath>/tmp/mdsloopfile</devpath> <autoformat>no</autoformat> <devsize>8192</devsize> <journalsize>0</journalsize> <inodesize>0</inodesize> <node_ref uuidref=''dell-161_UUID''/> <target_ref uuidref=''mds1_UUID''/> </mdsdev> <lov stripesize=''1048576'' stripecount=''1'' stripepattern=''0'' uuid=''lov1_UUID'' name=''lov1''> <mds_ref uuidref=''mds1_UUID''/> <obd_ref uuidref=''OST_dell-161_UUID''/> </lov> <lovconfig uuid=''LVCFG_lov1_UUID'' name=''LVCFG_lov1''> <lov_ref uuidref=''lov1_UUID''/> </lovconfig> <ost name=''OST_dell-161'' uuid=''OST_dell-161_UUID''> <active_ref uuidref=''OSD_OST_dell-161_dell-161_UUID''/> </ost> <osd osdtype=''obdfilter'' name=''OSD_OST_dell-161_dell-161'' uuid=''OSD_OST_dell-161_dell-161_UUID''> <target_ref uuidref=''OST_dell-161_UUID''/> <node_ref uuidref=''dell-161_UUID''/> <fstype>ext3</fstype> <devpath>/tmp/ostloopfile</devpath> <autoformat>no</autoformat> <devsize>8192</devsize> <journalsize>0</journalsize> <inodesize>0</inodesize> </osd> <node uuid=''client_UUID'' name=''client''> <profile_ref uuidref=''PROFILE_client_UUID''/> <network name=''NET_client_tcp'' nettype=''tcp'' uuid=''NET_client_tcp_UUID''> <nid>*</nid> <clusterid>0</clusterid> <port>988</port> </network> </node> <profile uuid=''PROFILE_client_UUID'' name=''PROFILE_client''> <ldlm_ref uuidref=''ldlm_UUID''/> <network_ref uuidref=''NET_client_tcp_UUID''/> <mountpoint_ref uuidref=''MNT_client_UUID''/> </profile> <filesystem uuid=''FS_fsname_UUID'' name=''FS_fsname''> <mds_ref uuidref=''mds1_UUID''/> <obd_ref uuidref=''lov1_UUID''/> </filesystem> <mountpoint uuid=''MNT_client_UUID'' name=''MNT_client''> <filesystem_ref uuidref=''FS_fsname_UUID''/> <path>/mnt/lustre</path> </mountpoint> </lustre> -- IanJiang