Chapter 14: Configuring Adaptive Server for Failover on SGI IRIX

Defining the primary node

Select Nodes from the Tasks pull-down menu and complete the following fields:

Field	Sub field	Sample values	Description
Hostname		MONEY1	The value returned by host name
Logical Name		MONEY1	The same value as host name field
Networks for Incoming Cluster Messages
	Network	130.215.121.79	The IP address or the host name of the private network
	Messages to Accept	Heartbeat and Control	Accept heartbeat and control messages on the public or network address

Click Add.

Field	Sub field	Sample values	Description
Network		10.22.110.133	Network address
	Message to Accept	Heartbeat and Control	Accept heartbeat and control messages on the public or network address

Click Add.

Field	Sample value	Description
Node ID	1	(Optional) An integer in the range 1 – 32767 that is unique among the nodes in the pool. If you do not specify a number, FailSafe calculates a node ID.
Partition ID	Unset	(Optional) An integer between 1 – 32767 that is unique among the nodes in the pool. If you do not specify a number, FailSafe calculates an ID for you.
Set Reset Parameters	Check	A special hardware port on a node that provides a way to reset the node remotely

Select the Set Reset Parameters box. The following fields are enabled:

Field	Sub field	Sample value	Description
This Node		N/A	Information line
Port Type		MSC	Depending on the system controller, the values can be L1, L2, MSC, or MMSC
Port Password		Unset	The system controller password for privileged commands, not the node’s “root” password
Temporarily Disable Port		Unselected	If this box is selected, FailSafe cannot reset the node
Owner (node that sends reset command)		N/A	Information line
	Logical Name	PERSONNEL1	Name of the node that sends the remote reset command
	TTY Device	/dev/ttyd2	Name of the terminal port (TTY) on the owner node to which the system controller is connected

From the command line, enter:

cluster_mgr –f pri_node_def