Chapter 4

Filer Configuration in a Cluster

Configuring your clustered filers

About filer configuration in a cluster

You must configure some parameters, configuration files, and network interfaces and all licenses in such a way that when one filer takes over the partner filer, it appears as if it were the partner filer; otherwise, the following consequences can result:

• If some options or configuration files have different values, the values used in takeover are unpredictable.
• If a feature such as CIFS is licensed on one filer but not on the partner filer, after a takeover, CIFS clients cannot access their files on the filer that has taken over from the failed filer.
• If network interface configurations do not match, users of the failed filer see broken network connections.

In general, the more similar the configuration of a filer is to that of its partner, the more it behaves like its partner in a takeover.

Chapter contents

This chapter discusses the following topics:

• "Making parameters, licenses, and configuration files match"
• "Making network interfaces match"

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