How do I mount storage from a file server?
See the section on Configuring NFS Volume Exports And Mounts in the Bright Administrator manual.
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Can I dual-boot my nodes between Linux and Windows?
There are a number of ways to set up nodes that dual-boot between Linux and Windows. Bright Cluster Manager cannot... -
How can I easily check the InfiniBand network is being used rather than my gigabit ethernet?
A no-brainer way to verify your IB network is working with MPI is to run an MPI benchmark and see... -
How do I assign IP addresses to other devices (using DHCP)?
If you have some additional devices which are to have a DHCP-provided IP address based on their MAC, but which... -
How do I make regular nodes return an FQDN using ‘hostname -f’? Or resolve the hostnames to IPs on the external network?
There are two ways to achieve this goal. For the second way there are two variations. Make sure that you... -
How do I make hostname -f return the FQDN for a dynamic IP address (on the non-bootable network interface)?
This comes in useful for some SGE configurations. The following code should be added to /etc/dhcp/dhclient-enter-hooks (the exact path of... -
How do I configure a generic node as an external DNS entry on the head node?
A non-managed bright node is a generic device that is not provisioned or otherwise configured by Bright. A generic device... -
How do I update Bright if it is connected to the network behind a web proxy server?
If you are sitting behind a network proxy server when running Bright, then if you try to update or install... -
How do I work out/adjust the gateway network properties in Bright?
The value of the “GATEWAY” directive in Linux’s /etc/sysconfig/network is determined as follows in a Bright cluster: The value of... -
Can I re-export a mounted NFS?
I want to rexport my NFS share. Can I do that? Short answer No. Long answer You can, but it... -
Why is my switch port number offset by 1 with Bright?
There may be a bug in the switch. Please contact Bright Computing for a workaround, giving details of the switch. -
How do I mount an external storage as /home?
Adding an external storage mount point can be done via cmsh. This is described in the manual in the configuration... -
How do I run NFSv4 with Bright?
By configuring it as shown in the example later on. But first, some background. Why have NFSv3 as the default... -
How do I stop nodes from accessing the Internet?
By default all compute nodes use the head node as its default gateway, and the head node is configured to... -
How do I use LUKS + NBDE “Network-Bound Disk Encryption” to encrypt data on regular Bright nodes?
Introduction: This FAQ describes how to use Network-Bound Disk Encryption (NBDE) to encrypt non-root volumes or partitions on regular Bright... -
How to configure CMD to store images on shared storage?
To configure CMD to use shared storage for software images: cmsh % device roles master % use provisioning % set allimages onsharedstorage % commit %... -
How do I work out/adjust the gateway network properties in Bright?
The value of the “GATEWAY” directive in Linux’s /etc/sysconfig/network is determined as follows in a Bright cluster: The value of... -
How do I install the user portal on a login node from 8.0 onward?
The following procedure describes how to install and serve the user portal on a login node. 1. Install the user... -
My external IPoIB hardware isn’t fragmenting packets properly, how do I fix that?
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My stacked switches port designation format doesn’t match cmsh/cmgui. How do I record which ports are uplinks?
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Why do I only have 6 search domains in my cluster?
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How do I configure my hardware RAID controller from an initialize script?
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How do I create an InfiniBand subinterface?
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How do I customize postfix?
Short answer: For Bright Cluster Manager 7.0 and Above, the relay host can be managed by BCM in the base... -
How do I replicate additional non-Bright databases?
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