Preparing to install the GPFS software on Linux nodes

Follow the steps in this topic in the specified order to install the GPFS™ software.

This procedure installs GPFS on one node at a time:

  1. Accepting the electronic license agreement on Linux nodes
    The GPFS software license agreement is shipped with the GPFS software and is viewable electronically. When you extract the GPFS software, you are asked whether or not you accept the license.
  2. Extracting the GPFS software on Linux nodes
    The GPFS software is delivered in a self-extracting archive.
  3. Extracting GPFS patches (update SLES or Red Hat Enterprise Linux RPMs or Debian Linux packages)
    Typically when you install a GPFS system there are patches available. It is recommended that you always look for the latest patches when installing or updating a GPFS node.
  4. Installing the GPFS man pages on Linux nodes
    In order to use the GPFS man pages, the gpfs.docs RPM must be installed.
Parent topic: Installing GPFS on Linux nodes