IBM Elastic Storage Server Implementation Guide for Version 5.3

Multicluster integration with ESS

This chapter describes the implementation and recommended practices for multicluster integration with ESS and contains the following sections:

•4.1, “Introduction” on page 42

•4.2, “Planning” on page 42

•4.3, “Guidelines” on page 45

•4.4, “Networking” on page 46

•4.5, “Initial setup” on page 47

•4.6, “Ongoing maintenance (upgrades)” on page 48

4.1 Introduction

Multicluster ESS setups allow connections to different clusters. You have these options:

•Allow clusters to access one or more file systems belonging to ...