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For a Linux client to successfully connect to a PowerScale cluster using the multipath driver, there are a few prerequisites that must be met:
The NFS client system is running a supported Linux version. The following table represents the supported Linux client matrix for the multipath driver, including the availability of a pre-compiled driver package and/or self-compilation option:
Supported Linux Distribution | Kernel Version |
OpenSUSE 15.4 | 5.14.x |
Ubuntu 20.04 | 5.4.x |
Ubuntu 22.04 | 5.15.x |
If RDMA is being configured, the client must contain an RDMA-capable Ethernet NIC, such as the Mellanox CX series.
The Linux client should have the ‘trace-cmd’ package installed, along with NFS client related packages.
For example, on an Ubuntu system:
# sudo apt install trace-cmd nfs-common
The multipath driver may be installed on a client system or virtual machine running one of the Linux versions in the table above.
The following CLI commands can be used to verify the kernel version, and other pertinent details, of a Linux client:
# uname -a
Similarly, depending on the flavor of Linux, the following commands will show the details of the particular distribution:
# lsb_release -a
Or:
# cat /etc/os-release