The General page contains cluster-wide
properties. You can view and edit these properties by using the Edit task.
Fields
The first section contains the name,
status, and type of the selected cluster.
- Software
- The Software section contains the PowerHA® SystemMirror version, edition
and AIX® version of the selected
cluster.
- PowerHA SystemMirror version
- Displays the PowerHA SystemMirror version.
- PowerHA SystemMirror edition
- Displays the PowerHA SystemMirror edition.
- AIX version
- Displays the AIX version.
- Resources
- The Resources section contains the repository
disk and node names, the controlling node name, and multicast IP address
for the selected cluster.
- Active Repository Disk
- Displays the location that is used by PowerHA SystemMirror software to
store configuration data.
- Controlling node
- Displays the node that is the communications link between a cluster
and the Director UI. All actions performed with the Director UI are
performed on the controlling node. For those changes to become effective
on the other nodes in a cluster, you must synchronize the cluster.
For additional information about synchronizing a cluster, see Verify and Synchronize a Cluster.
- Cluster multicast address
- Displays the IP address that is used by the PowerHA SystemMirror software to
send messages to peer nodes when a node failure occurs in a cluster.
- Security
- The Security section contains the security
level and type of security certificate.
- Security level
- Designates whether the security level is low, medium, or high.
- Security node identity
- Designates the type of security certificate that is used: PowerHA, OpenSSH, or custom.
- Other
- The Other section contains verification
and synchronization information.
- Synchronize file collections every
- The interval of time in minutes that determines how often file
collections are synchronized.
- Event timeout
- The interval of time in seconds that an event can run before it
is stopped by the system.
- Automatically verify cluster configuration
- If this feature is enabled, the system automatically verifies
the cluster configuration every 24 hours and reports those results
throughout the cluster.