[Ocfs2-users] What does "shutting it down" mean

[Kendall, Kim]

When one node in the cluster can't be seen by the others, the remaining
nodes chop it off at the knees. What are the remaining nodes in the
cluster actually doing when they say "shutting it down"?

>From the logs:

Jul 23 18:33:42 appsdb3 kernel: o2net: connection to node appsdb4 (num
3) at 192.168.202.4:7777 has been idle for 10 seconds, shutting it down.

Jul 23 18:33:42 appsdb3 kernel: o2net: no longer connected to node
appsdb4 (num 3) at 192.168.202.4:7777 
 
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