Changing required node settings

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Some services that run on IBM Cloud Pak for Data require specific settings on the nodes in the cluster. To ensure that the cluster has the required settings for these services, review and adjust the settings on the appropriate nodes in the cluster.

Node settings for services

The following table shows the services that require changes to specific node settings, with links to instructions for changing the settings:

Node settings Services that require changes to the setting Instructions
Load balancer timeout settings
  • Db2®
  • Db2 Data Gate
  • Db2 Warehouse
  • OpenPages®
  • Watson Discovery
  • Watson Knowledge Catalog
  • Watson Query
  • Watson Speech services
  • Watson Studio
You also might need to change these settings if you are working with large data sets or you have slower network speeds.
CRI-O container settings
  • Cognos® Analytics
  • Db2
  • Db2 Big SQL
  • Db2 Warehouse
  • Watson Discovery
  • Watson Knowledge Catalog
  • Watson Query
  • Watson Studio
  • Watson Machine Learning Accelerator
Kernel parameter settings
  • Db2
  • Db2 Big SQL
  • Db2 Warehouse
  • Watson Knowledge Catalog
  • Watson Query
Power settings
  
GPU settings
  • Runtime 22.1 with Python 3.9 for GPU
  • Runtime 22.2 with Python 3.10 for GPU
  • Watson Machine Learning Accelerator