Seed and nodetool

[Claire Chang]

I have 3 nodes A, B, C with RF=3. When I configure the cluster and before start 
taking any read/write request, I first start A, put A itself as seed (following 
in the instructions on wiki), and then start B (put A as the seed) and then 
start C (also put A as the seed).

B and C seem joining the ring correctly and the cluster is working properly but 
if I run nodetool

cla...@a:$ nodetool -h A -p 9090 ring
Address       Status     Load          Range                                    
  Ring
                                       170141183460469231731687303715884105726  
  
192.168.11.29 Up         2.29 GB       56713727820156410577229101238628035242   
  |<--|
192.168.11.28 Up         2.18 GB       113427455640312821154458202477256070484  
  |   |
192.168.11.27 Up         2.29 GB       170141183460469231731687303715884105726  
  |-->|
cla...@a:$ nodetool -h B -p 9090 ring
Address       Status     Load          Range                                    
  Ring
                                       170141183460469231731687303715884105726  
  
192.168.11.29 Down       2.28 GB       56713727820156410577229101238628035242   
  |<--|
192.168.11.28 Up         2.18 GB       113427455640312821154458202477256070484  
  |   |
192.168.11.27 Down       2.28 GB       170141183460469231731687303715884105726  
  |-->|
cla...@a:$ nodetool -h C -p 9090 ring
Address       Status     Load          Range                                    
  Ring
                                       170141183460469231731687303715884105726  
  
192.168.11.29 Up         2.29 GB       56713727820156410577229101238628035242   
  |<--|
192.168.11.28 Down       2.18 GB       113427455640312821154458202477256070484  
  |   |
192.168.11.27 Up         2.29 GB       170141183460469231731687303715884105726  
  |-->|


Any reason why nodetool thinks that some servers are down if pointing to B or 
C? If my cluster setup correct?

thanks,
Claire