Owner's Manual

Setting Up a SAS Cluster 29

Install the MD Storage software. Select one of the following installation

options:

• Full—This package installs core software, providers, and utilities. It

includes the necessary host-based storage agent, multipath driver, MD

Storage Manager, providers, and optional utilities.

• Host Only—This package includes the host context agent, multipath

drivers, and optional utilities required to configure the host.

• Management Station—This package includes the MD Storage,

Manager, providers, and optional utilities.

• Custom—This option allows you to select specific components.

Reboot each host server.

Silent Installation

This option allows you to install the software in an unattended mode. To run

the silent installation in a Windows system follow the steps

listed below

To begin the installation with all the default options, navigate to the

windows folder on the resource media and run the following command:

md32xx_install -i silent

To specify which features are to be installed silently, modify the

custom_silent.properties

file located in the same directory and copy it to a

writable location on the host server. This file contains a list of supported

features and their descriptions. To utilize the modified

custom_silent.properties

file, run the command:

md32xx_install -f

C:\path\to\custom_silent.properties