HP StorageWorks Clustered File System 3.1.1 for Linux Installation Guide (May 2006)

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Contents of the Clustered File System Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Initial Pre-Planning Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Installation IProcedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Installation Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1. Install a Supported Operating System and Kernel . . . . . . . . . 15
2. Configure the Storage Array. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3. Install Third-Party MPIO Software (Optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4. Configure MPIO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5. Configure FC Switches for the Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
6. Create LUNs or Disk Partitions for Membership
Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
7. Install HP Clustered File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
8. Install the Quota Tools RPM (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
9. Specify an HBA Driver If Necessary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
10. Verify the SAN Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
11. Run the mxcheck Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
12. Set Clustered File System Parameter for FalconStor. . . . . . . 20
13. Configure the Cluster from the Management Console. . . . . 21
14. Configure HP CFS for Public versus Private Network. . . . . 35
Test the Fencing Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Install the Management Console on Other Hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Management Console for Linux Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Management Console for Windows Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
5 Install FS Option
Install FS Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Uninstall FS Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
A Install the SLES9 Operating System and Kernel
Install the Operating System and Kernel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
1. Install SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
2. Modify System Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3. Install a Supported Kernel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Build the Kernel from Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
1. Download and Install the Kernel Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
2. Install the Clustered File System Support RPM. . . . . . . . . . . . 44
3. Install the Clustered File System SW for Linux
Patches RPM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
4. Compile the Kernel and Reboot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45