HP StorageWorks Clustered File System 3.6.0 Windows Storage Server Edition Administration Guide (403103-005, January 2008)
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- HP Technical Support
- Quick Start Checklist
- Introduction to HP Clustered File System
- Cluster Administration
- Administrative Considerations and Restrictions
- Tested Configuration Limits
- Volume and Filesystem Limits
- User Authentication
- Start the Management Console
- Cluster Management Applications
- The HP CFS Management Console
- View Installed Software
- Start HP Clustered File System
- Stop HP Clustered File System
- Back Up and Restore the Cluster Configuration
- HP Clustered File System Network Port Numbers
- Configure Servers
- Configure Network Interfaces
- Configure the SAN
- Configure Dynamic Volumes
- Configure PSFS Filesystems
- Manage Disk Quotas
- Manage Hardware Snapshots
- Configure Security Features
- Configure Event Notifiers and View Events
- Overview
- Install and Configure the Microsoft SNMP Service
- Cluster Event Viewer
- Configure Event Notifier Services
- Select Events for a Notifier Service
- Configure the SNMP Notifier Service
- Configure the Email Notifier Service
- Configure the Script Notifier Service
- View Configurations from the Command Line
- Test Notifier Services
- Enable or Disable a Notifier Service
- Restore Notifier Event Settings to Default Values
- Import or Export the Notifier Event Settings
- Using Custom Notifier Scripts
- Cluster Operations on the Applications Tab
- Configure Virtual Hosts
- Configure Service Monitors
- Configure Device Monitors
- Advanced Monitor Topics
- SAN Maintenance
- Other Cluster Maintenance
- Management Console Icons
- Index

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Contents
1 HP Technical Support
HP Storage Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
HP NAS Services Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2 Quick Start Checklist
Cluster Configuration Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3 Introduction to HP Clustered File System
Product Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
The Structure of a Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Software Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Shared SAN Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Volume Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
PSFS Filesystems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
HP Clustered File System Databases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Virtual Hosts and Failover Protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Service and Device Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SNMP Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Event Notifier Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Cluster Design Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Server Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Supported Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4 Cluster Administration
Administrative Considerations and Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Network Hostname Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Network Changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Filesystems and SAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Windows Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Active Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20