HP StorageWorks Clustered File System 3.6.0 Windows Storage Server Edition Installation Guide (418975-003, January 2008)

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1. Membership Partitions. HP Clustered File System uses a set of
membership partitions to control access to the SAN and to store the
device naming database, which includes the global device names that
HP Clustered File System assigns to the SAN disks placed under its
control.
You will need to select the LUN or disk partitions that should be used
as membership partitions. Note the following:
– LUNs must already be partitioned as described in step “11. Create
LUNs for the Membership Partitions and Modify Partition Tables”
on page 22.
– Existing partitions used for membership partitions cannot contain
Windows filesystems. See “Partitions Containing Windows
Filesystems” on page 23.
HP Clustered File System can use either one or three membership
partitions. To ensure that a membership partition is always
available, we strongly recommend that you select three partitions.
To create a membership partition, click Add. The Add Membership
Partition window then lists all of the disks or LUNs that it can access.
Select a disk or LUN for the first membership partition.