HP StorageWorks Clustered File System 3.6.0 Windows Storage Server Edition Setup Guide (403102-005, January 2008)

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Contents
1 HP Technical Support
HP Storage Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
HP NAS Services Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Configuration Information
Network Configuration Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Cluster SAN Configuration Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Requirements for Active Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3 Setting Up HP StorageWorks Clustered File System
Contents of the HP Clustered File System Distribution. . . . . . . . . . 10
User Authentication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Setup Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Setup Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1. Set iLO configuration during boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2. Set Up the DNS Hostname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3. Configure the Server for WINS Clients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4. Install a Firewall (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5. Reboot the Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6. Install Emulex HBA API Libraries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
7. Configure the Storage Array. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
8. Install the iSCSI Initiator (iSCSI Configurations Only). . . . . . 16
9. Install HP or Third-Party MPIO Software (Optional). . . . . . . 16
10. Set Parameters for MPIO Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
11. Configure FC Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
12. Create LUNs for the Membership Partitions and Modify
Partition Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
13. Log Into iSCSI Targets (iSCSI Configurations Only). . . . . . . 22
14. Run the mxcheck Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
15. Install Hardware Snapshot Software (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . 22
16. Configure the Cluster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23