HP StorageWorks Clustered File System 3.6.1 for Windows installation guide (AP809-96008, October 2009)

Chapter2:ConfigurationInformation 7
domainID7.DomainID6mustnotexistonthefabriccontaining
switch2anddomainID7mustnotexistonthe fabriccontaining
switch1.
Requirements for Active Directory
HPClusteredFileSystemrequiresthatActiveDirectorybeconfigured.
Youshouldbeawareofthefollowing:
•WithWindows2003,allHPStorageWorksX5500NetworkStorage
GatewayforWindows(HPX5500StorageGatewayforWindows)
nodesmustbemembersofanActiveDirectorydomain.Thisis
necessaryforfilesystemsecurity.
•ActiveDirectory
userandgroupsshouldbeusedinfilesystemACLs.
Donotuselocalusersandgroupsbecausetheyaremeaninglessto
othernodesinthecluster.
•HPX5500StorageGatewayforWindowsnodesshouldnotbeusedas
domaincontrollersbecausethetwoserviceswillcompetefor
resources,resultingindecreased
performance.
•TheDNSserversusedbyActiveDirectoryandbyHPClusteredFile
SystemshouldnotresideonHPStorageWorksX5500Network
StorageGatewayforWindowsnodes.PlacingtheDNSserversonHP
StorageWorksX5500NetworkStorageGatewayforWindowsnodes
createsaraceconditionthatpreventsHPClusteredFileSystem
from
starting.