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

Chapter3:InstallHPStorageWorksClusteredFileSystem 9
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Windowsadministrationguide
–HPStorageWorksClusteredFileSysteminstallationguide
–HPStorageWorksClusteredFileSystemcommandreference
–HPStorageWorksClusteredFileSystemThirdPartySoftware
Supported Operating Systems
ThesupportedoperatingsystemforHPClusteredFileSystem3.6.1is
Microsoft
®Windows®StorageServer2003R2(Standardx64Edition).
User Authentication
HPClusteredFileSystemusesWindowscredentialstoauthorizeaccess
tothecluster.Bydefault,membersofthemachinelocalAdministrators
grouphaveaccesstotheclusterandcanperformallclusteroperations.
Whenyouconfigurethecluster,youshouldlogon toWindowswitha
domainorlocaluseraccountthat
isamemberofthemachinelocal
AdministratorsgrouponthetargetHPX5500StorageGatewayfor
Windowsnodetobeconfigured.Adomainuseraccountisrecommended
toavoidadditionalauthenticationpromptingwhenexportingthe
configurationtootherserversinthecluster.
Before the Installation
Beforestartingtheinstallation,besuretoreviewtheconfigurationand
hardwarerequirementsspecifiedinChapter1.Alsonotethefollowing:
System Drive Requirement
Windows2003requiresthatadevicehaveanassigneddriveletteror
mountpathbeforeitwillallowreadorwriteaccesstoapartition.
Consequently,HPClusteredFileSystemrequiresthatthesystemdrive
(typicallyC:)beonanNTFSfilesystem.ThisisnecessarybecauseHP
ClusteredFileSystem
createsmountpointsonthedirectoryC:\Program