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

Chapter3:InstallHPStorageWorksClusteredFileSystem 12
IfyouwillbeusingaclientPCoutsidetheclustertoadministeryour
cluster,youwillalsoneedtoinstallthestand‐aloneManagementConsole
packageonthatPC.
1. Set Up the DNS Hostname
EachserverrunningHPClusteredFileSystemmustbeabletoresolveits
hostnameinDNS.HPClusteredFileSystemusesthefirstaddress
returnedbyDNSastheserver’snameinthecluster.
WhenconfiguringDNS,keepthefollowingguidelinesinmind:
•Ifyouhavemultiplepublicnetworksacrossthe cluster,
onlyoneof
theinterfacesshouldberegisteredinDNS,andallnodesneedtobe
registeredonthesamenetwork.
•DonotlistanyDNSserversfortheprivate(non‐routedornon‐client
reachable)NICs.FortheprivateNICsandanyotherpublicNICs,
unchecktheconfigurationoptionto
“registerthisconnection’s
addressesinDNS.”
•IfyouareusingdynamicDNS,werecommendthatyouchooseone
publicNICtosetupasaDNSclient.ThenlisttheDNSserver(s)inthe
configurationforthisNIC.(StaticDNSentriesmaybepreferableto
dynamicDNS.)
•Ifyouareusing
DHCP, be suretouseDHCPreservationssothatthe
servers’IPaddresseswillnotchangeovertime.
•IfyouareusingDHCP,theDNSandhostnamewillbesetupcorrectly
ifDHCPhasbeenconfiguredtodothis.
IfyouarenotusingdynamicDNSorDHCP,youcanuse
staticentriesto
setupDNS.Useoneofthefollowingmethodstosetupthehostnameon
eachserver:
Install snapshot
software (optional).
This step is needed only if you will be using the hardware
snapshot feature.
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Configure the cluster. Create an initial cluster configuration on one server,
export that configuration to the other servers, and then
start the HP Clustered File System service on all servers.
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