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

Chapter3:InstallHPStorageWorksClusteredFileSystem 35
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18.
–Existingpartitionsusedformembershippartitionscannotcontain
Windowsfilesystems.See“PartitionsContaining
Windows
Filesystems”onpage20.
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.