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

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Configure the Cluster from the
Command Line
HPClusteredFileSystemprovidesmxcommandsthatcanbeusedto
createtheinitialclusterconfiguration.Thesecommandsareequivalentto
theConfigureClustergraphicaluserinterfacedescribedinChapter3and
canbeusedinconfigurationscripts.Werecommendthatyoureviewthe
descriptionoftheConfigureClusterwindow
(seesection“16.Configure
theCluster”onpage23)tobecomefamiliarwiththeactionsperformed
bythemxcommands.
NOTE: Beforeconfiguringaclusterfromthecommandline,steps1
through15inChapter3,“InstallHPStorageWorksClusteredFile
System,”mustbecompletedoneachnode.
Command Sequence
Whenperformingtheinitialconfigurationofacluster,thecommands
mustbeenteredinaspecificorder.Thefollowingexamplesshowthe
necessarysequencesforFibreChannelswitch‐basedfencingandweb
management‐basedfencing.
Themxcommandsusedintheseexamplesaredescribedunder
“CommandDescriptions”onpage56.
FibreChannel Switch-Based Fencing
Thisexampleassumestheclusterwillincludefournodes:nodeA,nodeB,
nodeC,andnodeD.ThecommandsarerunfromnodeAbyamemberof
themachine’slocalAdministratorsgrouponthatnode.