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

Chapter2:ConfigurationInformation 4
•MicrosoftWindowsScriptHost(WSH)isrequiredandshouldnotbe
disabled.
•TheHPManagementConsolerequiresthatthedisplaybesettoa
minimumof256colors.
•TheminimumresolutionfortheHPManagementConsoleis
1024x768.
•HPClusteredFileSystemhasbeenverifiedwiththeEnglishlocale.
Toensurethatfile
timesareconsistentacrossthecluster,itis
recommendedthatallclusterserversoperatewithsynchronizedtime‐of‐
dayclocks.AnNTPserverisonecommonlyusedmechanismfor
synchronizingsystemclocks.
Network Configuration Requirements
AllnetworksusedwithHPClusteredFileSystemshouldbeconfigured
asfollows:
• Eachnetworkinterfacecard(NIC)mustbeonaseparatephysical
network.Forexample,youcoulduseeitheraseparateEthernetswitch
foreachnetworkoramanagedswitchthatallowsnetworktrafficto
beisolated.
• EachNICmust
beonaseparatelogicalIPnetwork.
•Networkinterfacesshouldbemulticast‐capable.Ifaninterfacedoes
notprovidethiscapability,contactHPSupportforassistance.
• 802.3xEthernetflowcontrolcannotbeused.Besuretocheckthe
driversettingsforyourNICstoensurethatthisfeatureisdisabled.
•The
networktopologyshouldbesymmetrical;eachserverinthe
clustershouldbeconnectedtothesamesetofnetworks.
•OneoftheNICsistypicallyusedforaprivateintra‐clustersubnet.
Thisisrequiredforoptimalperformance.
•Thenetworkadaptertowhichtheserver’sIPaddressisboundmust
appearfirst
ontheAdapterandBindingslistontheNetworkand
Dial‐upConnectionswindow.(Right‐clickonMyNetworkPlacesand