HP StorageWorks Clustered File System 3.6.1 Windows Storage Server Edition administration guide (AG515 - 96007, August 2008)

Chapter 4: Cluster Administration 23
• For both dynamic volumes and basic volumes, the maximum number
of files/inodes is limited only by the available space. If zero-length
files are created, the upper bound is similar to the maximum block
count, which is about 2^32.
Cluster Management Applications
HP Clustered File System provides two applications to manage the
cluster: the HP CFS Management Console, and mx, the corresponding
command-line interface. These applications can be run from either a
server in the cluster or a local machine outside the cluster. HP Clustered
File System also provides other commands to perform various cluster
operations.
The cluster can also be integrated with any management software that
supports standard SNMP protocol. (For more information about using
SNMP, see “Using the HP Clustered File System SNMP Service” on page
36.)
User Authentication
HP Clustered File System provides several ways to authorize users to
access the cluster and perform cluster operations:
• Windows single sign-on. HP Clustered File System uses the Windows
credentials to authorize access to the cluster.
• The HP Clustered File System .matrixrc file. This optional file is stored
on the local machine and contains connection information for the
servers in the cluster. It can also store the usernames and passwords
needed to access the servers.
• On the command line, the --username and --password options can be
used to provide credentials for an mx command.
• If HP Clustered File System cannot authenticate a user via the
methods above, it prompts for the username and password.
When the HP Management Console is used, credentials are processed in
this order: