HP StorageWorks X5500 Network Storage Gateway for Linux setup guide (AP811-96003, October 2009)

connection is the “private” network. You must indicate which network is considered to be the private
one. Failure to perform this step could allow the public network to be selected, which could adversely
affect performance. It is important to correctly complete this task. To do so, use one of the following
methods to discourage administration traffic off the public network:
1. Using the Management Console:
a. Select the Servers tab.
b. Repeat the following steps for each public network:
• Right-click the network interface corresponding to the public network.
• Select Discourage Admin Traffic.
2. Use the command line to discourage intra-cluster traffic off the public network connections (there
are typically two of them):
• - mx netif noadmin <public_IP1>
• - mx netif noadmin <public_IP2>
NOTE:
This assumes that <public_IP1> and <public_IP2> correspond to your public network. To
verify this, you can use 'ifconfig ethN' to look at network settings.
Discouraging traffic on the public interfaces gives preference to the private network. However, if the
private network fails, the public networks are used as an alternative means of communication.
For more information, see the HP StorageWorks X5500 Network Storage Gateway for Linux File
Serving Software administration guide topic “Allow or discourage administrative traffic.”
Other configuration tasks
Configure HP X5500 Storage Gateway for Linux features
See the “Quick start checklist” in Chapter 1 of the HP StorageWorks X5500 Network Storage Gateway
for Linux File Serving Software administration guide for information about configuring and using HP
X5500 Storage Gateway for Linux features such as clustered PSFS filesystems, the administrative
filesystem, NFS and Samba/CIFS file services, snapshots, cluster security, replication, the Performance
Dashboard, and the event notification system.
Configure firewalls (optional)
It is important to configure firewalls appropriately. Following are some considerations:
• For SLES10, if you will be installing a firewall, ensure that the service ports required by HP X5500
Storage Gateway for Linux are open.
• If NFS or Samba/CIFS will be used, their service ports must also be open.
Following are the network ports used by HP X5500 Storage Gateway for Linux, NFS, and Samba/CIFS.
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