HP StorageWorks X5500 Network Storage Gateway for Windows setup guide (AP809-96004, October 2009)

Chapter3:SettingUpHPStorageWorksClusteredFileSystem 16
ID6mustnotexistonthefabriccontainingswitch2anddomainID7
mustnotexistonthefabriccontainingswitch1.
TypicallythesetaskscanbeperformedfromtheFCswitchorfromthird‐
partyapplications.RefertoyourFCswitchorapplicationdocumentation
formoreinformation.
12. Create LUNs for the Membership Partitions and
Modify Partition Tables
HPClusteredFileSystemusesasetofmembershippartitionstocontrol
accesstotheSAN.Themembershippartitionsarealsoused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.
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usethreemembershippartitions.
IfyourdiskarraysoftwareprovidesthecapabilitytocreateLUNs,we
recommendthatyoucreatethreeLUNsforthemembershippartitions.
EachLUN
shouldcontainaminimumof1GB.
AftercreatingtheLUNs,usetheWindowsLogicalDiskManagement
(WLDM)utilitytocreateasinglepartitiononeachLUN.
NOTE: WhenusingWLDMtomanageyourSANdisks,besuretosetthe
disktypeto“Basic.”Ifthedisktypeiscurrentlysetto“Dynamic,”
right‐clickonthediskandselect“ConverttoBasicdisk.”HP
ClusteredFileSystemwillnotbeabletoaccessyourSANdisksif

thedisktypeissetto“Dynamic.”
HPClusteredFileSystemsupportsbothMBRbasicdisksandGPT
basicdisks.ForMBRbasicdisks,youcanuseeitherprimary
partitionsorextendedpartitionswithlogicaldrives.
Whenyouconfiguretheclusterlaterinthisprocedure,youcancreateHP
ClusteredFile
Systemmembershippartitionsonthepartitionsthatyou
justcreated.