3.4.0 Matrix Server Installation Guide

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1. Membership Partitions. Matrix Server uses a set of membership
partitions to control access to the SAN and to store the device naming
database, which includes the global device names that Matrix Server
assigns to the SAN disks placed under its control.
You will need to select the LUN or disk partitions that should be used
as membership partitions. Note the following:
– LUNs must already be partitioned as described in step “11. Create
LUNs for the Membership Partitions and Modify Partition Tables”
on page 13.
– Existing partitions used for membership partitions cannot contain
Windows filesystems. See “Partitions Containing Windows
Filesystems” on page 14.