3.5.1 Matrix Server Installation Guide (June 2008)

Chapter 2: Install Matrix Server and MxFS-Linux 9
Action Description
Set up the SAN
configuration.
Set up the storage array, create LUNs for use as Matrix
Server membership partitions, and configure the FC
switches that will be under matrix control.
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Install the operating
system.
Install a supported operating system and modify the
necessary system files. For SLES9, install a supported
kernel. If using a RHEL4 source kernel, install the kernel.
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Install 3rd-party MPIO
software (optional).
If you will be using third-party MPIO software, install it
according to the product documentation.
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Verify downloaded
RPMs.
If you downloaded the Matrix Server software, verify the
MD5 checksum for each RPM.
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Install a binary kernel
(RHEL4 only).
If using a binary kernel, install one of the kernels provided
with Matrix Server.
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Install the iSCSI
initiator (SLES9 only).
For sites using iSCSI, install and configure the initiator on
each server according to the iSCSI documentation.
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Install Matrix Server
and MxFS-Linux.
Install the Matrix Server. If you will be using MxFS-Linux,
also install that product.
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Install the quota tools
RPM (optional).
This RPM contains several Linux quota commands that
have been modified for the PSFS filesystem.
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Specify an HBA driver
if necessary.
Needed only if your configuration requires an HBA driver
other than the Matrix Server default.
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Reboot and verify the
HBA configuration.
Determine whether the kernel has loaded an HBA driver.
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Verify the SAN
configuration.
Verify that the SAN devices are visible from the servers and
are configured correctly.
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Verify the patched
kernel for MxFS-Linux.
This step applies only to SLES9 and RHEL4 sites that have
built the kernel from source and will be using MxFS-Linux.
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Run the mxcheck
utility on each server.
This utility verifies that the server’s configuration meets the
requirements for Matrix Server.
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Set a Matrix Server
parameter (optional).
This step is needed only if your SAN configuration includes
a FalconStor device.
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Install snapshot
software (optional).
This step is needed only if you will be using the hardware
snapshot feature.
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Configure the matrix. Connect to the console on one node and configure the
matrix via the Management Console.
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Complete the
configuration.
Export the configuration to the other servers, test the
fencing configuration if necessary, and start Matrix Server.
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