3.6.1 HP PolyServe Software for Windows File Serving Administration Guide (T5392-96019, July 2008)

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Configure Virtual CIFS Servers
Configuration Overview
WhenCIFSisconfiguredwithMatrixServerandHPPolyServeSoftware,
thedatatobe sharedisstoredonPSFSclusteredfilesystems.Asetof
VirtualFileShares,onepernodeinthematrix,istypicallycreatedfor
eachfilesystem.
HPPolyServeSoftwareuses“VirtualCIFSServers”toprovideCIFS
access
totheVirtualFileShares.ClientsaccesstheVirtualFileSharesvia
theCIFSinterfacetothoseVirtualCIFSServers;theydonotneedtoknow
whichphysicalnodeisprovidingtheservice.
WhenyoucreateaVirtualCIFSServer,youwillneedtoassignittoa
primarynodeand
oneormorebackupnodes.Youcanthenaddoneor
moreVirtualFileSharestotheVirtualCIFSServer.Followingaresome
sampleconfigurations.
Virtual CIFS Server Providing a Single File Share
ThefollowingexampleshowsaVirtualCIFSServerprovidingtheVirtual
FileSharedata1 .In thisexample,theVirtualCIFSServerVFS1isinitially
activeontheprimarynode;clientrequests foritsVirtualFileSharesgoto
thisnode.HPPolyServeSoftwareperiodicallymonitorstheVirtualFile
Sharesto
determinewhethertheycanbeaccessedexternally.