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

Chapter4:ConfigureVirtualCIFSServers 25
VirtualCIFSServer:ThisfieldcontainstheIPaddressoftheVirtualCIFS
Serverthatyouselected.
ShareName:TypeanamefortheVirtualFileShare.
NOTE: YoucanusethesamesharenameforVirtualFileSharesassigned
todifferentVirtualCIFSServers.However,iftheVirtualCIFS
Serversareconfiguredonanyofthesamenodes,theVirtualFile
Sharesmustbeconfiguredidentically.(Ineffect,youareassigning
thesameVirtualFileSharetomultiple
CIFSFileServers,as
describedintheconfigurationscenario“LoadBalancingfora
VirtualFileShare”onpage19.)
IftwoVirtualFileShareshavethesamenamebutareconfigured
differently(forexample,theypointto differentpaths),sharename
collisionscanoccurinfailoversituations.ThiscancauseCIFS

clientstoconnecttothewrongVirtualFileShare andcancause
alertstoappearonthePolyServeManagementConsole.
ThissituationalsoappliestoMatrixFileShares.IfaVirtualFile
ShareandaMatrixFileSharehavethesamenameandareusing
anyofthesamenodes,they
mustbeconfiguredidentically.