3.7.0 HP StorageWorks HP Scalable NAS File Serving Software administration guide - HP Scalable NAS 3.7 for Linux (AG513-96002, October 2009)

3 Cluster Administration ...................................................... 41
Administrative considerations .............................................................................. 41
Network operations .................................................................................... 41
Servers ...................................................................................................... 42
SAN ......................................................................................................... 42
Cluster software requirements .............................................................................. 43
Tested configuration limits ................................................................................... 43
HP Scalable NAS ....................................................................................... 43
FS Option for Linux ..................................................................................... 44
Dynamic volumes ........................................................................................ 44
Filesystem limits .......................................................................................... 44
Cluster management applications ........................................................................ 44
User authentication ..................................................................................... 45
Manage a cluster with the HP Scalable NAS Management Console .................. 45
Start the Management Console .............................................................. 45
Authentication parameters and bookmarks ..................................................... 46
Manage bookmarks .................................................................................... 47
Update an existing .matrixrc file to use new features ................................. 49
Disconnect from a cluster ............................................................................. 50
Exit a Management Console session .............................................................. 50
Manage a cluster from the command line ..................................................... 50
The Management Console .................................................................................. 50
Servers tab ................................................................................................ 51
Virtual Hosts tab ......................................................................................... 52
Applications tab ......................................................................................... 53
Filesystems tab ............................................................................................ 54
Cluster alerts .............................................................................................. 55
View installed software ...................................................................................... 56
Using the HP Scalable NAS SNMP sub-agent ....................................................... 56
Start or stop snmpd ..................................................................................... 57
HP Scalable NAS processes and mxinit ................................................................ 57
Process monitoring ...................................................................................... 58
View HP Scalable NAS process status ..................................................... 58
mxinit configuration file ......................................................................... 59
Start or stop HP Scalable NAS ............................................................................ 59
Start or stop HP Scalable NAS with the pmxs script ......................................... 59
Start or stop HP Scalable NAS with mxinit ..................................................... 60
Administer init.d scripts ................................................................................ 61
Back up and restore the cluster configuration ......................................................... 61
HP Scalable NAS configuration .................................................................... 61
FS Option for Linux configuration .................................................................. 62
Save the Export Group configuration ...................................................... 62
Save the NLM state .............................................................................. 62
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