4.0.0 HP Polyserve Matrix Server Installation Guide (T5392-96046, March 2010)

IMPORTANT:
In Windows 2008, the SAN storage is kept offline by default, as the SAN policy is
set to “Offline Shared.” Use the command-based diskpart utility or the GUI-based
Windows Disk Management utility to bring the storage online for the first node being
configured. If the diskpart utility is used, you will need to clear the read-only disk
attributes after the storage is online.
If you will be using the XIOtech MAGNITUDE storage array, see the following
document:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&
cc=us&taskId=115&prodSeriesId=3435148&prodTypeId=18964&
prodSeriesId=3435148&objectID=c01060345
8. Install the iSCSI initiator (iSCSI configurations only)
Install the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator on each server according to the product
documentation.
9. Install third-party MPIO software (optional)
If you will be using third-party MPIO software, install it according to the product
documentation. Also check the PolyServe Business Support Center web site for
additional information:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Home.jsp? =en&cc=us&
prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=3435148&submit.y=8&submit.x=5 =en&cc=us
10. Configure FC switches
NOTE:
For all FC switches, it is best practice to place each HBA port and its storage ports
in a separate zone. No other initiator HBA port should be present in this zone.
When certain problems occur on a server (for example, hardware problems or the
loss of matrix network communications), and the server ceases to effectively coordinate
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