4.1.0 HP PolyServe Matrix Server administration guide (T5392-96073, October 2010)

Contents
1 Quick start checklist ......................................................... 15
Cluster configuration steps .................................................................................. 15
2 Introduction to Matrix Server ............................................. 19
Product features ................................................................................................ 19
Overview ......................................................................................................... 20
The structure of a cluster ............................................................................... 20
Software components .................................................................................. 21
Shared SAN devices ................................................................................... 22
Volume Manager ........................................................................................ 22
PSFS filesystems .......................................................................................... 22
Matrix Server databases .............................................................................. 23
Virtual hosts and failover protection ............................................................... 23
Service and device monitors ......................................................................... 24
Event notifier services .................................................................................. 24
SNMP service ............................................................................................ 25
Cluster design guidelines .................................................................................... 25
Server memory ........................................................................................... 25
Supported configurations ............................................................................. 25
Single FC port, single FC switch, single FC fabric ..................................... 25
Single FC port, dual FC switches, single FC fabric .................................... 26
iSCSI configuration ............................................................................... 27
3 Cluster administration ...................................................... 29
Administrative considerations and restrictions ........................................................ 29
Network hostname resolution ........................................................................ 29
Network changes ....................................................................................... 30
Filesystems and SAN ................................................................................... 30
Windows authentication .............................................................................. 31
Active Directory .......................................................................................... 31
Other considerations ................................................................................... 31
Tested configuration limits ................................................................................... 32
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