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

Matrix Server license file .................................................................................... 59
Upgrade the license file ............................................................................... 59
Upgrade servers one-at-a-time ................................................................ 60
Upgrade one server and export ............................................................. 60
Refresh the license file ................................................................................. 60
Supported Matrix Server features .................................................................. 61
Limit the servers that can join a matrix .................................................................. 61
Migrate existing servers to Matrix Server .............................................................. 62
Configure servers for DNS load balancing ............................................................ 62
5 Configure network interfaces ............................................. 65
Overview ......................................................................................................... 65
Administrative traffic .................................................................................... 65
Network topology ....................................................................................... 66
Virtual hosts ............................................................................................... 66
Network interfaces and the Management Console .......................................... 66
Administrative network failover ..................................................................... 67
Making network changes ............................................................................. 68
Allow, discourage, or exclude administrative traffic ................................................ 68
Enable or disable a network interface for virtual hosting ......................................... 69
Add or modify a network interface ...................................................................... 69
Remove a stale network interface ......................................................................... 70
6 Configure the SAN .......................................................... 71
Overview ......................................................................................................... 71
SAN configuration requirements ................................................................... 71
Storage Control Layer module ....................................................................... 71
Device identifiers and GPT disks ................................................................... 72
Device database and membership partitions .................................................. 72
Disks containing more than 31 partitions ....................................................... 72
Maximum length for disk UIDs ...................................................................... 73
Restriction for disk partitions ......................................................................... 73
Disk partition alignment ............................................................................... 73
Import SAN disks .............................................................................................. 73
Deport SAN disks .............................................................................................. 75
Display local disk information ............................................................................. 76
Storage Summary window .................................................................................. 77
Display disk information with sandiskinfo .............................................................. 79
Disk information ......................................................................................... 79
Show partition information .................................................................... 80
Show local device information ............................................................... 80
Show filesystem information ................................................................... 80
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