4.1.0 HP Polyserve Software Installation Guide (T5392-96066, October 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&objectID=c00791799
7. Install the iSCSI initiator (iSCSI configurations only)
Install the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator on each server according to the product
documentation.
8. 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
9. 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
and communicate with other servers in the matrix, Matrix Server must remove the
servers access to filesystems to preserve data integrity. This step is called fencing.
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