HP StorageWorks Scalable File Share System Installation and Upgrade Guide Version 2.2

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8.3.6 Step 6: Backing up the license file ......................................................................................... 8-5
8.3.7 Step 7: Shutting down all servers ........................................................................................... 8-5
8.3.8 Step 8: Installing the administration server .............................................................................. 8-6
8.3.9 Step 9: Updating the database..............................................................................................8-6
8.3.10 Step 10: Setting the preferred controller (EVA storage only) ...................................................... 8-8
8.3.11 Step 11: Configuring the administration server ........................................................................ 8-9
8.3.12 Step 12: Installing the MDS server ......................................................................................... 8-9
8.3.13 Step 13: Reenabling ssh connections.................................................................................... 8-10
8.3.14 Step 14: Booting the Object Storage Servers......................................................................... 8-10
8.3.15 Step 15: Installing the license file......................................................................................... 8-11
8.3.16 Step 16: Enabling the Portals compatibility mode (optional) .................................................... 8-13
8.3.17 Step 17: Verifying the system upgrade ................................................................................. 8-14
8.3.18 Step 18: Starting the file systems.......................................................................................... 8-15
8.3.19 Step 19: Modifying service mount options and enabling quotas (optional) ................................ 8-15
8.3.20 Step 20: Configuring default email alert addresses ................................................................ 8-17
8.3.21 Step 21: Disabling Portals compatibility (when all client nodes have been upgraded)................. 8-18
8.4 Downgrading the server software ............................................................................................. 8-19
9 Configuring the system after installing or upgrading
9.1 Configuring a mail server .......................................................................................................... 9-2
9.2 Configuring supplementary groups .............................................................................................9-2
9.2.1 Overview............................................................................................................................ 9-3
9.2.2 Setting up group servers ....................................................................................................... 9-3
9.2.3 Configuring group servers and the HP SFS system to support supplementary groups..................... 9-4
9.2.4 Setting the lustre.groups_ssh_timeout attribute.......................................................................... 9-5
9.3 Enabling server read cache ....................................................................................................... 9-5
A Using the keyboard, video, and mouse switch
A.1 Assigning server names............................................................................................................. A-2
A.2 Selecting a server ..................................................................................................................... A-4
B Worksheets
B.1 System configuration worksheets .................................................................................................B-1
C System software installation checklists
C.1 Factory-installed system configuration checklist .............................................................................C-2
C.2 System software installation checklist — EVA4000 storage ............................................................ C-3
C.3 System software installation checklist — SFS20 storage................................................................. C-6
C.4 Upgrade checklist..................................................................................................................... C-8
D Configuring InfiniBand partitions at the switch
E Using non-standard Fibre Channel storage
E.1 Determining basic compatibility...................................................................................................E-2
E.2 Creating LUNs ..........................................................................................................................E-2
E.3 Installing with non-standard Fibre Channel arrays..........................................................................E-2
F SSSU script example
F.1 Editing the script........................................................................................................................F-1
F.2 Running the script ......................................................................................................................F-2
G Configuring HP ProCurve Switches for non-standard MTU sizes
H Configuring an HP ProCurve Networking Routing Switch 9315m for 802.3ad operation
I Configuring multiple servers with an EVA4000 array
J The configure array command
J.1 Configuring SFS20 arrays attached to the administration and MDS servers ...................................... J-2
J.2 Configuring SFS20 arrays attached to Object Storage Servers........................................................ J-2
J.3 Specifying LUN sizes ................................................................................................................. J-2
J.4 Syntax of the configure array command ....................................................................................... J-3