3.7.0 HP StorageWorks HP Scalable NAS File Serving Software installation guide HP Scalable NAS for Linux (AG513-96004, October 2009)

Contents

About this guide ................................................................... 6

Intended audience ............................................................................................... 6

HP technical support ............................................................................................ 6

Subscription service ............................................................................................. 6

HP websites ........................................................................................................ 7

Documentation feedback ...................................................................................... 7

1 Configuration information ................................................... 9

Cluster software requirements ................................................................................ 9

Hardware configuration limits ............................................................................... 9

Supported HBA drivers ................................................................................ 10

Server requirements ........................................................................................... 10

Network configuration requirements ..................................................................... 11

Cluster SAN configuration guidelines ................................................................... 12

I/O scheduler policies ....................................................................................... 13

HP Scalable NAS documentation ........................................................................ 13

2 Install HP Scalable NAS and FS Option for Linux ................. 15

Supported operating systems and kernels ............................................................. 15

HP Scalable NAS kernels ............................................................................. 15

Contents of the HP Scalable NAS distribution ........................................................ 16

Installation procedure ......................................................................................... 17

Installation checklist ..................................................................................... 17

1. Set up the SAN environment ..................................................................... 19

Configure the storage array ................................................................... 19

Create luns or disk partitions for membership partitions ............................. 20

Configure Fibre Channel switches for the cluster ....................................... 21

2. Install a supported operating system .......................................................... 22

3. Configure firewalls (optional) .................................................................... 22

External network port numbers ............................................................... 22

Internal network port numbers ................................................................ 23

NFS network port numbers .................................................................... 24

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