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

Membership Partitions. HP Scalable NAS uses a set of membership partitions to
control access to the SAN and to store the device naming database, which includes
the global device names that HP Scalable NAS assigns to the SAN disks placed
under its control.
You will need to select the LUNs or disk partitions that should be used as membership
partitions.
NOTE:
LUNs must already be partitioned as described earlier under Create luns or disk
partitions for membership partitions, page 20.
HP Scalable NAS can use either one or three membership partitions. To ensure that
a membership partition is always available, we strongly recommend that you select
three partitions.
To create a membership partition, click Add. The Add Membership Partition dialog
then lists all of the disks or LUNs that it can access. Select the disk or LUN where you
want to place the first membership partition.
All of the available partitions on that disk or LUN then appear in the bottom of the
window. Select one of these partitions and click Add. (The minimum size for a
membership partition is 1 GB.) Repeat this procedure to select two more membership
partitions. We recommend that the partitions be on different disks.
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