HP StorageWorks Clustered File System 3.6.0 Windows Storage Server Edition Administration Guide (403103-005, January 2008)
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- HP Technical Support
- Quick Start Checklist
- Introduction to HP Clustered File System
- Cluster Administration
- Administrative Considerations and Restrictions
- Tested Configuration Limits
- Volume and Filesystem Limits
- User Authentication
- Start the Management Console
- Cluster Management Applications
- The HP CFS Management Console
- View Installed Software
- Start HP Clustered File System
- Stop HP Clustered File System
- Back Up and Restore the Cluster Configuration
- HP Clustered File System Network Port Numbers
- Configure Servers
- Configure Network Interfaces
- Configure the SAN
- Configure Dynamic Volumes
- Configure PSFS Filesystems
- Manage Disk Quotas
- Manage Hardware Snapshots
- Configure Security Features
- Configure Event Notifiers and View Events
- Overview
- Install and Configure the Microsoft SNMP Service
- Cluster Event Viewer
- Configure Event Notifier Services
- Select Events for a Notifier Service
- Configure the SNMP Notifier Service
- Configure the Email Notifier Service
- Configure the Script Notifier Service
- View Configurations from the Command Line
- Test Notifier Services
- Enable or Disable a Notifier Service
- Restore Notifier Event Settings to Default Values
- Import or Export the Notifier Event Settings
- Using Custom Notifier Scripts
- Cluster Operations on the Applications Tab
- Configure Virtual Hosts
- Configure Service Monitors
- Configure Device Monitors
- Advanced Monitor Topics
- SAN Maintenance
- Other Cluster Maintenance
- Management Console Icons
- Index
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Introduction to HP Clustered File
System
HP StorageWorks Clustered File System provides a cluster structure for
managing a group of network servers and a Storage Area Network (SAN)
as a single entity.
Product Features
HP Clustered File System includes the following features:
• Fully distributed data-sharing environment. The PSFS filesystem
enables all servers in the cluster to directly access shared data stored
on a SAN. After a PSFS filesystem has been created on a SAN disk, all
servers in the cluster can access the filesystem and perform concurrent
read and/or write operations to it. PSFS is a journaling filesystem and
provides online crash recovery. It is designed to be performant,
scalable, highly recoverable, and highly available.
• Availability and reliability. Servers and SAN components (FC switches
and RAID subsystems) can be added to a cluster with minimal impact,
as long as the operation is supported by the underlying operating
system. HP Clustered File System includes failover mechanisms that
enable the cluster to continue operations without interruption when
various types of failures occur. If network communications fail
between any or all servers in the cluster, HP Clustered File System
maintains the coherency and integrity of all shared data in the cluster.