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
Contents v
Move a Server to Another Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
HP Clustered File System License File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Upgrade the License File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Refresh the License File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Supported HP Clustered File System Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Limit the Servers That Can Join a Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Migrate Existing Servers to HP Clustered File System. . . . . . . . . . . 52
Configure Servers for DNS Load Balancing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
6 Configure Network Interfaces
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Administrative Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Network Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Virtual Hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Network Interfaces and the Management Console. . . . . . . . . . . 56
Administrative Network Failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Making Network Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Allow, Discourage, or Exclude Administrative Traffic. . . . . . . . . . . 58
Enable or Disable a Network Interface for Virtual Hosting. . . . . . . 59
Add or Modify a Network Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Remove a Network Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
7 Configure the SAN
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
SAN Configuration Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Storage Control Layer Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Device Identifiers and GPT Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Device Database and Membership Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Disks Containing More Than 31 Partitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Maximum Length for Disk UIDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Restriction for Disk Partitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Disk Partition Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Import SAN Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Deport SAN Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Local Disk Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Storage Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Display Disk Information with sandiskinfo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Disk Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Options for Dynamic Volumes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73