HP StorageWorks X5500 Network Storage Gateway for Windows setup guide (AP809-96004, October 2009)

Chapter3:SettingUpHPStorageWorksClusteredFileSystem 10
2. Set Up the DNS Hostname
EachserverrunningHPClusteredFileSystemmustbeabletoresolveits
hostnameinDNS.HPClusteredFileSystemusesthefirstaddress
returnedbyDNSastheserver’snameinthecluster.
WhenconfiguringDNS,keepthefollowingguidelinesinmind:
•Ifyouhavemultiplepublicnetworksacrossthecluster,
onlyoneof
theinterfacesshouldberegisteredinDNS,andallnodesneedtobe
registeredonthesamenetwork.
•DonotlistanyDNSserversfortheprivate(non‐routedornon‐client
reachable)NICs.FortheprivateNICsandanyotherpublicNICs,
unchecktheconfigurationoptionto
“registerthisconnection’s
addressesinDNS.”
•IfyouareusingdynamicDNS,werecommendthatyouchooseone
publicNICtosetupasaDNSclient.ThenlisttheDNSserver(s)inthe
configurationforthisNIC.(StaticDNSentriesmaybepreferableto
dynamicDNS.)
•Ifyouareusing
DHCP, be suretouseDHCPreservationssothatthe
servers’IPaddresseswillnotchangeovertime.
•IfyouareusingDHCP,theDNSandhostnamewillbesetupcorrectly
ifDHCPhasbeenconfiguredtodothis.
IfyouarenotusingdynamicDNSorDHCP,youcanuse
staticentriesto
setupDNS.Useoneofthefollowingmethodstosetupthehostnameon
eachserver:
•SetupaDNSsuffix.SelectMyComputer >Properties>Network
Identification>Properties.OntheIdentificationChangeswindow,
selectMore.Then,ontheDNSSuffixandNetBIOSComputerName

window,typethefullyqualifieddomainnameasthe“PrimaryDNS
suffixofthiscomputer.”
•Addtheservertothesuffixsearchlist.SelectSettings>ControlPanel
>NetworkandDial‐UpConnections.Thenselectanynetwork
connection.OntheLocalAreaConnectionPropertieswindow,select
InternetProtocol(TCP/IP)
andclickProperties.OntheInternet