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

Chapter3:SettingUpHPStorageWorksClusteredFileSystem 18
Partition Sizing
Itisimportanttoproperlysizethepartitionsthatwillbeusedfor
membershippartitions.(Theminimumsizeis1GB.)
13. Log Into iSCSI Targets (iSCSI Configurations
Only)
LogintoeachiSCSItargetviatheiSCSIinitiatorandsettheiSCSIInitiator
Properties.OntheLogOntoTargetdialog,besuretocheck
“Automaticallyrestorethisconnectionwhenthesystemreboots.”
Youwillneedtocompletethissteponeachserver.
14. Run the mxcheck Utility
Beforeinstallingtheclustersoftware,itisimportanttoverifythatthe
server’sconfigurationmeetstherequirementsforrunningHPClustered
FileSystem.YoucanusetheHPm xcheckutilitytodothis.
Theutilityperformsthefollowingchecksontheserver:
•Systemcheck:hardware,operatingsystemversion,servicepack
version,available
physicalmemory.
•Networkcheck:IPnetworkandinterfaceassignments,forwardand
reversehostnamelookup.
•Storagecheck:HostBusAdapters,drivers,andsettings.
• Miscellaneouscheck:othercheckssuchasthenon‐pagedpoolsetting.
Torunmxcheck,inserttheHPStorageWorksX5500NetworkStorage
GatewayforWindowsCDintotheCDdrive
orgotothedirectorywhere
youdownloadedtheproductandthendouble‐clickthefilemxcheck.exe.
Outputfromtheutilityappearsonthescreenandisalsowrittentothe
ApplicationLogsectionoftheEventViewer.Werecommendthatyoufix
anyproblemsidentifiedbymxcheckbeforeyouinstall
HPClusteredFile
System.