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

Chapter3:SettingUpHPStorageWorksClusteredFileSystem 31
1. MembershipPartitions.HPClusteredFileSystem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ClusteredFileSystemassignstotheSANdisksplacedunderits
control.
Youwillneedtoselect
theLUNordiskpartitionsthatshouldbeused
asmembershippartitions.Notethefollowing:
–LUNsmustalreadybepartitionedasdescribedinstep“12.Create
LUNsfortheMembershipPartitionsandModifyPartitionTables”
onpage16.
–Existingpartitionsusedformembershippartitionscannotcontain
Windowsfilesystems.See“PartitionsContaining
Windows
Filesystems”onpage17.
HPClusteredFileSystem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windowthenlistsallofthedisks
orLUNsthatitcanaccess.
SelectadiskorLUNforthefirstmembershippartition.