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

Chapter3:SettingUpHPStorageWorksClusteredFileSystem 32
AlloftheavailablepartitionsonthatdiskorLUNthenappearinthe
bottomofthewindow.SelectoneofthesepartitionsandclickAdd.
(Theminimumsizeforamembershippartitionis1GB.)Repeatthis
proceduretoselecttwomoremembershippartitions.Werecommend
thatthepartitionsbe
ondifferentdisks.
Whenselectingpartitionsforuseasmembershippartitions,besure
thattheydonotcontainanyneededdata.Whenthemembership
partitionsarecreated,anyexistingdatawillbeerased.
2. Snapshotconfiguration.HPClusteredFileSystemsupports
hardwarearray‐basedsnapshots.Ifyouwanttousethis
capability,
youwillneedtoconfigurethesnapshotmethod.
NOTE: Array‐basedhardwaresnapshotsaresupportedonHewlett‐
PackardStorageWorksEnterpriseVirtualArray(EVA)storage
arrays.TheappropriateHPsoftwaremustbeinstalledas
describedunderstep“15.InstallHardwareSnapshotSoftware
(Optional)”onpage19.
Toconfigurethesnapshotmethod,clickAdd,selecttheappropriate
method,andthensupplyany
requestedconfigurationinformation.
HP‐EVAstoragearray.Youwillbeaskedforthehostnameand
authenticationinformationforthemanagementappliance.