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

AppendixA:ConfiguretheClusterfromtheCommandLine 51
mx config fcswitch [--community <string>] <switch> ...
ConfiguringFibreChannelswitchesisrequiredforFibreChannel
switch‐basedfencingandoptionalforwebmanagement‐based
fencing.SpecifythehostnamesorIPaddressesoftheswitchesthatare
directlyconnectedtothenodesinthecluster,includingcascading
switches.IfyouareusinganMPIOconfiguration,besuretoconfigure
all
oftheswitches.
ThedefaultSNMPcommunitystringforHPClusteredFileSystemis
private.Ifyouwanttouseacustomcommunitystring,includ ethe ‐‐
community<string>option.TheSNMPcommunitystringmustbeset
tothesamevalueonHPClusteredFileSystemandtheSANswitches.
mx config fcfencing
WithFibreChannelswitch‐basedfencing,whenaserverneedstobe
fenced,HPClusteredFileSystemwilldisabletheserver’s accessinthe
FibreChannelfabric.Theservermustberebootedtoregainaccessto
theSAN.
mx config mp set <uuid1/partno> [<uuid2/partno> <uuid3/partno>]
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.Specifyeitheroneor
threeLUNsordisk
partitionsbeto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.
–Theminimumsizeforamembershippartitionis1GB.
mx server add <node>
Addthespecifiednodetothecluster.