6.1 HP IBRIX X9000 Network Storage System Installation Guide (TA768-96058, June 2012)

Configuring automated failover................................................................................................81
Example configuration.............................................................................................................81
Specifying VIFs in the client configuration...................................................................................82
Configuring link state monitoring for iSCSI network interfaces.......................................................82
6 Adding Linux and Windows X9000 clients..................................................83
Linux X9000 client..................................................................................................................83
Prerequisites for installing the Linux X9000 client....................................................................83
Installation procedure.........................................................................................................83
Registering Linux X9000 clients............................................................................................84
Registering multicluster clients..............................................................................................84
Preferring a network interface for a Linux X9000 client............................................................84
Preferring a network interface for a hostgroup........................................................................84
Removing an X9000 client from the cluster............................................................................85
Windows X9000 client...........................................................................................................85
System requirements...........................................................................................................85
Installing the Windows X9000 client....................................................................................85
Windows X9000 client setup...............................................................................................86
Setting up Windows Services for UNIX.................................................................................86
Configuring automatic user mapping....................................................................................86
Configuring static user mapping..........................................................................................87
Configuring groups and users on the Active Directory server...............................................87
Configuring Active Directory settings on the management console.......................................88
Registering Windows X9000 clients and starting services........................................................88
Importing UIDs/GIDs to the Active Directory server................................................................90
Using the Windows X9000 client GUI..................................................................................90
Preferring a user network interface for a Windows client.........................................................91
Enabling file system access.................................................................................................91
Managing Access Control Lists............................................................................................91
Uninstalling X9000 clients.......................................................................................................94
Uninstalling Linux X9000 clients...........................................................................................94
Uninstalling Windows X9000 clients....................................................................................95
7 Completing the X9730 Performance Module installation................................96
Prerequisites...........................................................................................................................96
Installing the latest IBRIX X9000 software release........................................................................96
Installing the first expansion blade............................................................................................97
Installing the second expansion blade.....................................................................................102
Using the new storage...........................................................................................................106
8 Expanding an X9720 or X9320 10GbE cluster by an X9730 module............109
Prerequisites.........................................................................................................................109
Installing the latest IBRIX X9000 software release......................................................................109
Installing the first expansion blade..........................................................................................110
Installing the second expansion blade.....................................................................................123
Using the new storage...........................................................................................................129
9 Expanding an X9320 cluster with an X9320 starter kit................................132
Installing the latest IBRIX X9000 software release......................................................................132
Installing the first expansion server..........................................................................................132
Completing the installation with the eWizard............................................................................135
Completing the installation in text mode..................................................................................136
10 Using ibrixinit.......................................................................................141
11 Setting up InfiniBand couplets.................................................................143
Downloading and installing the InfiniBand software..................................................................144
Installing the driver...............................................................................................................144
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