Figure 63 HP MPIO DSM Manager with iSCSI devices
.
Microsoft Windows Cluster support
Microsoft Cluster Server for Windows 2003
iSCSI Failover clustering is supported on the HP StorageWorks MPX200 Multifunction Router. For
more information, see
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/storage/iscsi/
iscsicluster.mspx
.
Requirements
•
Operating system
: Windows Server 2003 Enterprise, SP2, R2, x86/x64
•
Firmware
: Minimum version—3.1.0.0, released November 2009
•
Initiator
:
• Persistent Reservation registry key—for Microsoft Generic DSM
• Multiple NIC/iSCSI HBA ports—four recommended:
• one public
• one private
• two storage, for higher availability and performance
• MPIO—use HP DSM or the Microsoft Generic DSM
• HP recommends using the latest available DSM
•
Connectivity
: Dual blade configuration for redundancy
Setting the Persistent Reservation registry key
The iSCSI Persistent Reservation Setup utility
•
The iSCSI Persistent Reservation Setup utility assists the user in creating the proper registry settings
for use with the
Microsoft Generic DSM
and Microsoft Cluster Server. This
must
be run on every
node of the cluster.
1.
Run
PRset.hta
to start the application.
This automatically adds the registry key and values seen.
MPX200 iSCSI configuration rules and guidelines
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Summary of Contents for Storageworks 8100 - enterprise virtual array
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Page 30: ...MPX200 Multifunction Router overview 30 ...
Page 47: ...Figure 27 iSCSI controller options Remove controller MPX200 Multifunction Router 47 ...
Page 48: ...Managing the MPX200 using HP Command View EVA 48 ...
Page 59: ...Figure 32 Virtual disk properties Figure 33 Host details MPX200 Multifunction Router 59 ...
Page 112: ...MPX200 iSCSI configuration rules and guidelines 112 ...
Page 219: ...Load Balancing Enabled Array License Not Applied MPX200 Multifunction Router 219 ...
Page 248: ...Offline Data Migration 248 ...
Page 258: ...Diagnostics and troubleshooting 258 ...
Page 306: ...Command referencecommand reference 306 ...
Page 330: ... Blade number 1 or 2 Simple Network Management Protocol setup 330 ...
Page 368: ...Saving and restoring the MPX200 configuration 368 ...
Page 402: ...Data migration best practices 402 ...
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