3.
Enter
Get-StorageProvider
to verify the registration of SMI-S provider.
If the registration is successful, SMI-S provider is displayed as registered on the system.
Multi-Path I/O configuration
The
Multi-Path IO configuration
option opens the MPIO properties applet. You must have a volume
(LUN) presented to the gateway before you can claim it using the MPIO properties applet. Using
Control Panel, select the DSM that matches your storage array. A DSM is required by your storage
vendor. When complete, a message is displayed indicating that system reboot is needed. Do not
reboot the system at this point. Open the applet at an elevated PowerShell or command prompt
by entering
mpiocpl
.
NOTE:
MPIO settings are available in ICT for Cluster 3000. These settings are not available in
the standalone 3000 system .
Configure networking
The NCT (Network Configuration Tool) wizard enables you to configure the network interfaces on
HP StoreEasy 3000 Storage. NCT analyzes all available network interfaces of the StoreEasy system
and allows you to choose different network configurations to reduce the chances of any incorrect
configuration. It also validates the configuration to help troubleshoot errors in the networking
environment. The network configuration wizard makes changes to both nodes in the cluster
automatically. There is no need to connect to the other node to configure networking. HP strongly
recommends that you use this tool to configure network interfaces.
Use NCT to perform the following tasks:
•
Change the network interface settings.
•
Configure network teams.
•
Configure VLAN assignments and assign VLAN IDs.
•
Configure the IP address for the selected interface.
•
Confirm network settings and diagnose environmental network issues using the network
validation system.
For more information on any of these tasks, click
Help
for the respective task in the NCT window.
NOTE:
The NIC (Network Interface Card) named as Cluster Interconnect is recommended to be
used for cluster heartbeat and disabled in NCT for other configurations. On a standalone
configuration, although the NIC is named as Cluster Interconnect, it can be configured and used
for other purposes.
Provisioning cluster shared storage
HP StoreEasy 3000 Storage products are NAS gateway products that provide file services for
SAN or array block storage. By presenting LUNs from the SAN or array to the HP StoreEasy 3000
Storage, you can offer SMB and NFS file shares to clients. This also enables other Windows based
features such as snapshots (volume shadow copies), data deduplication, directory quotas and
much more.
All storage provisioning for HP StoreEasy 3000 Storage is done on the particular array used for
storage. Consult the documentation for your particular array to perform the necessary tasks involved
in presenting LUNs to the HP StoreEasy 3000 Storage. In general, you should follow the array’s
guidelines for providing storage to Windows Storage Server 2012 or 2012 R2. This will also
likely involve such tasks as cabling, configuring ports, zoning, and configuring MPIO.
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Installing and configuring the storage system
