HP StorageWorks Clustered File System 3.6.1 for Windows installation guide (AP809-96008, October 2009)

Chapter2:ConfigurationInformation 3
Supported HBA Drivers
BeforeyouinstallHPClusteredFileSystem,werecommendthatyou
installasupportedHBAdriverontheserversthatwillbeinthecluster.
Ifyoudonotinstallasupporteddriver,theoperatingsystemwillselect
thedefaultdriver,whichhasnotbeenvalidatedwithHPClusteredFile
System.
DonotinstalltheEmulexdriverprovidedontheWindowsCD,asit
supportsonlyarbitratedloopmode.Instead,youcandownloadthe
appropriatedriverfromtheEmulexWebsite.
Server Requirements
Theminimumrequirementsforclusterserversareasfollows(seetheHP
HPStorageWorksX5500NetworkStorageGatewayforWindows
QuickSpecsontheHPwebsiteformorespecifics):
•AsupportedHPProLiantserverarchitecture(onlyHPProLiant
serversaresupported):
–32‐bitIntel‐orAMD‐basedservers(singleprocessoror
multiprocessor)
runningasupportedoperatingsystem.
–AMDOpteronorIntelEM64Tserversrunningasupported32‐bit
or64‐bitoperatingsystem.
•Asupportedoperatingsystem(see“SupportedOperatingSystems”on
page9).
• 512MBofmemory.
•1GBofdiskspaceontheinstallationdriveforHPClusteredFile
Systemanditslogandruntimefiles.
•Ethernet10/100/1000port.
Alsonotethefollowing:
•Allserversintheclustermustbeonthesamesubnet.
•BasedonHPexperience,itishighlyrecommendedthateachserver
be
placedinaseparatezonewiththestorage.
•MicrosoftClusterServices(MSCS)mustnotbeinstalled.