Provisioning Storage - HP storeeasy 3000 Administrator's Manual

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Supported arrays include, but are not limited to the following:

HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage

HP EVA P6000 Storage

HP XP P9000 Storage

HP StoreVirtual 4000 Storage

HP P2000 G3 MSA Array Systems

NOTE:

For instructions on how to connect the HP StoreEasy 3000 Storage to an HP 3PAR

StoreServ system, see the HP 3PAR Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2008

Implementation Guide, which is available at:

http://www.hp.com/support/manuals

Under storage, select Storage Software, and then select HP 3PAR Operating System Software

under Storage 3PAR Device Management Software. The Implementation Guide is listed in the

Setup and install – general section.

Deploying two or more HP StoreEasy 3000 Storage systems as a Windows Failover Cluster enables

highly available services such as file shares, iSCSI targets, and more. The Initial Configuration

Tasks (ICT) window assists in creating a two node cluster. If you plan on having more than two

nodes in the cluster, it is recommended that you use ICT to create a two node cluster first, and then

add additional nodes using Windows Failover Cluster Manager or equivalent PowerShell cmdlets.

For more information, see

creating a two node cluster.

A Windows failover cluster requires shared storage from the array or SAN. The following are the

requirements for shared storage that will enable creation of the cluster:

Create a LUN that will be used as a witness disk or quorum disk:

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Create a LUN of at least 544 MB. This will allow for a volume size of the required 512

MB after NTFS formatting.

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Present the LUN to all hosts that will be part of the cluster.

Optionally, create an additional LUN or LUNs that will be assigned to the first file server.

When the Validate and Create the Cluster ICT task is run, the wizard looks for additional

LUNs. If any are found, the wizard will provide an option to create a file server in addition

to creating the cluster. The Validate and Create the Cluster wizard uses the following logic to

assign LUNs:

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The smallest LUN that is larger than 500 MB will be used as the quorum disk in the cluster.

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Any additional LUNs will be assigned to the file server that will be created.

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If you want to create a file server when the cluster is created, provision an additional

LUN.

After the LUNs are provisioned and presented to all hosts, use the Create Volumes task in the

ICT to create NTFS volumes on the LUN.

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It is not necessary to provide a drive letter for the quorum disk, although you may if you

like.