Microsoft Windows Cluster Support; Microsoft Cluster Server For Windows 2003; Requirements; Setting The Persistent Reservation Registry Key - HP EVA P6000 User Manual

Figure 58 Example: HP MPIO DSM Manager with iSCSI devices

Microsoft Windows Cluster support

Microsoft Cluster Server for Windows 2003

iSCSI failover clustering is supported by the iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE modules. 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
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◦ Multiple NIC/iSCSI HBA ports—four recommended:
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◦ 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 assists you 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.
2. Click Modify to make changes (see
one public
one private
two storage, for higher availability and performance
Figure 59 (page 118)).
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