Microsoft windows cluster support, Microsoft cluster server for windows 2003 – HP MPX200 Multifunction Router User Manual

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Figure 87 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

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Requirements

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Operating system: Windows Server 2003 Enterprise, SP2, R2, x86/x64

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Firmware: Minimum version—3.1.0.0, released November 2009

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Initiator:

Persistent Reservation registry key—for Microsoft Generic DSM

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Multiple NIC/iSCSI HBA ports—four recommended:

one public

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one private

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two storage, for higher availability and performance

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MPIO—use HP DSM or the Microsoft Generic DSM

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HP recommends using the latest available DSM

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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

“iSCSI Persistent Reservation Setup” (page 96)

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Setting up the iSCSI initiator

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