HP EVA P6000 Storage - Manual (Page 129)

Figure 66 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
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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 ◦
◦ Multiple NIC/iSCSI HBA ports—four recommended:
one public –
– one private
– two storage, for higher availability and performance
◦ MPIO—use HP DSM or the Microsoft Generic DSM. 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 Figure 67 (page 130) ).
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