This topic provides a high-level overview of the procedures for installing SAN File System in your environment. It also includes the steps you take to prepare your environment for installation.
Checklist
Use the following checklist to install the SAN File System.Steps | For more information... | ||||||||
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1 | Prepare your environment. | Preparing your environment | |||||||
a | Prepare the SAN. | SAN considerations | |||||||
b | Prepare switch zoning. | Zoning considerations | |||||||
c | Prepare storage devices. | Supported storage subsystems | |||||||
2 | Prepare LDAP. | LDAP configuration | |||||||
3 | Prepare the engine for installation. | Preparing the engine for installation | |||||||
a | Cable the metadata server. | Cabling | |||||||
b | Obtain software prerequisites. | Obtain prerequisite software | |||||||
c | Upgrade system BIOS, if needed. | Upgrading system BIOS | |||||||
d | Mirror boot drives. (This step applies only when you are using an LSI SCSI RAID controller.) | LSI Logic Configuration Program documentation |
Preparing your environment
This topic provides an overview of preparing your environment for the installation of the SAN File System.Metadata server engine setup
This topic provides procedures for setting up the metadata server engine. Note that you need to complete these procedures on each metadata server.Metadata server software installation and configuration
This topic provides the procedures for installing prerequisite software and configuring the metadata server. Note that you need to complete these procedures on each metadata server.Creating the master and subordinate metadata servers
This topic provides the procedures for creating the master and subordinate metadata servers with the setupsfs utility.Setting up the cluster
This topic provides an overview of the steps required to set up the SAN File System cluster.Setting up clients
This topic describes the general process for setting up clients.Configuring SAN File System
This topic provides an overview of configuring the SAN File System.