Step 4: set up the standby metadata controller, Step 5: set up the raid systems, Step 4: set up the standby metadata controller – Apple Xsan 2 User Manual
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Chapter 1
Quick SAN setup
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Step 4:
Set up the standby metadata controller
Now set up the standby metadata controller. This computer must have Mac OS X Lion
Server installed but not yet set up.
Set up the standby controller:
1
Turn on the computer you’re using as the standby metadata controller.
2
Follow the server setup assistant’s onscreen instructions to configure the computer,
paying special attention to the settings in the following panes:
Administrator Account: Enter the same account name and password that you used
on your client computers.
Time Zone: Configure the computer to use a network time server, which sets the date
and time automatically.
Xsan: Select “Configure as Xsan Metadata Controller or Client.”
Xsan Computer Type: Select “Configure as Standby Xsan Metadata Controller.”
Network: Enable only the public Ethernet port (Ethernet 1 at the top of the list).
Choose a configuration method from the pop-up menu and enter the appropriate
settings for the computer. You can choose:
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Manually, and enter the static public IP address, subnet mask, router address, and
DNS server address for the computer
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Using DHCP with manual address, and enter the computer’s IP address if your
DHCP server provides other TCP/IP connection settings
The standby metadata controller can now join the SAN and is detected by the primary
metadata controller during SAN setup.
Step 5:
Set up the RAID systems
Now configure your RAID systems. Xsan sees the RAID arrays provided by the RAID
systems as Fibre Channel logical unit numbers (LUNs) that can be combined to create
SAN volumes.
Set up the RAID systems:
1
Follow the instructions that come with your RAID systems to turn them on and
configure their network, management, and security settings.
2
If your RAID systems come with RAID sets already configured, they’re detected
during SAN setup, and you can skip to “Step 6: Create a metadata array” on page 22;
otherwise, use the management software that comes with the RAID system to create
arrays that are the same size, leaving three drives on one system unassigned so you
can create a small, separate metadata LUN as described in the next step.
Setup scripts for Promise RAID systems are available at .