3 Cluster Administration
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Administrative considerations
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Network operations
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Servers
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SAN
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Cluster software requirements
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Tested configuration limits
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HP Scalable NAS
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FS Option for Linux
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Dynamic volumes
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Filesystem limits
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Cluster management applications
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User authentication
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Manage a cluster with the HP Scalable NAS Management Console
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Start the Management Console
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Authentication parameters and bookmarks
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Manage bookmarks
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Update an existing .matrixrc file to use new features
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Disconnect from a cluster
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Exit a Management Console session
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Manage a cluster from the command line
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The Management Console
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Servers tab
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Virtual Hosts tab
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Applications tab
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Filesystems tab
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Cluster alerts
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View installed software
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Using the HP Scalable NAS SNMP sub-agent
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Start or stop snmpd
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HP Scalable NAS processes and mxinit
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Process monitoring
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View HP Scalable NAS process status
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mxinit configuration file
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Start or stop HP Scalable NAS
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Start or stop HP Scalable NAS with the pmxs script
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Start or stop HP Scalable NAS with mxinit
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Administer init.d scripts
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Back up and restore the cluster configuration
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HP Scalable NAS configuration
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FS Option for Linux configuration
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Save the Export Group configuration
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Save the NLM state
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