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Chapter 3: Install HP StorageWorks Clustered File System 25 13. Run the mxcheck Utility Before installing the cluster software, it is important to verify that the server's configuration meets the requirements for running HP Clustered File System. You can use the HP mxcheck utility to do this. The utility performs the following checks on the server: • System check: hardware, operating system version, service pack version, available physical memory. • Network check: IP network and interface assignments, forward and reverse hostname lookup. • Storage check: Host Bus Adapters, drivers, and settings. • Miscellaneous check: other checks such as the non-paged pool setting. To run mxcheck, insert the HP Clustered File System CD into the CD drive or go to the directory where you downloaded the product and then double-click the file mxcheck.exe. Output from the utility appears on the screen and is also written to the Application Log section of the Event Viewer. We recommend that you fix any problems identified by mxcheck before you install HP Clustered File System. 14. Install HP StorageWorks Clustered File System To install HP Clustered File System, log on as the Administrator and complete these steps: 1. Locate the file MxS_3.6.0..msi on the HP Clustered File System CD or in the directory where you downloaded the product. Be sure to install the version that corresponds to your operating system (32-bit or 64-bit). 2. Double-click the file MxS_3.6.0..msi and run the Installation Wizard. By default, HP Clustered File System is installed in the %SystemDrive%\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Clusterd File System directory; however, you can specify another location.

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13. Run the mxcheck Utility
Before installing the cluster software, it is important to verify that the
server’s configuration meets the requirements for running HP Clustered
File System. You can use the HP
mxcheck
utility to do this.
The utility performs the following checks on the server:
System check: hardware, operating system version, service pack
version, available physical memory.
Network check: IP network and interface assignments, forward and
reverse hostname lookup.
Storage check: Host Bus Adapters, drivers, and settings.
Miscellaneous check: other checks such as the non-paged pool setting.
To run
mxcheck
, insert the HP Clustered File System CD into the CD
drive or go to the directory where you downloaded the product and then
double-click the file
mxcheck.exe
.
Output from the utility appears on the screen and is also written to the
Application Log section of the Event Viewer. We recommend that you fix
any problems identified by
mxcheck
before you install HP Clustered File
System.
14. Install HP StorageWorks Clustered File System
To install HP Clustered File System, log on as the Administrator and
complete these steps:
1.
Locate the file
MxS_3.6.0.<xxxx>.msi
on the HP Clustered File System
CD or in the directory where you downloaded the product. Be sure to
install the version that corresponds to your operating system (32-bit or
64-bit).
2.
Double-click the file
MxS_3.6.0.<xxxx>.msi
and run the Installation
Wizard. By default, HP Clustered File System is installed in the
%SystemDrive%\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Clusterd File
System
directory; however, you can specify another location.