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Dear All

May I place the system an cluster share storage in the same channel?

The system is from SAN boot so it can be in same channel with cluster
share storage.

But in my test, it did not work unless I separate into two channels.

Is it the limitation of operation system?



Farmer

There are additional requirements for this to work:

1) Only Server 2003
2) Storport drivers only
3) Configuration must be supported by the vendor obtaining cluster
qualification - clusters built without obtaining the logo are not
supported by Microsoft.
4) special registry settings are required:

How to add a registry value to a Windows Server 2003-based computer that
you start from a SAN so that the startup disk, the pagefile disks, and the
cluster disks are all on the same SAN fabric
http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... -us;886569


Other references
White Paper: Boot from SAN in Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Server
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsservers ... ndows.mspx
Storport in Windows Server 2003: Improving Manageability and Performance
in Hardware RAID and Storage Area Networks
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/
storage/technologies/storport/storportwp.mspx
Server Clusters : Storage Area Networks - For Windows 2000 and Windows
Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodte ... renet.mspx
Microsoft Storage Technologies - Boot From SAN
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsservers ... fault.mspx
Support for Booting from a Storage Area Network (SAN)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... -us;305547

"Farmer" <farmer_tsou@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Dear All

May I place the system an cluster share storage in the same channel?

The system is from SAN boot so it can be in same channel with cluster
share storage.

But in my test, it did not work unless I separate into two channels.

Is it the limitation of operation system?



Farmer

Dear Jeff

Many many Thanks.

I find the same KB and tested well.

Actually I use DiskSafe from FalconStor to replicate system disk and
cluster data disk to
another backend storage in real time.

And try to booting system from the replica for fast recovery, system and
cluster service
and Exchange is recovery from replica well.

At the moment, System disk and cluster data disk is in the same channel
that both connect
from backend storage.

I tested adding the register key in standard cluster storage configuration
that system and cluster
disk separate in different channel. It looked good and no error in event
log.

Will it have any issue to add the register key in standard cluster storage
configuration?



Farmer



"Jeff Goldner [MS]" <jeffgo@iworkatmicrosoft
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There are additional requirements for this to work:

1) Only Server 2003
2) Storport drivers only
3) Configuration must be supported by the vendor obtaining cluster
qualification - clusters built without obtaining the logo are not
supported by Microsoft.
4) special registry settings are required:

How to add a registry value to a Windows Server 2003-based computer that
you start from a SAN so that the startup disk, the pagefile disks, and
the cluster disks are all on the same SAN fabric
http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... -us;886569


Other references
White Paper: Boot from SAN in Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Server
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsservers ... ndows.mspx
Storport in Windows Server 2003: Improving Manageability and Performance
in Hardware RAID and Storage Area Networks
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/
storage/technologies/storport/storportwp.mspx
Server Clusters : Storage Area Networks - For Windows 2000 and Windows
Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodte ... renet.mspx
Microsoft Storage Technologies - Boot From SAN
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsservers ... fault.mspx
Support for Booting from a Storage Area Network (SAN)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... -us;305547

"Farmer" <farmer_tsou@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OV1oSmW%23FHA.3296@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
Dear All

May I place the system an cluster share storage in the same channel?

The system is from SAN boot so it can be in same channel with cluster
share storage.

But in my test, it did not work unless I separate into two channels.

Is it the limitation of operation system?



Farmer