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Setting Up a SAN 17

Step 7: Set Up the Primary Metadata Controller

Now that you’ve prepared your SAN clients, standby metadata controller, and RAID

storage systems, you can set up the primary metadata controller. This computer must

have Mac OS X Server installed but not yet set up.

To set up the primary controller:

1 Turn on the computer that will be the primary metadata controller.

2 Follow the Mac OS X Server setup assistant’s onscreen instructions to congure the

computer, paying special attention to the following panes:

Time Zone: To ensure consistent le metadata, choose the same network time server

you chose for the other computers in the SAN.

Administrator Account: Enter the same administrator account name and password

that you used for your SAN clients and standby metadata controller.

Xsan: Select “Congure as Xsan Metadata Controller.”

Xsan Controller Type: Select “Congure as Primary Xsan Metadata Controller.”

Network: Enable only the public Ethernet port (Ethernet 1 at the top of the list).

Choose a conguration method from the pop-up menu and enter the appropriate

settings for the client computer. See “What You Need to Know” on page 7. You can

choose:

Â Manually, and enter the static public IP address, subnet mask, and router address for

the computer

Â Using DHCP with manual address, and enter the computer’s IP address if your DHCP

server provides other TCP/IP connection settings

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