Compaq ProLiant 6500 Compaq Parallel Database Cluster Model PDC/05000 for Orac - Page 99
Installing the Hardware, Setting Up the Nodes
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Installation and Configuration 5-3 I Installing and configuring Secure Path for Windows 2000, including: G Installing host adapter drivers G Installing the Fibre Channel Software Setup (FCSS) utility G Installing the Secure Path Driver, Secure Path Agent, and Secure Path Manager G Installing the optional Compaq StorageWorks Large LUN utility G Specifying preferred_path units G Creating partitions I Installing and configuring the Compaq operating system dependent modules (OSDs), including: G Using Oracle Universal Installer to install OSDs for an Ethernet cluster interconnect I Installing and configuring Oracle software, including: G Oracle8i Enterprise Edition with Oracle8i Parallel Server Option I Installing Object Link Manager I Verifying the hardware and software installation, including: G Cluster interconnect and client LAN communications G Access to shared storage from all nodes G Client access to the Oracle8i database I Power distribution and sequencing guidelines Installing the Hardware Setting Up the Nodes Physically preparing the nodes (servers) for a cluster is not very different than preparing them for individual use. You will install all necessary adapters and insert all internal hard disks. You will attach network cables and plug in SCSI and Fibre Channel cables. The primary difference is in setting up the shared storage subsystem. Set up the hardware on one node completely, then set up the rest of the nodes identically to the first one. Do not load any software on any cluster node until all the hardware has been installed in all cluster nodes. Before loading