Compaq ProLiant 7000 Supported Ethernet Interconnects for Compaq Parallel Data - Page 1

Technical Guide April 1999 ECG062/0299 Prepared by High Availability Group Compaq Computer Corporation Contents Introduction 3 Communication points of failure 4 Supported Non-Fault Tolerant Architectures 5 Supported Fault Tolerant Architecture 6 Teaming Configuration for Higher Availability 8 Hardware and Software Requirements 8 Teaming Configuration of Ethernet Interconnects for Compaq Fast Ethernet NC Series NIC cards 9 Option 1. NIC Fault Tolerance (NFT) Configuration 9 Option 2. Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB) Configuration 9 Steps for Configuring NICs Utilizing Teaming 10 Verifying Client LAN and Cluster Interconnect IP Addresses 16 Supported Ethernet Interconnects for Compaq Parallel Database Clusters using Oracle Parallel Server Abstract: This Technical Guide reviews the supported Ethernet client LAN and cluster interconnect options for the Compaq Parallel Database Clusters for Oracle Parallel Server. Both redundant and nonredundant configurations are discussed. Hardware and software requirements along with limitations are detailed. The recommended cluster interconnect architecture is a fully redundant, and therefore highly available configuration.