HP NetServer LP 1000r hp netserver lxr 8500 netraid-2m config guide for Micro

2/23/02

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HP Netserver LXr 8500 with

NetRAID-2M (HP Rack Storage/12)

Windows NT

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4.0 Enterprise Edition

Cluster Configuration Guide

Introduction

This document defines the server cluster configurations supported by Hewlett-Packard for interconnection of

two HP Netserver LXr 8500 servers and one or multiple HP Rack Storage/12 disk drive enclosure(s), with

Microsoft

Cluster Server software.

These configurations provide high server cluster availability and

minimize single points of failure (SPOFs).

A configuration certified and supported by both Hewlett-Packard

and Microsoft

is included, but any cluster configuration that conforms to the guidelines of this document

will be supported by Hewlett-Packard.

Deviations from the supported configurations can result in an

inoperative cluster, an operating cluster with degraded performance, or hidden SPOFs.

Therefore, deviations

are not supported.

For revision/update information on this document, refer to

Versions

on page 7.

Cluster Configuration Elements

This section identifies the hardware components, system software, network interfaces, and power distribution

arrangement required to build an operational server cluster supported by Hewlett-Packard.

The various

server cluster elements are listed below, and their associated configuration data is detailed in separate tables

and illustrations that follow.

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Server configuration

•

Shared storage configuration

•

Microsoft

and HP certified server configuration

•

Intra-cluster (heartbeat) LAN configuration

•

Client LAN configuration

•

SCSI cabling and power distribution configuration

Server Configuration

Parameter

Specification

Server

Type

HP Netserver LXr 8500

Number of nodes

Two

Each node must be the same server type, but nodes may differ in their CPU clock

speeds and cache sizes, number of CPUs, and amounts of main memory.

Clock speed

900 MHz

This certification covers any CPU speed within 500 MHz of the certified rate.

Number of CPUs

Two to eight

BIOS

ASPN Release 10 or later

CPU cache

Any size

RAM

128 MB, minimum.

Must be HP.

Number of power

supplies

Three standard