HP NetServer LT 6000r HP Netserver LH 3 NetRAID-3Si Config Guide for Windows

HP NetServer LH 3

with

NetRAID-3Si (HP Rack Storage/12 and /8)

Cluster Configuration Guide

29 March 2000

(see Version History at the end of this document)

Introduction

This document defines the supported HP NetServer LH3 configurations with HP Rack Storage/12s and /8s

and Microsoft Cluster Server.

These configurations minimize single points of failure (SPOF), provide

maximum availability, and have been certified by Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft.

This guide is

prescriptive; it describes the configurations supported by HP.

Any deviance to these configurations can

result in an inoperative cluster or an operating cluster with degraded performance, hidden SPOFs, etc., and

therefore will not be supported by HP.

What’s Defined in Cluster

•

Cluster

•

SPUs

•

Local and Shared Storage

•

Intra-cluster and Client LANs

•

Shared Storage Cabling

Cluster

Type of SPUs

HP NetServer LH 3

Each node must be the same model SPU, but may have different size main

memory, cache, and CPU clock speeds.

Installation

Pedestal or racked

Number of nodes

2

Shared Storage

HP Rack Storage/12 or Rack Storage/8 with HP NetRAID-3Si controller and

HP disks.

See

Shared Storage

below.

LANs:

Client LAN

Any NIC that is HP and Microsoft approved.

See

Client LAN

below.

Intra-cluster

(Heartbeat) LAN

HP D5013A/B with crossover cable. See

Intra-cluster LAN

below.

Power source

Direct from power mains, power conditioner or uninterruptible power supply

(UPS) using any power conditioner or UPS.