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Cluster Planning
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Planning Cluster Configurations for Redundant Fibre Channel Arbitrated
Loops
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4-11
Sample Small Configuration in a Redundant FC-AL
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4-11
Sample Large Configuration in a Redundant FC-AL
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4-13
RAID Planning
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4-14
Supported RAID Levels
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4-16
Raw Data Storage and Database Size
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4-17
Selecting the Appropriate RAID Levels
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4-17
Planning the Grouping of Physical Disk Storage Space
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4-18
Disk Drive Planning
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4-19
Nonshared Disk Drives
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4-19
Shared Disk Drives
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4-20
Network Planning
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4-20
Windows 2000 Advanced Server Hosts Files for an Ethernet Cluster
Interconnect
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4-20
Client LAN
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4-21
Chapter 5
Installation and Configuration
Installation Overview
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5-2
Installing the Hardware
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5-4
Setting Up the Nodes
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5-4
Installing the Fibre Host Adapters
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5-4
Installing GBIC-SW Modules for the Fibre Host Adapters
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5-5
Cabling the Fibre Host Adapters to the Storage Hubs or Switches
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5-5
Installing the Cluster Interconnect Adapters
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5-6
Installing the Client LAN Adapters
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5-7
Setting Up the RA4000/RA4100 Arrays
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5-7
Installing GBIC-SW Modules for the RA4000 Array Controllers
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5-9
Cabling the Storage Hubs or Switches to the RA4000 Array Controllers
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5-9
Installing Additional Redundant Fibre Channel Fabrics
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5-15
Installing Additional Redundant FC-ALs
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5-15
Cabling the Ethernet Cluster Interconnect
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5-16
Cabling the Client LAN
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5-20
Installing the Operating System Software and Configuring the
RA4000/RA4100 Arrays
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5-21
Guidelines for Clusters
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5-21
Automated Installation Using SmartStart
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5-22
Installing Secure Path Software for Windows 2000
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5-26
Installing the Secure Path Server Software
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5-26
Installing the Secure Path Client Software
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5-27
Verifying Shared Disk Storage Using Secure Path Manager
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5-27
Defining Active Array Controllers
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