HP NetServer Installation Guide
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Contents
Some topics in this guide are applicable to all HP NetServer clusters while others are HP NetServer and
shared storage specific.
A complete installation guide consists of two documents: this document (common to
all HP NetServers) and the supplement for your shared storage system.
O
VERVIEW
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V
ERSION
H
ISTORY
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I
NTENDED
A
UDIENCE
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A G
RAPHICAL
O
VERVIEW TO
S
ETTING
U
P THE
C
LUSTER
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1
WHAT’S NEEDED
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N
EED
M
ORE
H
ELP
?
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R
EFERENCED
D
OCUMENTS
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2
NETSERVER HARDWARE SETUP
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I
NSTALL
C
OMPONENTS
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3
SHARED STORAGE HARDWARE SETUP
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4
CLUSTER CABLING AND SETUP
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S
ETUP
C
LUSTER
H
ARDWARE
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C
ONNECT THE
LAN A
DAPTERS
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C
ONNECT
S
HARED
S
TORAGE
& C
ABLE THE
C
LUSTER
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5
NETSERVER SOFTWARE SETUP
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S
TART
H
ERE
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LCII
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LC3
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14
LH P
RO
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LH3
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LH 3 (
WITH
N
ET
RAID L
OCAL AND
S
HARED
S
TORAGE
)
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LH 4
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LH 4 (F
IBRE
C
HANNEL
)
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LP
R
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LP
R
(
WITH
N
ET
RAID L
OCAL AND
S
HARED
S
TORAGE
)
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LX/LX
R
P
RO
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LX
R
8000
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LX
R
8000 (F
IBRE
C
HANNEL
)
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LX
R
8500
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LX
R
8500 (F
IBRE
C
HANNEL
)
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I
NSTALL
S
ERVICE
P
ACK FOR
A
LL
HP N
ET
S
ERVERS
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6
SHARED STORAGE SOFTWARE SETUP
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S
HARED
S
TORAGE
S
ETUP
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C
REATE THE
A
RRAY
F
ILE
S
YSTEMS
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7
MICROSOFT CLUSTER SERVER SOFTWARE SETUP
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I
NSTALL
MSCS
ON
S
YSTEM
A
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I
NSTALL
MSCS
ON
S
YSTEM
B
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I
NSTALL
S
ERVICE
P
ACK OR
H
OT
F
IX
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8
CLUSTER TESTING
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H
ARDWARE
V
ERIFICATION AND
L
ABELING
U
TILITY
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C
LUSTER
I
NSTALLATION
T
EST
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