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HP NetServer LC 2000

with

HP Rack Storage/12FC

Windows 2000 Advanced Server

Cluster Configuration Guide

16 May 2000

(see Versions at the end of this document)

Introduction

This document defines the supported HP NetServer LC 2000 configuration with HP Rack Storage/12FC

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 LC 2000

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/12FC with 2 FCArray Cards, HP disks, and using a HP

D8602A HBA in the server.

See

Shared Storage

below.

LANs:

Client LAN

Any NIC that is HP and Microsoft approved.

See

Client LAN

below.

Intra-cluster

(Heartbeat) LAN

Embedded NIC with crossover cable. See

Intra-cluster LAN

below.