HP LH4r HP Netserver LC 3 NetRAID-3Si Config Guide for Windows NT4.0 Clusters

HP NetServer LC3 with HP Rack Storage/12

Cluster Configuration Guide

30

March

2000

(see Version History at the end of this document)

Introduction

This document defines the supported HP NetServer LC3 configurations with HP Rack Storage/12s 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

Cluster

SPUs

Local and Shared Storage

Intra-cluster and Client LANs

Shared Storage Cabling

Cluster

Type of SPUs

HP NetServer LC3

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

main memory and cache.

Number of nodes

2

Shared Storage

HP Rack Storage/12 with HP NetRAID-3Si controller and HP disks.

See

Shared Storage

below.

LANs:

Client

Any NIC that is HP and Microsoft approved.

See

Client LAN

below.

Intra-cluster

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.

System software:

Navigator version

L.16.05 or later

Operating System

Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Enterprise Edition

Service pack

SP5 or later