HP LH4r HP Netserver LC II NetRAID Config Guide for Windows NT4.0 Clusters

HP NetServer LCII

with

NetRAID (HP Storage System/6)

Cluster Configuration Guide

1 June 1998

Introduction

This document defines the supported HP NetServer LCII and HP Storage System/6 configurations for

Microsoft Cluster Server.

These configurations minimize single points of failure, provide maximum

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

This guide is prescriptive; it describes the configurations supported by HP.

If you create any configuration

not expressly allowed by this guide it will not be supported by HP.

HP NetServer clusters have been

carefully designed and tested to allow as much configuration flexibility as possible consistent with high-

availability.

What’s Defined

•

Cluster

•

SPUs

•

LANs

•

Local Storage

•

Shared Storage

Cluster

Type of SPUs

HP NetServer LCII

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

main memory, cache, and number of CPUs.

Number of nodes

2

Shared Storage

HP Storage System/6 with HP NetRAID 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 or J3171A only 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

G.01.55 or later

Operating System

Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Enterprise Edition