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HP NetServer LCII with 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 highavailability. What's Defined • Cluster • SPUs • LANs • Local Storage • Shared Storage Cluster Type of SPUs Number of nodes Shared Storage LANs: Client Intra-cluster Power source System software: Navigator version Operating System Service pack HP NetServer LCII Each node must be the same model SPU, but may have different size main memory, cache, and number of CPUs. 2 HP Storage System/6 with HP NetRAID controller and HP disks. See Shared Storage below. Any NIC that is HP and Microsoft approved. See Client LAN below. HP D5013A or J3171A only with crossover cable. See Intra-cluster LAN below. Direct from power mains, power conditioner or uninterruptible power supply (UPS) using any power conditioner or UPS. G.01.55 or later Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Enterprise Edition or later SP3 and hotfix "clusfixi", or later

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HP NetServer LCII with 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 or later
Service pack
SP3 and hotfix "clusfixi", or later