HP LH4r HP Netserver LH 3 NetRAID-3Si Installation Guide - Page 3

Installing a Cluster

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Installing a Cluster "The Big Picture" The Overall Tasks What you will be doing! Gathering Hardware, Software, etc. Gather: Hardware È Software (Windows NT, NIC drivers, etc.) IP Addresses, subnet mask, etc. User names, password, and domain Tools Setting Up Hardware Install components: into NetServers (i.e., LAN adapters) into Shared Storage (i.e., drives) Configure NetServer and Shared Storage: È Cabling Switches Etc. Setup and cable the cluster: Stack as standalone or racked solution Connect device cabling Installing Software NetServers: Configure NetServer Hardware and BIOS Install Windows NT Install Service Pack Shared Storage: È Create disk partitions Assign Drive Letters Format logical drives Cluster: Install MSCS Reinstall Service Pack Install HotFix (Service Pack 3 only) Testing È Run: Hardware Verification and Labeling Utility Cluster Installation Test (CIT) How to do it! (See the referenced part in the Installation Guide) 1 What's Needed 2 NetServers 3 Shared Storage 4 Cluster 5 NetServers 6 Shared Storage 7 Cluster 8 Test the Cluster

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Installing a Cluster
“The Big Picture”
Gathering Hardware,
Software, etc.
Gather:
Hardware
Software (Windows NT, NIC drivers, etc.)
IP Addresses, subnet mask, etc.
User names, password, and
domain
Tools
1
What’s Needed
Setting Up Hardware
Install components:
into NetServers (i.e., LAN adapters)
into Shared Storage (i.e., drives)
Configure NetServer and Shared Storage:
Cabling
Switches
Etc.
Setup and cable the cluster:
Stack as standalone or racked solution
Connect device cabling
2
NetServers
3
Shared Storage
4
Cluster
Installing Software
NetServers:
Configure NetServer Hardware and BIOS
Install Windows NT
Install Service Pack
Shared Storage:
Create disk partitions
Assign Drive Letters
Format logical drives
Cluster:
Install MSCS
Reinstall Service Pack
Install HotFix (Service Pack 3 only)
5
NetServers
6
Shared Storage
7
Cluster
Testing
Run:
Hardware Verification and Labeling Utility
Cluster Installation Test (CIT)
8
Test the Cluster
The Overall Tasks
How to do it!
(See the referenced
part in the Installation
Guide)
What you will be
doing!