HP LH4r HP Netserver LH Pro NetRAID Config Guide for Windows NT4.0 Clusters

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HP NetServer LH Pro

with

NetRAID (HP Storage System/6)

Cluster Configuration Guide

18 November 1998

Introduction

This document defines the supported HP NetServer LH Pro 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 HP NetServer LH

Pro configurations supported by HP.

Any configuration not expressly allowed by this guide will not be

supported by HP.

What’s Defined

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Cluster

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SPUs

•

Local and Shared Storage

•

Intra-cluster and Client LANs

Cluster

Type of SPUs

HP NetServer LH Pro 6/200 Model 1

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

memory and cache.

Number of nodes

2

Shared Storage

HP Storage System/6 with HP NetRAID controller and HP disks.

See

Shared Storage

below.

LANs:

Client LAN

Any NIC that is HP and Microsoft approved.

See

Client LAN

below.

Intra-cluster

(Heartbeat) LAN

HP D5013A or

J3171A only with crossover cable. See

Intra-cluster LAN

below.

Power source

Direct from power mains, power conditioner or uninterruptable power

supply (UPS) using any power conditioner or UPS.

System software:

Navigator version

G.00.80 or later

Operating System

Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Enterprise Edition.

Service pack

SP3 and hotfix "clusfixi", or later.

The hotfix is not required but is

recommended for clusters using 9.1GB and higher capacity drives.