HP LH4r HP Netserver LH Pro Surestore E Config Guide for Windows NT4.0 Cluste

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HP NetServer LH Pro

with

A3700AB HP SureStore E 12H Disk Array

Cluster Configuration Guide

10 October 1999

(see Version History at the end of this document)

Introduction

This document defines the supported HP NetServer LH Pro and A3700AB HP SureStore E 12H Disk Array

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.

Any configuration not expressly allowed by

this guide will not be supported by HP.

What’s Defined

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Cluster

•

SPUs

•

LANs

•

Local Storage

•

Shared Storage

•

Shared Storage Cabling

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

See

Shared Storage

below.

LANs:

Client LAN

See

Client LAN

below.

Intra-cluster

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.00.85 or later

Operating System

Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Enterprise Edition .

Service pack

SP3 and hotfix “clusfixi” or later