HP LH4r HP Netserver LX & LXe NetRAID Installation Guide - Page 5

Shared Storage, Shared Storage Cabling

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Shared Storage Host Bus Adapter Model No. of HBA Driver SPU I/O slot SCSI ID Disk Array Controller Model No. of controllers Firmware RAID level (internal) Logical disks Hot spare SCSI ID Disk Array Storage Model No. of cabinets Disk modules: Power supply AutoRAID Manager (ARM) Cabling Terminator HP A5252A Wide Differential SCSI Adapter. 1-3 per NetServer. "Adaptec AHA-294X/AHA-394X/AIC-78XX SCSI Controller" driver in NT 4.0 SP3 or later P6 (1st HBA, P5 (2nd HBA), P4 (3rd HBA) 7 HP A3706A Model 12H 96MB Controller with AutoRAID. 2 per Model 12H AutoRAID. HP32 or later. 1/0 and 5 Logical units within each array must be numbered from 0-7. Active Hot Spare. 0-6 or 8-15 HP A3700AB AutoRAID Disk Array Model 12H(Option ASJ). 1-6 with a maximum of 2 AutoRAIDs per SCSI bus. HP A3702A 4.2 GB Disk Module; HP A3703A 9.1 GB Disk Module; HP A3710A 18.2 GB Disk Module. 3 1.01 or later. HP C2981A 0.5 meter Ultra-flexible SCSI Cable; HP C2911A 0.9 meter 68-pin HD Male to 68-pin HD Male Cable; HP C2924A 2.5 meter 68-pin HD Male to 68-pin HD Male Cable; HP C2925A 10 meter 68-pin HD Male to 68-pin HD Male Cable. Maximum 25 meters per SCSI bus. HP C2905A Wide Differential SCSI Terminator. Shared Storage Cabling This part of the guide defines the allowable cabling configurations for HP LX Pro and LXe Pro NetServer clusters using the HP AutoRAID Disk Array Model 12H. Only these cabling configurations and cables are supported. These diagrams show single and daisy-chained configurations. 3

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Shared Storage
Host Bus Adapter
Model
HP A5252A Wide Differential SCSI Adapter.
No. of HBA
1-3 per NetServer.
Driver
“Adaptec AHA-294X/AHA-394X/AIC-78XX SCSI Controller”
driver in NT 4.0 SP3 or later
SPU I/O slot
P6 (1st HBA, P5 (2nd HBA), P4 (3rd HBA)
SCSI ID
7
Disk Array Controller
Model
HP A3706A Model 12H 96MB Controller with AutoRAID.
No. of controllers
2 per Model 12H AutoRAID.
Firmware
HP32 or later.
RAID level (internal)
1/0 and 5
Logical disks
Logical units within each array must be numbered from 0-7.
Hot spare
Active Hot Spare.
SCSI ID
0-6 or 8-15
Disk Array Storage
Model
HP A3700AB AutoRAID Disk Array Model 12H(Option ASJ).
No. of cabinets
1-6 with a maximum of 2 AutoRAIDs per SCSI bus.
Disk modules:
HP A3702A 4.2 GB Disk Module;
HP A3703A 9.1 GB Disk Module;
HP A3710A 18.2 GB Disk Module.
Power supply
3
AutoRAID Manager (ARM)
1.01 or later.
Cabling
HP C2981A 0.5 meter Ultra-flexible SCSI Cable;
HP C2911A 0.9 meter 68-pin HD Male to 68-pin HD Male Cable;
HP C2924A 2.5 meter 68-pin HD Male to 68-pin HD Male Cable;
HP C2925A 10 meter 68-pin HD Male to 68-pin HD Male Cable.
Maximum 25 meters per SCSI bus.
Terminator
HP C2905A Wide Differential SCSI Terminator.
Shared Storage Cabling
This part of the guide defines the allowable cabling configurations for HP LX Pro and LXe Pro NetServer
clusters using the HP AutoRAID Disk Array Model 12H.
Only these cabling configurations and cables are
supported.
These diagrams show single and daisy-chained configurations
.