HP LH4r HP Netserver LXr 8000 30/FC Config Guide for Windows NT4.0 Clusters - Page 3

Storage, Shared Storage Cables Fiber Optics

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Storage Local Physical drive location Disk drives Controller SCSI bus Shared Storage Host Bus Adapter: Model No. of HBA Driver SPU I/O slot Disk Array Controller: Model No. of controllers Microcode Disk Array Storage: Model No. of cabinets Controller Disk capacities: ArrayGUIde RAID levels Logical units Hot spares Power Supply RAID arrays SPU internal drive bays or HP external drive cabinet (e.g., HP Rack Storage/8 or /12) Must be HP SPU embedded controller or any controller, any number, manufacturer or driver in I/O slot P1 for NetRAID local storage (except NetRAID 1 or 3). See SPU I/O slots above. Any HP cables that meet SCSI specifications and any SCSI bus speed A5246A HP Fibre Channel Adapter Kit for NT 1 - 2. (See Shared Storage Configurations.) 2.xx P3 (1st HBA) and P4 (2nd HBA) SP630/FC Storage Processor (ordered with A3661B or A3662B) 1 - 2. (See Shared Storage Configurations.) 9.45.03 or greater A3661B HP High Availability Disk Array Model 30/FC. See Shared Storage Configurations. 1 - 2. (See Shared Storage Configurations.) 4 GB, 8.8 GB, 17.8 GB Version 1.7.0 or greater 1, 1/0, 3 and 5 Logical units within each array must be numbered from 0 - 7. Recommend assigning logical unit numbers 8 or greater 3 Different size or speed disks are allowed in the same RAID array but are not recommended in the same logical unit. Shared Storage Cables (Fiber Optics) Cables for the Short Wave Port of either a Short or Long Wave Hub Cables for the Long Wave Port of a Long Wave Hub A3583A 2 meter FC cable, A3531A 16 meter FC cable, A3735A 50 meter FC cable, A3736A 100 meter FC cable, Any cable ≤500 meters per segment that conforms to ANSI X3.2301994 Fibre Channel Standards Specification (FC-PH) rev 4.3. Any cable ≤2 kilometers that meets ANSI X3.230-1994 Fibre Channel Standards Specification (FC-PH) rev 4.3. 3

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Storage
Local
Physical drive location
SPU internal drive bays or HP external drive cabinet (e.g., HP Rack
Storage/8 or /12)
Disk drives
Must be HP
Controller
SPU embedded controller or any controller, any number, manufacturer or
driver in I/O slot P1 for NetRAID local storage (except NetRAID 1 or 3).
See
SPU I/O slots
above.
SCSI bus
Any HP cables that meet SCSI specifications and any SCSI bus speed
Shared Storage
Host Bus Adapter:
Model
A5246A HP Fibre Channel Adapter Kit for NT
No. of HBA
1 – 2. (See Shared Storage Configurations.)
Driver
2.xx
SPU I/O slot
P3 (1
st
HBA) and P4 (2
nd
HBA)
Disk Array Controller:
Model
SP630/FC Storage Processor (ordered with A3661B or A3662B)
No. of controllers
1 – 2. (See Shared Storage Configurations.)
Microcode
9.45.03 or greater
Disk Array Storage:
Model
A3661B HP High Availability Disk Array Model 30/FC.
No. of cabinets
See
Shared Storage Configurations.
Controller
1 – 2.
(See Shared Storage Configurations.)
Disk capacities:
4 GB,
8.8 GB, 17.8 GB
ArrayGUIde
Version 1.7.0 or greater
RAID levels
1, 1/0, 3 and 5
Logical units
Logical units within each array must be numbered from 0 – 7.
Hot spares
Recommend assigning logical unit numbers 8 or greater
Power Supply
3
RAID arrays
Different size or speed disks are allowed in the same RAID array but
are not recommended in the same logical unit.
Shared Storage Cables (Fiber Optics)
Cables for the Short Wave
Port of either a Short or
Long Wave Hub
A3583A 2 meter FC cable,
A3531A 16 meter FC cable,
A3735A 50 meter FC cable,
A3736A 100 meter FC cable,
Any cable
500 meters per segment that conforms to ANSI X3.230-
1994 Fibre Channel Standards Specification (FC-PH) rev 4.3.
Cables for the Long Wave
Port of a Long Wave Hub
Any cable
2 kilometers that meets ANSI X3.230-1994 Fibre Channel
Standards Specification (FC-PH) rev 4.3.