HP LH4r HP Netserver LXr 8000 NetRAID-3Si Config Guide for Windows NT4.0 Clus

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HP NetServer LXr 8000

with

NetRAID-3Si (HP Rack Storage/12 and Storage/8)

Cluster Configuration Guide

30 March 2000

(see Version History at the end of this document)

Introduction

This document defines the supported HP NetServer LXr 8000 configurations with HP Rack Storage/12s

and /8s and Microsoft Cluster Server.

These configurations minimize single points of failure (SPOF),

provide maximum availability, and have been certified by Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft.

This guide is

prescriptive; it describes the configurations supported by HP.

Any deviance to these configurations can

result in an inoperative cluster or an operating cluster with degraded performance, hidden SPOFs, etc.,

and therefore will not be supported by HP.

What’s Defined in a Racked Cluster

•

Cluster

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SPUs

•

Local and Shared Storage

•

Intra-cluster and Client LANs

•

Shared Storage Cabling

Cluster

Type of SPUs

HP NetServer LXr 8000

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

speeds, main memory sizes, cache sizes, and number of CPUs (2, 3, or 4).

Number of nodes

2

Shared Storage

HP Rack Storage/12 or Rack Storage/8 with HP NetRAID-3Si 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 with crossover cable. See

Intra-cluster LAN

below.

Power source

Direct from power mains, power conditioner or uninterruptible power

supply (UPS) using any power conditioner or UPS.

System software:

Navigator version

L.15.05 or later (400/450 MHz with Rack Storage/12 Model D5989A)

L.16.00 or later (400/450 MHz with Rack Storage/12 Model D5989B)

L.16.00 or later (500/550 MHz)

Operating System

Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Enterprise Edition