HP LH4r HP Netserver LXr 8500 FC Windows 2000 Config Guide for Windows 2000 A

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HP NetServer LXr 8500

with

HP Rack Storage/12FC & HP Rack Storage/12

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

Cluster Configuration Guide

29 January 2001

(see

Versions

at the end of this document)

Introduction

This document defines the configurations that Hewlett-Packard supports for the HP NetServer LXr 8500, HP Rack

Storage/12FC and Microsoft Cluster Server.

These configurations minimize single points of failure (SPOF,

SPOFless

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) and provide extended availability.

The specific configuration certified and supported by both

Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft is defined, as are other guidelines to assist you in configuring your clustered

NetServers.

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

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Cluster

•

SPUs

•

Local and Shared Storage

•

Intra-cluster and Client LANs

•

Shared Storage Cabling

Cluster

Type of SPUs

HP NetServer LXr 8500

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

speeds, main memory sizes, cache sizes, and number of CPUs.

Number of nodes

2

Shared Storage

HP Rack Storage/12FC with 2 FCArray Cards, HP disks, and a HP D8602A

or D8602B HBA in each server.

See

Shared Storage

below.

LANs:

Client LAN

Any NIC that is HP and Microsoft approved.

See

Client LAN

below.

For a SPOFless cluster, two D5013B NICs configured with AFT is

recommended.

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For more information about configuring a SPOFless cluster, refer to the HP white paper,

High Availability MSCS

Cluster Solution

on the HP NetServers, HA Planning website.