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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, SPOFless1) 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 • Cluster • SPUs • Local and Shared Storage • Intra-cluster and Client LANs • Shared Storage Cabling Cluster Type of SPUs Number of nodes Shared Storage LANs: Client LAN 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. 2 HP Rack Storage/12FC with 2 FCArray Cards, HP disks, and a HP D8602A or D8602B HBA in each server. See Shared Storage below. Any NIC that is HP and Microsoft approved. See Client LAN below. For a SPOFless cluster, two D5013B NICs configured with AFT is recommended. 1 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. 1