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HP NetServer LXr 8500 with NetRAID HP Rack Storage/12 Cluster Configuration Guide 1 December 1999 (see Version History at the end of this document) Introduction This document defines the supported HP NetServer LXr 8500 configurations with HP Rack Storage/12s 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 • 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 Intra-cluster (Heartbeat) LAN Power source System software: Navigator version Operating System Service pack HP NetServer LXr 8500 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). 2 HP Rack Storage/12 with HP NetRAID controller and HP disks. See Shared Storage below. Any NIC that is HP and Microsoft approved. See Client LAN below. HP D5013A/B with crossover cable. See Intra-cluster LAN below. Direct from power mains, power conditioner or uninterruptible power supply (UPS) using any power conditioner or UPS. L.16.05 or later Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Enterprise Edition or later SP5 or later 1

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1
HP NetServer LXr 8500
with
NetRAID HP Rack Storage/12
Cluster Configuration Guide
1 December 1999
(see Version History at the end of this document)
Introduction
This document defines the supported HP NetServer LXr 8500 configurations with HP Rack Storage/12s 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
•
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 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 with HP NetRAID 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/B 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.16.05 or later
Operating System
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Enterprise Edition or later
Service pack
SP5 or later