HP LH4r Novell NetWare Cluster Services for NetWare 5 Installation guide - Page 13

chapter 2 Installation and Setup Hardware Requirements The following list specifies hardware requirements for installing NetWare® Cluster ServicesTM. These requirements represent the minimum hardware configuration. Additional hardware might be necessary depending on how you intend to use NetWare Cluster Services. V A minimum of two NetWare 5 servers. A maximum of eight servers per cluster is recommended for this release. V At least 64 MB of memory on all servers in the cluster (128 MB recommended for failing multiple applications to the same server). V At least one local disk device (not shared) for volume SYS: on each server. V It is recommended the client machine used to manage the cluster be at least 300 MHz or above and have at least 90 MB of memory. Although you can use slower machines with less memory, faster processor machines will greatly increase the performance of ConsoleOne, so choose the highest performance workstation available. Software Requirements You must have the NetWare 5 Support Pack 3 or later running on each cluster server. You can install Support Pack 3 for NetWare 5.0 from the NetWare Cluster Services product CD. Ensure the following requirements are met: V All servers in the cluster configured with the IP protocol and on the same IP subnet. V All servers in the cluster in the same NDSTM tree. Chapter 2: Installation and Setup 7