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HP ProLiant Cluster F100
Installation Guide
May 2004 (First Edition)
Part Number 364768-001
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3 Contents Overview of the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 5 F100 Cluster Components....................................................................................................................5 Guidelines for Multiple Clusters..........................................................................................................6 HP ProLiant Servers.............................................................................................................................7 HP Stor
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4 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide Cluster-Specific SmartStart Installation .................................................................................26 SmartStart Installation Steps...................................................................................................26 Validating the Cluster ........................................................................................................................30 Technical Support 31 Before You Contact HP .
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5 Overview of the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 In This Section F100 Cluster Components ..............................................................................................................5 Guidelines for Multiple Clusters ....................................................................................................6 HP ProLiant Servers .......................................................................................................................7 HP StorageWorks Stor
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6 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide • One supported HBA ("Host Bus Adapters" on page 8, "host bus adapter" on page 40) per server • NICs • Optical transceivers (on page 9) • Cables (on page 11): − Multi-mode Fibre Channel cable − Ethernet crossover cable − Network (LAN) cable • Software solution components: − Microsoft® operating system ("Microsoft Software" on page 12) − HP SmartStart CD (on page 13) (included in the Server Setup and Management Pack) − HP Modular Smart
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Overview of the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 7 • Up to five two-node clusters sharing a single MSA1000 • A maximum of 20 total nodes in unique clusters, not to exceed five unique clusters if using two-node clusters The F100 for MSA1000 has the following guidelines for multiple-cluster setup: • Each two-node cluster must use the same model of ProLiant server. • Each server in a cluster must use the same operating system. • Each two-node cluster can use a different operating system from the
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8 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide • MSA1000 • RA4100 For more information on the shared storage system, refer to the shared storage documentation. HP StorageWorks Controllers Each storage system is shipped with one HP StorageWorks Controller installed. In an F100 cluster, each controller is connected to the servers through a single switch or Fibre Channel storage hub. The supported storage system controllers for the F100 are: • MSA1000 Controller • RA4000 Controller
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Overview of the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 9 For more information, refer to the HBA documentation. Optical Transceivers The F100 cluster uses optical transceivers, which convert data that is transmitted and received over a fibre-optic cable. The F100 cluster uses either SFP for the MSA1000 or GBIC-SW for the RA4100. The transceivers hot plug into switches, Fibre Channel storage hubs, array controllers, and HBAs. The SFP transceiver provides 200 Mb/s performance and the GBIC-SW provide
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10 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide Because clients desiring the full advantage of the cluster will now connect to the cluster rather than to a specific server, configuring client connections will differ from those for a stand-alone server. Clients will connect to virtual servers, which are cluster groups that contain their own IP addresses. Private or Public Interconnect There are two types of interconnect paths: • Private interconnect • Public interconnect For more inf
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Overview of the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 11 HP recommends configuring the client LAN as a backup path for intracluster communication. This provides a secondary path for the cluster heartbeat in case the dedicated primary path for intracluster communications fails. This is configured when installing the cluster software, or it can be added later using the MSCS Cluster Administrator. HP offers a feature that configures two HP Ethernet adapters (or two ports on a single adapter) so that o
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12 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide • Dedicated interconnect using an Ethernet crossover cable—An Ethernet crossover cable (supplied in the HP ProLiant Cluster Starter kit) can be used to connect the NICs directly to create a dedicated interconnect. This option is applies to only two-node clusters. • Dedicated interconnect using standard Ethernet cables and a private Ethernet hub—Standard Ethernet cables can be used to connect the NICs through a private Ethernet hub to creat
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Overview of the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 13 HP SmartStart CD SmartStart is a software package that provides a streamlined process for the installation of operating systems, and provides key system software, such as drivers, utilities, diagnostic tools, and ROM updates. SmartStart also provides automated methods for configuring server settings. HP SmartStart is located on the HP SmartStart CD included in the ProLiant Essentials Foundation Pack shipped with ProLiant servers. HP recommend
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14 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide HP Modular Smart Array 1000 Support Software CD The HP Modular Smart Array 1000 Support Software CD contains drivers and utilities required for the MSA1000 storage system. The CD contains items, such as the Fibre Channel HBA drivers, which are required for the HBAs to communicate with the MSA1000 storage system. The CD also contains the ACU, which enables you to view, set up, and configure HP array controllers and storage systems. For mor
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Overview of the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 15 IMPORTANT: The software applications might need to be updated to take full advantage of clustering. Contact the software vendors to verify whether their software supports MSCS and to ask whether any patches or updates are available for MSCS operation.
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17 Setting Up the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 In This Section Preinstallation Overview ..............................................................................................................17 Preinstallation Guidelines.............................................................................................................18 Installing the Hardware ................................................................................................................20 Installing the So
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18 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide For more information, refer to the HP Zoning User's Guide Version 3.0 at the HP High Availability website (http://www.hp.com/servers/proliant/highavailability). The installation and setup of the ProLiant cluster is described in the following sections: • Preinstallation guidelines (on page 18) • Installing the hardware (on page 20), including: − Cluster nodes − Storage system − Cluster interconnect • Installing the software (on page 24)
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Setting Up the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 19 • What is the username, password, and domain for the domain account under which MSCS will run? • What disks will you use for shared storage? • Which shared disk will you use to store permanent cluster files? • What are the adapter names and IP addresses of the network adapter cards you will use for client access to the cluster? • What are the adapter names and IP addresses of the network adapter cards you will use for the dedicated interconne
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20 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide • Only NTFS and basic disks are supported on shared drives. • MSCS software requires drive letters to remain constant throughout the life of the cluster. Therefore, you must assign permanent drive letters to the shared drives. • Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003, Enterprise Edition and Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Advanced Server makes dynamic drive letter assignments (when drives are added or removed, or when the boot order of drive controller
