HP F100 - Manuals

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)...

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:...

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 contro...

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 ...

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 a...

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 ...

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 ...

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 autom...

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 ...

17 Setting Up the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 In This Section Preinstallation Overview .............................................................................................................. 17 Preinstallation Guidelines ..............................................................................

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:...

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® ...

Setting Up the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 21 Follow the installation instructions in the ProLiant server documentation to set up the hardware. To install the HBAs and any NICs, follow the instructions in the next section. IMPORTANT: Refer to the MSCS support matrix for the supported hardware, software...

22 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide Setting Up the Storage System Follow the instructions in the shared external storage documentation to set up the storage system, the supported StorageWorks switches or hubs, the controller, and the Fibre Channel cables. HP shared external storage docume...

Setting Up the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 23 • • Ethernet direct connect using a crossover cable Ethernet direct connect using a switch or hub Ethernet Direct Connect Using a Crossover Cable An Ethernet crossover cable is included with the HP ProLiant Cluster Starter kit. This cable directly connects ...

24 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide IMPORTANT: Using a public network as the dedicated interconnect path is not recommended because it represents a potential single point of failure for cluster communication. Redundant Interconnect MSCS enables you to configure any supported network card ...

Setting Up the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 25 IMPORTANT: Refer to the MSCS support matrix for the supported hardware, software, cluster-supported servers, and firmware version levels the cluster requires. To obtain the matrix, access the High Availability website ( http://www.hp.com/servers/proliant/hi...

26 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide CAUTION: Installation using SmartStart assumes that SmartStart is being installed on new servers. Any existing data on the boot drive of the server will be erased. Cluster-Specific SmartStart Installation The SmartStart Poster describes the typical proc...

30 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide For the F100 for MSA1000 with Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003, you can cluster additional nodes using the previous steps. 5. Create the cluster on node 2 for Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Advanced Server. a. Install the Cluster Service (MSCS) component in Ad...

31 Technical Support In This Section Before You Contact HP ................................................................................................................ 31 HP Contact Information..........................................................................................................

33 Acronyms and Abbreviations ACU Array Configuration Utility ASR Automatic Server Recovery CPU central processing unit DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DNS Domain Name System FQDN Fully Qualified Domain Name GBIC-SW Gigabit Interface Converter-Shortwave (on page 39 ) HBA host bus adapter (&...

37 Glossary adapter A device that converts the protocol and hardware interface of one bus type into another without changing the function of the bus. array All the physical disk drives in a storage system that are known to and under the control of a controller pair. availability A measure of how wel...

45 Index F F100, overview 5 F200, overview 5 failback 12, 38, 42 A failover 6, 12, 38, 42 firmware, updating 6 ACU (Array Configuration Utility) 6, 13, 18, 22, 26, 33 G ACU, installation 26 additional information 31 GBIC-SW (Gigabit Interface Converter- Shortwave) 9, 39 ASR (Automatic Server Recover...