HP F100 User Manual

HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide May 2004 (First Edition) Part Number 364768-001

10 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide Because clients desiring the full advantage of the cluster will now connect to the cluster rather th

Overview of the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 11 HP recommends configuring the client LAN as a backup path for intracluster communication. This provide

12 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide • • • • • • • • • Dedicated interconnect using an Ethernet crossover cable—An Ethernet crossover cab

Overview of the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 13 HP SmartStart CD SmartStart is a software package that provides a streamlined process for the installa

14 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide HP Modular Smart Array 1000 Support Software CD The HP Modular Smart Array 1000 Support Software CD

Overview of the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 15 IMPORTANT: The software applications might need to be updated to take full advantage of clustering. C

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

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 Availabili

Setting Up the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 19 • • • • • • • • • • • • • What is the username, password, and domain for the domain account under which

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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 let

Setting Up the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 21 Follow the installation instructions in the ProLiant server documentation to set up the hardware. To in

22 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide Setting Up the Storage System Follow the instructions in the shared external storage documentation t

Setting Up the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 23 • • Ethernet direct connect using a crossover cable Ethernet direct connect using a switch or hub Ethe

24 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide IMPORTANT: Using a public network as the dedicated interconnect path is not recommended because it

Setting Up the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 25 IMPORTANT: Refer to the MSCS support matrix for the supported hardware, software, cluster-supported se

26 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide CAUTION: Installation using SmartStart assumes that SmartStart is being installed on new servers.

Setting Up the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 27 b. Power on the shared storage. It might take up to two minutes for the storage system to completely p

28 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide a. From the desktop of node 1, run the HP Array Configuration Utility. b. Configure the shared sto

Setting Up the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 29 13. Create the cluster on node 1 for Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Advanced Server. a. Install the Cluster

3 Contents Overview of the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 5 F100 Cluster Components...

30 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide For the F100 for MSA1000 with Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003, you can cluster additional nodes usin

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

32 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide • Outside North America, call the nearest HP Technical Support Phone Center. For telephone numbers

33 Acronyms and Abbreviations ACU Array Configuration Utility ASR Automatic Server Recovery CPU central processing unit DHCP Dynamic Host Conf

34 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide I/O input/output LAN local-area network MSA1000 HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 1000 (on page

Acronyms and Abbreviations 35 PSP ProLiant Support Pack RA4000 Controller HP StorageWorks RAID Array 4000 Controller (on page 40) RA4100 HP Storag

37 Glossary adapter A device that converts the protocol and hardware interface of one bus type into another without changing the function of the

38 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide dedicated interconnect A type of interconnect that is used solely for intracluster (node-to-node) co

Glossary 39 failover (cluster) 1. The process that takes place when one controller in a dual-redundant configuration assumes the workload of a fai

4 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide Cluster-Specific SmartStart Installation ...

40 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide host bus adapter A card used to connect a peripheral device to a host server. HP StorageWorks Modu

Glossary 41 IP address Internet Protocol address. An address assigned to a network interface card, which computer entities use to locate and commun

42 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide NT File System A file organization system by which data is stored and accessed in a Windows® operati

Glossary 43 redundancy The provision of multiple, interchangeable components to perform a single function to cope with failures and errors. A RAID

44 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide system A complete computer system capable of operating independently. Transmission Control Protocol

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

46 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide MSAFlash utility 24, 41 MSCS (Microsoft Cluster Server/Service) 18, 24, 34 MSCS support matrix

5 Overview of the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 In This Section F100 Cluster Components ...

6 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide • One supported HBA ("Host Bus Adapters" on page 8, "host bus adapter" on page 4

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 un

8 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide • • • • MSA1000 RA4100 For more information on the shared storage system, refer to the shared storage

Overview of the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 9 For more information, refer to the HBA documentation. Optical Transceivers The F100 cluster uses optic