HP F100 manual Guidelines for Multiple Clusters

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•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 Array 1000 Support Software CD (on page 14) (if using the MSA1000 storage system)

−Systems Insight Manager (on page 14) (optional)

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/highavailability), click Cluster configuration support matrices in the Related Information pane. Select the operating system, then the storage system for your configuration to display the matrix.

Guidelines for Multiple Clusters

Multiple-cluster configuration is available for the MSA1000 storage systems. The F100 for MSA1000 can have the following:

•Two-node clusters for Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Advanced Server

•Eight-node clusters for Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003, Enterprise Edition

•Five MSA1000 storage systems per cluster

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Contents HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide Audience Assumptions Contents Technical Support Overview of the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 F100 Cluster ComponentsThis Section Guidelines for Multiple Clusters HP ProLiant Servers HP StorageWorks Storage SystemsHP StorageWorks SAN Switches HP StorageWorks ControllersHost Bus Adapters Optical Transceivers Cluster InterconnectClient Network Private or Public Interconnect Interconnect AdaptersRedundant Interconnects Cables Server to StorageCluster Interconnect Microsoft Software Network InterconnectArray Configuration Utility HP SmartStart CDProLiant Support Packs Resources for Application Installation HP Modular Smart Array 1000 Support Software CDSystems Insight Manager Overview of the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Page Setting Up the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Preinstallation OverviewPreinstallation Guidelines Setting Up the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installing the Hardware Setting Up the NodesInstalling Host Bus Adapters Installing the Cluster InterconnectPowering Up Setting Up the Storage SystemSetting Up a Dedicated Interconnect Configuring Shared StorageSetting Up a Public Interconnect Ethernet Direct Connect Using a Crossover CableEthernet Direct Connect Using a Switch or Hub Installing the Software Multiple Cluster SetupRedundant Interconnect SmartStart Installation Cluster-Specific SmartStart Installation SmartStart Installation StepsInstalling the Node 1 Operating System Setting Up the HP ProLiant Cluster F100 HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide Installing the Node 2 Operating System Validating the Cluster Technical Support Before You Contact HPHP Contact Information HP ProLiant Cluster F100 Installation Guide Acronyms and Abbreviations HBAMSA1000 MSA1000 ControllerPnP RA4000 Controller RA4100Page Glossary Driver Dedicated interconnectDisk group EthernetFibre Channel Fault toleranceFailover cluster Gigabit Interface Converter-ShortwaveHP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 1000 Controller Host bus adapterHP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array HP StorageWorks RAID Array 4000 ControllerLogical unit Microsoft Cluster Server/ServiceIP address Logical unit numberPartition Power-On Self-TestNT File System PortReliability RedundancyRedundant Array of Inexpensive Disks ResourceSystem Transmission Control Protocol/Internet ProtocolIndex Storage system, set up