HP NetRAID-4M Cluster Installation Guide

Contents

Contents

 

Introduction........................................................................................................................................

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Intended Audience ..............................................................................................................................

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Recommended Reading ......................................................................................................................

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Version History ...................................................................................................................................

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1 OVERVIEW........................................................................................................................................

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1.1

Software and Networking Requirements........................................................................................

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1.2

Hardware Requirements ................................................................................................................

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Installation Sequence – Important Note .......................................................................................

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Alternative Installation Sequence...................................................................................................

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2 NETRAID-4M – CLUSTER HARDWARE COMPONENT INSTALLATION ................................

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2.1

Create Installation Floppy Diskettes ..............................................................................................

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2.2

Install the NetRAID-4M and Heartbeat NIC ..................................................................................

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2.3

Set NetRAID-4M BIOS Options .................................................................................................

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2.4

Install Windows 2000 Drivers .....................................................................................................

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3 NETRAID-4M - INSTALLING WINDOWS 2000 CLUSTER SERVICES ....................................

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3.1

Server A: Create Cluster Service User Account ...........................................................................

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3.2

Server A: Install Cluster Services ................................................................................................

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3.3

Server B: Install Cluster Services.................................................................................................

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3.4

Configure the Cluster Shared Quorum .........................................................................................

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3.5

Create Shared Quorum Cluster Resource .....................................................................................

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3.6

Test the Shared Quorum Failover ................................................................................................

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4 EXPAND SHARED STORAGE FOR CLUSTER SERVICES........................................................

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4.1

Create Shared Disksets, Containers and NTFS Partitions .............................................................

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4.2

Create NetRAID-4M Diskset Resources for Data Drives..............................................................

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