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Pre-Installation Steps

This chapter addresses the preparation needed before installing and configuring the RA7000 / ESA10000 cluster hardware components.

The pre-installation steps required to support a cluster are as follows:

Verify Cluster Requirements

Inventory the SCSI Connection Kit

Perform a System Backup

Plan the Cluster Layout (e.g., the SCSI Bus Interconnect)

Prepare the SCSI Host Adapters

1.1Verify (RAID RA7000/ESA10000 for HP-UX) Cluster Requirements

Please verify that the cluster requirements listed in Table 1-1 are met.

Table 1–1 RAID RA7000 / ESA10000 for HP-UX – Cluster Prerequisites

Host Feature

Requirement

Platform

Two (minimum) HP host servers

Operating System

HP-UX version 10.20 or later

Cluster Software

HP MC/ServiceGuard version 10.10 or later

Free Disk Space

500KB per server for MC/ServiceGuard software

Storage Subsystem

StorageWorks RA7000 or ESA10000 RAID

 

subsystem

RAID Controllers

Two StorageWorks HSZ70 controllers per RAID

 

subsystem, trilinked, operating firmware V7.0

SCSI Host Adapters

HP, HD68-pin (one adapter per host server).

 

Supported models: A28696A, A2969A, A4107A.

Additional Items

Requirement

RAID SCSI Connection Kit

(Reference Table 1-2 for contents)

RAID Hardware

RAID subsystem kit DS-SWXRA-xx

Service Tools

Appropriate tools to service your equipment

Technical Documentation

The reference guides for the RAID subsystem, HP

 

servers and MC/ServiceGuard cluster software

 

supplement this installation guide.

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