HP RA7000 manual Software Setup Requirements for a Cluster, Software Requirements Summary

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Software Setup Requirements for a Cluster

This chapter summarizes and describes in sequence each of the software setups required to establish a high availability cluster environment between multiple HP-UX host servers and a shared RAID storage subsystem.

3.1Software Requirements Summary

The software setups required to establish a cluster between your RAID subsystem and HP host servers must be performed in the sequence provided in this chapter, which is as follows:

∙Install the StorageWorks Command Console (SWCC) RAID Manager software

∙Create the RAID storageset configuration

∙Install and configure MC/ServiceGuard cluster software on all clustered host servers

∙Install/configure the (HP) SCSI pass through device driver software on all remaining host servers comprising the RAID subsystem cluster.

∙Run the SWCC Failover Transition Module Installation Script

3.2Installing the StorageWorks CC RAID Manager Software

The StorageWorks Command Console agent software, which enables management of the RAID subsystem, must be installed and configured on any host server in the cluster from which you choose to perform the initial cluster configuration work. This server is designated as the “primary” host, and all other servers in the cluster, “secondary”. This designation must remain constant throughout the procedures described in this chapter.

Reference the Getting Started – HSZ70 Solutions Software V7.1 for HP-UX, Chapters 3 and 4, for procedures to install the StorageWorks CC RAID Manager Software on your primary host server. (Chapter 3 is required to prepare your primary host server with the SPT device driver that facilitates communication with the RAID subsystem, and for configuring the HP-UX file system).

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