HP Serviceguard manual

Best Practices for HP BladeSystem

Deployments using HP Serviceguard

Solutions for HP-UX 11i

May 2010Technical white paper

Table of contents
Executive Summary .........................................................................................................................	2
BladeSystem Overview ....................................................................................................................	2
Hardware Components ................................................................................................................	2
Eliminating Single Points of Failure in HP BladeSystem Configurations....................................................	11
Redundant Hardware Configurations within Blade Enclosures ...........................................................	12
Using Serviceguard in HP BladeSystem Configurations........................................................................	17
Serviceguard Clustering within a Single Blade Enclosure..................................................................	19
Clustering across Multiple Blade Enclosures or non-Blade Servers ......................................................	20
Additional Considerations for using Serviceguard with the HP BladeSystem ............................................	22
Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................	25
For More Information ....................................................................................................................	26
Call to Action...............................................................................................................................	26

Contents

Best Practices for HP BladeSystem Deployments using HP Serviceguard Solutions for HP-UX11i Executive Summary BladeSystem Overview Hardware Components Both enclosures share common: ∙Half-height /full-heightserver blades ∙Interconnect modules ∙Mezzanine Host Bus Adapter (HBA) cards ∙Storage blades Fans Half-heightserver blade Switch modules Power supply modules Signal midplane Power backplane Page Page ∙if a BL870c server blade is in device bays 1 and 2, the value of "N" is ∙if a BL870c server blade is in device bays 3 and 4, the value of "N" is ∙If a BL870c server blade is in device bays 5 and 6, the value of "N" is ∙If a BL870c server blade is in device bays 7 and 8, the value of "N" is Blade Slot # N = 2,4,6,8 for Integrity BL870c HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator HP Integrity Blade Servers Eliminating Single Points of Failure in HP BladeSystem Configurations Redundant Hardware Configurations within Blade Enclosures General HP BladeSystem I/O Redundancy Considerations Networking Connectivity Fiber Channel SAN Connectivity HP Virtual Connect (VC) High Availability Server Profile Configurations LOM and mezzanine card information Page Using Serviceguard in HP BladeSystem Configurations Page Serviceguard Clustering within a Single Blade Enclosure Quorum Service HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM)(Linux OS) Central Management Server (CMS) Redundant Clustering across Multiple Blade Enclosures or non-BladeServers LAN SAN EVA Disk Array Additional Considerations for using Serviceguard with the HP BladeSystem This issue also affects Fibre Channel Connectivity: Virtual Connect: Flex-10: The HP NC532m Dual Port 10GbE ∙Considerations for InfiniBand use: Serviceguard Solutions Portfolio: Other Areas to Improve HP BladeSystem Solution Availability: http://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetPDF.aspx/c01956953.pdf http://docs.hp.com/en/ha.html#Quorum%20Server Conclusion For More Information Call to Action