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Network Adapters

TruCluster Server supports for client networks any Ethernet, FDDI, ATM (LAN emulation mode only), or Gigabit Ethernet
adapters that are supported by the version of Tru64 UNIX on which it is running.

Hardware Restrictions

TruCluster Server has the following hardware restrictions. The TruCluster Server Cluster Hardware Configuration manual
provides additional information regarding hardware restrictions.

Prestoserve NVRAM failover is not supported on shared disk devices.

TruCluster Server supports up to eight member cluster configurations as follows:

Switched Fibre Channel

Switched Fibre Channel: Eight-member systems may be connected to common storage over Fibre Channel in a
fabric (switch) configuration.
Parallel SCSI

Parallel SCSI

Parallel SCSI: Only four of the member systems may be connected to any one SCSI bus. Multiple SCSI buses may
be connected to different sets of members and the sets of members may overlap. Use of a DS-DWZZH-05 UltraSCSI
hub with fair arbitration enabled is recommended when connecting four member systems to a common SCSI bus.

Hardware Configuration

Hardware Configuration
Examples

Examples

The TruCluster Server Hardware Configuration manual provides hardware configuration examples.

Hardware Configuration

Hardware Configuration
Examples

Examples

The TruCluster Server QuickSpecs is updated and corrected periodically to reflect new hardware options and platforms
support. Please check online for the latest revision. Go to

http://www.hp.com/products/quickspecs/productbulletin.html

and select either "Worldwide QuickSpecs" or "U.S. QuickSpecs" and then navigate through "High Availability and
Clustering" to "Tru64 UNIX Clustering".

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Legato Systems, Inc. Oracle is a trademark of the Oracle Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. NFS is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. All
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QuickSpecs

HP TruCluster Server V5.1B-1

Hardware Requirements

DA - 11444 Worldwide — Version 4 — December 8, 2003

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