HP LXR 8000 - Manual (Page 18)

HP NetServer Installation Guide 4
Contents
Some topics in this guide are applicable to all HP NetServer clusters while others are HP NetServer and
shared storage specific. A complete installation guide consists of two documents: this document (common to
all HP NetServers) and the supplement for your shared storage system.
O VERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................... 5
V ERSION H ISTORY ....................................................................................................................................... 5
I NTENDED A UDIENCE .................................................................................................................................. 5
A G RAPHICAL O VERVIEW TO S ETTING U P THE C LUSTER ............................................................................ 6
1 WHAT’S NEEDED ................................................................................................................................... 7
N EED M ORE H ELP ?...................................................................................................................................... 8
R EFERENCED D OCUMENTS .......................................................................................................................... 8
2 NETSERVER HARDWARE SETUP ..................................................................................................... 9
I NSTALL C OMPONENTS ................................................................................................................................ 9
3 SHARED STORAGE HARDWARE SETUP....................................................................................... 10
4 CLUSTER CABLING AND SETUP..................................................................................................... 11
S ETUP C LUSTER H ARDWARE ..................................................................................................................... 11
C ONNECT THE LAN A DAPTERS ................................................................................................................. 11
C ONNECT S HARED S TORAGE & C ABLE THE C LUSTER ............................................................................... 11
5 NETSERVER SOFTWARE SETUP..................................................................................................... 12
S TART H ERE .............................................................................................................................................. 12
LCII........................................................................................................................................................... 12
LC3 ........................................................................................................................................................... 13
LH P
RO ..................................................................................................................................................... 14
LH 3 .......................................................................................................................................................... 15
LH 3 (
WITH N ET RAID L OCAL AND S HARED S TORAGE ) ........................................................................... 17
LH 4 .......................................................................................................................................................... 19
LP
R ............................................................................................................................................................ 21
LP R ( WITH N ET RAID L OCAL AND S HARED S TORAGE ) ............................................................................. 23
LX/LX R P RO ............................................................................................................................................. 25
LX R 8000 .................................................................................................................................................. 26
LX R 8000 ( WITH F IBRE C HANNEL )............................................................................................................ 28
I NSTALL S ERVICE P ACK FOR A LL HP N ET S ERVERS .................................................................................. 29
6 SHARED STORAGE SOFTWARE SETUP ........................................................................................ 31
S HARED S TORAGE S ETUP .......................................................................................................................... 31
C REATE THE A RRAY F ILE S YSTEMS ........................................................................................................... 31
7 MICROSOFT CLUSTER SERVER SOFTWARE SETUP................................................................ 37
I NSTALL MSCS ON S YSTEM A................................................................................................................... 37
I NSTALL MSCS ON S YSTEM B................................................................................................................... 41
I NSTALL S ERVICE P ACK OR H OT F IX ......................................................................................................... 41
8 CLUSTER TESTING ............................................................................................................................. 42
H ARDWARE V ERIFICATION AND L ABELING U TILITY ................................................................................. 42
C LUSTER I NSTALLATION T EST ................................................................................................................... 42