About This Manual

This manual describes how to set up and maintain the hardware configuration for an HP TruCluster Server cluster.

Audience

This manual is for experienced system administrators who will set up and configure the hardware before installing the TruCluster Server software. The manual assumes that you are familiar with the tools and methods that are needed to maintain your hardware, operating system, and network.

New and Changed Features

The following changes have been made to this manual since the Version 5.1A release:

Organization

This manual is organized as follows:

Chapter 1 Introduces the TruCluster Server product and provides an overview of setting up TruCluster Server hardware.
Chapter 2 Describes hardware requirements and restrictions.
Chapter 3 Contains information about setting up a shared SCSI bus, SCSI bus requirements, and how to connect storage to a shared SCSI bus using the latest UltraSCSI products (DS-DWZZH UltraSCSI hubs and HSZ80 RAID array controllers).
Chapter 4 Describes how to prepare systems for a TruCluster Server configuration, and how to connect host bus adapters to shared storage using the DS-DWZZH UltraSCSI hubs.
Chapter 5 Describes how to set up the Memory Channel cluster interconnect, and how to upgrade Memory Channel interconnects.
Chapter 6 Provides basic information on how to configure LAN hardware as a cluster interconnect.
Chapter 7 Provides an overview of Fibre Channel and describes how to set up Fibre Channel hardware.
Chapter 8 Describes the use of AlphaServer GS80, GS160, or GS320 hardware partitions in a TruCluster Server configuration.
Chapter 9 Describes how to configure a shared SCSI bus for tape drive, tape loader, or tape library usage.
Chapter 10 Describes how to prepare systems and host bus adapters for the TruCluster Server configurations described in Chapter 11.
Chapter 11 Describes the requirements for a shared SCSI bus using externally terminated configurations and radial configurations using non-UltraSCSI RAID array controllers.
Chapter 12 Describes how to configure an externally terminated eight-node cluster.
Appendix A Provides a blank table to use to convert from the HSG80 unit numbers to /dev/disk/dskn and device names for an actual Fibre Channel TruCluster Server configuration.
Appendix B Discusses features of Ethernet switches that are required for a highly available LAN interconnect.

Related Documents

Consult the following manuals for assistance in TruCluster Server installation, administration, and programming tasks:

You can find the latest version of the TruCluster Server documentation at the following URL: 


http://www.tru64unix.compaq.com/docs/pub_page/cluster_list.html
 

Consult the following AlphaServer GS80/160/320 documentation to assist you in configuring an AlphaServer GS80, GS160, or GS320 system in a TruCluster Server configuration:

For information about the Memory Channel, see the following Memory Channel documentation:

The StorageWorks UltraSCSI Configuration Guidelines document provides guidelines regarding UltraSCSI configurations.

For information about setting up a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) subsystem, see the following manuals as appropriate for your configuration:

For information about the Enterprise Virtual Array (with HSV110 controllers), see the following manuals:

Consult the following documentation for Fibre Channel SAN and SAN switch information:

Consult the following documentation for other Fibre Channel storage information:

For information about the tape devices, see the following manuals:

The Golden Eggs Visual Configuration Guide provides configuration diagrams of workstations, servers, storage components, and clustered systems. It is available on line in Portable Document Format (PDF) format at: http://www.compaq.com/info/golden-eggs

At this URL you will find links to individual system, storage, or cluster configurations.

In addition, have available the following manuals from the HP Tru64 UNIX operating system software documentation set:

Also have available the hardware documentation for the systems, SCSI controllers, disk storage shelves or RAID controllers, and any other hardware you plan to install.

Documentation for the following optional software products will be useful if you intend to use these products with TruCluster Server:

Icons on Tru64 UNIX Printed Manuals

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  R Manuals for reference page users

Some manuals in the documentation help meet the needs of several audiences. For example, the information in some system manuals is also used by programmers. Keep this in mind when searching for information on specific topics.

The Documentation Overview provides information on all of the manuals in the Tru64 UNIX documentation set.

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