Cluster installation, Checklists for cluster server installation, Network requirements – HP ProLiant DL585 G2 Storage-Server User Manual

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• Microsoft Services for NFS Administration
• RPC External Data Representation
• RPC Port Mapper
• Server for NFS
• Server for NFS Authentication
• User Name Mapping

Checklists for cluster server installation

These checklists assist in preparing for installation. Step-by-step instructions begin after the checklists.

Network requirements

A unique NetBIOS cluster name

For each node deployed in the cluster the following static IP addresses are required:
• One for the network adapters on the private network
• One for the network adapters on the public network
• One for the virtual server itself
A single static cluster IP address is required for the entire cluster.

A domain user account for Cluster service (all nodes must be members of the same domain)

Each node should have at least two network adapters—one for connection to the public network

and the other for the node-to-node private cluster network. If only one network adapter is used

for both connections, the configuration is unsupported. A separate private network adapter is

required for HCL certification.

Shared disk requirements

NOTE:

Do not allow more than one node access the shared storage devices at the same time until Cluster service

is installed on at least one node and that node is online. This can be accomplished through selective

storage presentation, SAN zoning, or having only one node online at all times.

All software components listed in the HP ProLiant Storage Server SAN Connection and

Management white paper (located on the HP web site at

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/

docs/support/SupportManual/c00663737/c00663737.pdf

) must be installed and the fiber

cables attached to the HBAs before the cluster installation is started.

All shared disks, including the Quorum disk, must be accessible from all nodes. When testing

connectivity between the nodes and the LUN, only one node should be given access to the

LUN at a time.

All shared disks must be configured as basic (not dynamic).

All partitions on the disks must be formatted as NTFS.

Cluster installation

During the installation process, nodes are shut down and rebooted. These steps guarantee that the data

on disks that are attached to the shared storage bus is not lost or corrupted. This can happen when

multiple nodes try to simultaneously write to the same disk that is not yet protected by the cluster software.
Use

Table 11

to determine which nodes and storage devices should be presented during each step.

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