Document Outline

• Cluster Platform 4500/3 User’s Guide
  • A product from the SunTone™ Platforms portfolio
• Contents
  • Introduction
  • The Cluster Platform 4500/3 System
  • Laptop Settings to Access Monitor Mode
  • Console Output for the Automatic Software Install on the Cluster Nodes
  • Connections Within the Cluster Platform 4500/3
  • Troubleshooting the Cluster Platform 4500/3 Installation
• Figures
• Tables
• Preface
  • Related Documentation
  • Typographic Conventions
  • Shell Prompts
  • Accessing Sun Documentation Online
  • Ordering Sun Documentation
  • Sun Welcomes Your Comments
• Introduction
  • Tools for Reading Online Documentation
    • Netscape Navigator Browser
    • AnswerBook2 Server
    • Adobe Acrobat Reader
    • The man Command
  • Solaris Documentation
  • Your Integrated System
  • Cluster Platform Component Location
    • FIGURE24 Cluster Platform Rack Placement
    • TABLE22 Cluster Platform Rack Components
    • Power and Heating Requirements
      • TABLE23 Power and Heat Requirements for Cluster Platforms
  • Cabling the System
  • Cluster Platform 4500/3 Recovery
    • Before You Begin Recovery
    • Recovery CD-ROMs
      • Installing the Recovery CD
        • 1. Access the management server console through the terminal concentrator:
        • 2. To issue a Stop-A command to the cluster nodes and to access the OpenBoot PROM (OBP) prompt, p...
        • 3. This character forces access to the telnet prompt. Enter the Stop-A command, as follows:
        • 4. Boot the system from the CD-ROM:
        • 5. Select a CD-ROM drive from the menu.
        • 6. Install the Solaris operating environment software.
        • 7. Install the second data CD.
    • Completing the Recovery Process
  • Customizing the Cluster Platform 4500/3
    • Customizing the Terminal Concentrator
      • 1. Power up the main circuit breaker, and then power up all individual system components.
      • 2. Provide console connectivity into the terminal concentrator:
        • a. Disconnect the serial cable (Part No. 9524A) from Port 1 of the terminal concentrator.
        • b. Connect the RJ-45 end of the serial cable (Part No. 5121A) to Port 1 of the terminal concentra...
        • c. From a terminal window on the Sun workstation, enter the following command:
      • 3. Configure the terminal concentrator device:
      • 4. Modify the default IP address that will be used in your network. Use the addr command to modif...
      • 5. Copy the Ethernet address entered above for the terminal concentrator, and add it to “Ethernet...
      • 6. Terminate your tip session by entering ~ . (tilde and period). Power-cycle the terminal concen...
        • a. Disconnect the RJ-45 serial cable (Part No. 5121A) from Port 1 of the terminal concentrator an...
        • b. Reconnect the serial cable (Part No. 9524A) back into Port 1 of the terminal concentrator.
      • 7. From the Sun workstation, verify that the terminal concentrator responds to the new IP address:
      • 8. To access the terminal concentrator, include the default router in the terminal concentrator c...
      • 9. Type the following information into the config.annex file; replace the following variable with...
      • 10. Enter the <ctrl>w command to save changes and exit the config.annex file.
      • 11. Enable access to all ports, and reboot the terminal concentrator.
      • 12. From the Sun workstation, access the terminal concentrator:
        • a. Enter the command /usr/openwin/bin/xhost 192.212.87.38 to allow your windows manager to displa...
        • b. Telnet to the telnet concentrator and select Port 1. The following steps will assist you in th...
        • c. To terminate the telnet session, type <ctrl]>.
      • 13. Boot the management server from the OBP prompt to start the customization process.
      • 14. Choose a specific localization.
      • 15. Select the appropriate terminal emulation:
      • 16. Select Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) services.
      • 17. Select the primary network interface.
      • 18. Enter the name of the management server.
      • 19. Enter the IP address of the management server.
      • 20. Deselect IPv6 support.
      • 21. Confirm the customization information for the management server:
      • 22. Deselect and confirm Kerberos security.
      • 23. Select and confirm a naming service.
      • 24. Select a subnet membership.
      • 25. Select a netmask.
      • 26. Select the appropriate time zone and region.
      • 27. Set the date and time, and confirm all information.
      • 28. Select a secure root password.
      • 29. Add the router name and IP address:
      • 30. Add the cluster environment name:
      • 31. Enter the terminal concentrator name (node names will follow):
      • 32. Add the cluster node names and IP addresses:
      • 33. Add the disk array host names and IP addresses.:
      • 34. When prompted to confirm the variables, type y if all of the variables are correct. Type n if...
      • 35. Error messages indicate that the devices did not start completely.
      • 36. When the management server reboots, log in as root user to start the terminal concentrator cu...
    • Starting the Cluster Console
      • 1. Start cluster console windows for both cluster nodes by entering the following command on the ...
        • FIGURE26 Cluster Control Panel Window
      • 2. In the Cluster Control Panel window, double-click the Cluster Console (console mode) icon to d...
        • FIGURE27 Cluster Nodes Console Windows
      • 3. To enter text into both node windows simultaneously, click the cursor in the Cluster Console w...
        • FIGURE28 Cluster Console Window
    • Installing the Software Stack on Both Cluster Nodes
      • 1. Use the ccp(1M) Cluster Console window to enter the following command into both nodes simultan...
      • 2. Log into each cluster node as a superuser (password is abc) and change the default password to...
      • 3. Configure the Sun StorEdge T3 array shared disk storage, using the Solstice DiskSuite software.
      • 4. Select a quorum device to satisfy failure fencing requirements for the cluster. (Refer to the ...
      • 5. Install and configure the highly available application for the cluster environment. (Refer to ...
      • 6. Establish resource groups, logical hosts, and data services to enable the required application...
    • TABLE24 Cluster Platform Cables
      • FIGURE25 Cluster Platform Internal Cabling
• The Cluster Platform 4500/3 System
  • Task Overview
    • 1. Provide a name, IP address, and root password for the management server.
    • 2. Provide a name and IP address for the terminal concentrator.
    • 3. Provide a name for the cluster environment and a default router (gateway).
    • 4. Provide names and IP addresses for individual cluster nodes.
    • 5. Provide names and IP addresses for the Sun StorEdge T3 arrays.
    • 6. Configure shared disk storage under Solstice DiskSuite or VERITAS volume manager. Configuratio...
    • 7. Select a quorum device from the shared disk storage.
    • 8. Install and configure the required highly available applications.
    • 9. Install and configure data services to support the highly available applications.
    • 10. Configure network adapter failover (NAFO) for automatic failover.
      • FIGURE21 Ethernet Address on the Disk Array Pull Tab
      • TABLE21 Ethernet IP Address Worksheet
  • Hardware Components
    • Connectivity
    • Network Administration
    • Miscellaneous Hardware
      • FIGURE22 Cluster Platforms I/O Board Placement
  • Software Components
• Laptop Settings to Access Monitor Mode
  • To Access the Terminal Concentrator from a Laptop
    • 1. Provide monitor mode connectivity into the terminal concentrator using a laptop computer runni...
      • a. Attach a DB-9 to DB-25 female-female, customer-supplied adapter into the Serial COM1 port of t...
      • b. Connect the RJ-45 end of the serial cable (Part No. 5121A) to Port 1 of the terminal concentra...
        • FIGUREA1 Monitor Mode Connectivity Using a Laptop Computer
    • 2. Click Start ‰ Programs ‰ Accessories ‰ Communications ‰ HyperTerminal to open the HyperTermina...
    • 3. In the HyperTerminal folder, double-click the HyperTerm icon to display the Connection Descrip...
    • 4. In the Connection Description window, enter StandardConfig in the Name field, and click the ic...
    • 5. In the Connect To window, select the Direct to Com1 option from the Connect using field. Click...
    • 6. In the COM1 Properties window, select the following options:
    • 7. Click OK to open the StandardConfig—HyperTerminal application window and to support monitor mode.
    • 8. In the StandardConfig—HyperTerminal window, select File ‰ Properties to open the StandardConfi...
    • 9. In the StandardConfig Properties window, click the Settings option, and select VT100 for the E...
  • FIGURE23 Cluster Platform Interconnections and NAFO
• Console Output for the Automatic Software Install on the Cluster Nodes
  • CODEEXAMPLEB1 Solaris Software, Solstice DiskSuite, and Patches
  • CODEEXAMPLEB2 Solstice DiskSuite Configuration
  • CODEEXAMPLEB3 Metadevice Mirror Attachment and Cluster Node Booting
• Connections Within the Cluster Platform 4500/3
  • TABLEC1 Boot Disk to Server Connections
  • TABLEC2 Disk Array to Hub Connections
  • TABLEC3 FC-AL Hub to Server Connections
  • TABLEC4 Management Server Connections
  • TABLEC5 Terminal Concentrator to Management Server and Cluster Nodes Connections
  • TABLEC6 Node to Node Connections
  • TABLEC7 Ethernet Cables to Production Network Connections
  • TABLEC8 Ethernet Hub Connections
• Troubleshooting the Cluster Platform 4500/3 Installation