Managing A Cluster's Shared Storage; Remotely Managing A Cluster; Viewing Cluster Events - Compaq ProLiant 1600 Administrator's Manual

5-4 Compaq ProLiant Clusters HA/F100 and HA/F200 Administrator Guide

Managing a Cluster's Shared Storage

Remotely Managing a Cluster

Viewing Cluster Events

Compaq Insight Manager and Compaq Insight Manager XE monitors the
RAID Array 4000 storage system from both a physical and a logical
perspective:
The physical drives and Fibre Channel hardware are monitored through
the Mass Storage Overview screen, accessed from the Device View
screen.
The shared logical drives (as well as other cluster resources and
services) are monitored by the Cluster Management and Cluster Shared
Resources screens, accessed from a cluster folder in the Device List.
Because this storage system is shared, either cluster node could be the owner
of any shared logical drive. While only one node can own the logical drive at
any given time, ownership can switch from one node to another. Cluster
support of Compaq Insight Manager reports the current owner of a logical
drive and updates this information dynamically if a failover occurs.
NOTE: The Compaq Insight Manager tools show the shared logical drives as cluster
resources owned by a particular node. They show the Fibre Channel hardware as a
physical resource of both servers in the cluster.
When viewing the Compaq Insight Manager Cluster Shared Resources screen,
you can determine which RA4000 contains a particular drive by looking at the
Physical ID field under the Shared Resources heading.
The Compaq Insight Manager tools, Compaq Insight Manager XE, Compaq
Intelligent Cluster Administrator, and Microsoft Cluster Administrator can run
from network client machines. Each program allows you to monitor multiple
clusters from a single remote client. In addition, Compaq Insight Manager XE
and Compaq Intelligent Cluster Administrator can be run from a Web browser
providing even greater flexibility than console-based or client attached
devices. See the corresponding documentation to determine how to set up and
configure each of these programs to run remotely.
Cluster events are logged in the Windows NT Event Log. Use the
Windows NT Event Viewer to view the data in the Event Log.