Installing Storage Arrays; How To Install A Storage Array In A New Cluster - Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 System Manual

Installing Storage Arrays

Installing Storage Arrays
This section contains the instructions for installing storage arrays both in new clusters and
existing clusters.
TABLE 1–1
Task
Install an array in a new cluster, before the OS and
Oracle Solaris Cluster software are installed.
Add an array to an operational cluster.
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How to Install a Storage Array in a New Cluster

This procedure assumes you are installing one or more storage arrays at initial installation of a
cluster.
This procedure uses an updated method for setting the scsi-initiator-id. The method that
was published in earlier documentation is still applicable. However, if your cluster
configuration uses a Sun StorEdge PCI Dual Ultra3 SCSI host adapter to connect to any other
shared storage, you need to update your nvramrc script and set the scsi-initiator-id by
following this procedure.
Before performing this procedure, ensure that you have met the following prerequisites. This
Before You Begin
procedure relies on the following prerequisites and assumptions.
You have read the entire procedure.
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You can access necessary patches, drivers, software packages, and hardware.
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Your nodes are powered off or are at the OpenBoot PROM.
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Your arrays are powered off.
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Your interconnect hardware is connected to the nodes in your cluster.
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No software is installed.
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Install the host adapters in the nodes that connect to the storage arrays.
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For the procedure about how to install host adapters, see the documentation that shipped with
your host adapters and nodes.
Cable the storage arrays.
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For cabling diagrams, see
12 Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 With StorEdge A1000 Array, Netra st A1000 Array, or StorEdge A3500 System Manual
• May 2011, Revision A
Task Map: Installing Storage Arrays
Appendix A, "Cabling Diagrams. "
Information
"How to Install a Storage Array in a New Cluster" on
page 12
"How to Add a Storage Array to an Existing Cluster"
on page 16