IBM Netfinity ServeRAID-4H Ultra160 User Reference page 6

Terms and definitions
ServeRAID considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Chapter 6. Updating the ServeRAID BIOS, firmware, and software code
Chapter 7. Configuring ServeRAID controllers for clustering
Configuring the controller for Microsoft Cluster Service using Windows NT 4.0 or
Configuring the controller for Vinca High Availability for Novell IntranetWare or
Configuring a controller for clustering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Configuring ServeRAID arrays and a logical drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Chapter 8. Installing the Microsoft Cluster Service software on Windows
Installing the Microsoft Cluster Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Creating a ServeRAID disk resource on a Windows NT 4.0 ServeRAID cluster
Deleting and re-creating a ServeRAID logical drive resource . . . . . . . . 89
Uninstalling MSCS on ServeRAID servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Updating ServeRAID software in an MSCS cluster environment . . . . . . . 90
Chapter 9. Installing the Microsoft Cluster Service software on Windows
Installing the ServeRAID Manager program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Installing the Microsoft Cluster Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Creating a ServeRAID disk resource on a Windows 2000 ServeRAID cluster
Deleting and re-creating a ServeRAID logical drive resource . . . . . . . . 98
Upgrading the IBM ServeRAID Cluster Solution from Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Uninstalling MSCS on ServeRAID servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Chapter 10. Monitoring and updating an IBM ServeRAID Cluster Solution
Checking the ownership of a physical drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Adding logical drives to a cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Validating a cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Viewing merge group numbers and other cluster information
Chapter 11. Using utility programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Using the ServeRAID Mini-Configuration program
Using the IPSSEND command-line program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
® ®
iv
IBM Netfinity User's Reference: ServeRAID
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Hardware considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Controller considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Array or logical drive considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Novell High Availability Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Step 1: Upgrading the IBM ServeRAID Manager program . . . . . . . . 90
Step 2: Upgrading the IBM ServeRAID Microsoft Windows NT Cluster
Solution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Step 3: Upgrading the IBM ServeRAID Windows NT device driver . . . . . 91
Step 4: Upgrading the IBM ServeRAID BIOS and firmware. . . . . . . . 91
Step 5: Upgrading the software for the other server in the cluster . . . . . 91
2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
to Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Viewing the controller status
Viewing the configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Using the advanced configuration functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
FlashCopy function (for Windows NT and Windows 2000 only) . . . . . . 110
Server roll-out functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Error-recovery functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Problem-isolation and debug functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
™
-4H Ultra160 SCSI Controller
. . . . . . . . . . . 107
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
77
. . . . . . 79
88
96
101
. . . . . . . 105