Table Of Contents - HP LC2000r - NetServer - 128 MB RAM Configuration Manual

Contents
An Overview to Installing the Cluster 1
Introduction 1
Why Use This Guide? 1
Who Needs This Information? 1
A Graphical Overview to Setting Up the Cluster 2
What's Needed? 3
Get the Latest Updates! 4
Need More Help? 4
Part 1 - Installing Additional Hardware Components 5
Part 2 - Setting Up the HP Rack Storage/8 and Rack-Mounting Cluster Devices 7
Setting up the HP Rack Storage/8 7
Rack-Mounting the Cluster Hardware 8
Part 3 - Configuring the HP NetRAID Adapter 9
Part 4 - Installing Microsoft Windows NT and NetRAID Software 11
Configuring Your Servers for Windows NT Installation 11
Installing and Configuring NOS on the Servers 12
Installing HP NetRAID Software and Configuring the Disk Arrays 13
Updating HP NetServer BIOS 14
Part 5 - Connecting Shared Storage and LAN Adapters 15
Connecting the Shared Storage 15
Connecting the LAN Adapters 15
Part 6 - Configuring the Disk Arrays 16
Powering Up the HP Rack Storage/8 16
Creating the Arrays 16
Creating the Array File Systems 17
Matching Drive Letter Assignments 21
Part 7 - Installing and Testing Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) Software 24
Install MSCS on System B 24
Install MSCS on System A 27
Install HotFix 28
Testing the Cluster Installation 28
APPENDIX A - Obtaining HP NetRAID Utilities 30
APPENDIX B - Updating HP NetRAID Firmware 31
What's Needed 31
Updating the Firmware 31
APPENDIX C - RAID Array Configurations 32
Setting Up RAID 1 Arrays on an HP NetServer Cluster 33
Setting Up RAID 5 Arrays on an HP NetServer Cluster 35
APPENDIX D - Cluster Cabling 38
APPENDIX E - Downloading the clusfixi.exe Hotfix 43
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