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4.2
Benefits of Clusters
4.3
Installing and Configuring Your System as Part of a
Cluster
4-2
Clusters provide three basic benefits
•
Improved application and data availability
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Scalability of hardware resources
•
Simplified management of large or rapidly growing systems
Perform the following steps to install and configure your system as part
of a cluster.
Step 1. Unpack the Storage Adapter, following the instructions in
Chapter 2, "Hardware
Step 2. Set the hardware termination for the Storage Adapter as
"always on."
For termination information, refer to the following sections:
Section 2.3, "Detailed Installation," page
on
page
3-3,
"Quad-Channel Storage Adapter," page 3-10
Step 3. Configure the IDs for the drives in the enclosure.
Step 4. Install one Storage Adapter at a time, starting with Node 1.
Step 5. Press <Ctrl> <M> at BIOS initialization to run the BIOS
Configuration Utility and configure the options in steps 6
through 12. Do not attach the disks yet.
Step 6. Set the Storage Adapter to Cluster Mode in the
Objects→Adapter→ Cluster Mode menu.
Step 7. Disable the BIOS in the Objects→ Adapter→ Enable/Disable
BIOS menu.
Installing and Configuring Clusters
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Installation".
Table 3.2
on
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3-5, and
2-3,
Table 3.1
Section 3.1.3,
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