Installing Storage Arrays
How to Install Storage Arrays in a New Cluster
Use this procedure to install a storage array in a new cluster. To add a storage array to an
existing cluster, use the procedure in
Cluster 3.3 With Sun StorEdge A3500FC System
This procedure relies on the following assumptions:
You have not installed the Oracle Solaris Operating System.
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You have not installed the Oracle Solaris Cluster software.
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You have enough host adapters to connect the nodes and the storage array.
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Install and Cable the Hardware
Unpack, place, and level the storage array.
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For instructions, see the StorageTek online documentation.
If necessary, install the Fibre Channel (FC) switch for the storage array (if the switch is not
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already installed).
For the procedure about how to install an FC switch, see the documentation that shipped with
your FC switch hardware.
Connect the nodes to the storage array.
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SAN Configuration — Connect the FC switches to the storage array
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Direct-Attached Configuration — Connect each node directly to the storage array
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SAS Direct-Attached Configuration
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iSCSI Direct-Attached Configuration
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iSCSI Switched Configuration
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For instructions, see your storage array documentation and the
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Hook up the cards for the storage array.
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For instructions, see your storage array documentation.
Power on the storage array and the nodes.
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For instructions, see your storage array documentation.
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Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 with StorageTek RAID Arrays Manual • September 2010, Revision A
section.
"How to Replace a Host Adapter" in Oracle Solaris
Manual.
"Related Documentation" on
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