HP X3800sb, User Manual

Other Windows disk and data management tools ......................................................................... 57
Additional information and references for file services .................................................................... 57

Backup ............................................................................................................................. 57
HP StorageWorks Library and Tape Tools .............................................................................. 57
Antivirus ............................................................................................................................ 58

4 Cluster administration ....................................................................... 59

Cluster overview ....................................................................................................................... 59
Cluster terms and components .................................................................................................... 60

Nodes .............................................................................................................................. 60
Resources .......................................................................................................................... 60
Cluster groups ................................................................................................................... 61
Virtual servers .................................................................................................................... 61
Failover and failback .......................................................................................................... 61
Quorum disk ..................................................................................................................... 61

Cluster concepts ....................................................................................................................... 62

Sequence of events for cluster resources ................................................................................ 62
Hierarchy of cluster resource components .............................................................................. 63

Cluster planning ....................................................................................................................... 63

Storage planning ............................................................................................................... 64
Network planning .............................................................................................................. 64
Protocol planning ............................................................................................................... 65

Preparing for cluster installation .................................................................................................. 66

Before beginning installation ............................................................................................... 66
Using multipath data paths for high availability ...................................................................... 66
Checklists for cluster server installation .................................................................................. 66

Network requirements .................................................................................................. 66
Shared disk requirements .............................................................................................. 67

Cluster installation ..................................................................................................................... 67

Setting up networks ............................................................................................................ 68

Configuring the private network adapter ......................................................................... 68
Configuring the public network adapter .......................................................................... 68
Renaming the local area connection icons ...................................................................... 68
Verifying connectivity and name resolution ...................................................................... 68
Verifying domain membership ....................................................................................... 68
Setting up a cluster account .......................................................................................... 68
About the Quorum disk ................................................................................................ 68
Configuring shared disks .............................................................................................. 69
Verifying disk access and functionality ............................................................................ 69

Configuring cluster service software ............................................................................................. 69

Using Cluster Administrator ................................................................................................. 69
Creating a cluster ............................................................................................................... 69
Adding nodes to a cluster .................................................................................................... 70
Geographically dispersed clusters ........................................................................................ 70

Cluster groups and resources, including file shares ........................................................................ 70

Cluster group overview ....................................................................................................... 70

Node-based cluster groups ........................................................................................... 71
Load balancing ........................................................................................................... 71

File share resource planning issues ....................................................................................... 71

Resource planning ....................................................................................................... 71
Permissions and access rights on share resources ............................................................. 72
NFS cluster-specific issues ............................................................................................. 72

Non cluster aware file sharing protocols ................................................................................ 73
Adding new storage to a cluster ........................................................................................... 73

X1800sb and X3800sb Network Storage Blade 

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