HP (Hewlett-Packard) HP NetRAID-4M Life Jacket User Manual


 
HP NetRAID-4M Cluster Installation Guide Contents
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Contents
Introduction........................................................................................................................................iv
Intended Audience..............................................................................................................................iv
Recommended Reading ......................................................................................................................iv
Version History ...................................................................................................................................v
1 OVERVIEW........................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Software and Networking Requirements........................................................................................1
1.2 Hardware Requirements................................................................................................................1
1.3 Installation Sequence Important Note .......................................................................................1
1.4 Alternative Installation Sequence...................................................................................................2
2 NETRAID-4M CLUSTER HARDWARE COMPONENT INSTALLATION ................................4
2.1 Create Installation Floppy Diskettes ..............................................................................................5
2.2 Install the NetRAID-4M and Heartbeat NIC..................................................................................6
2.3 Set NetRAID-4M BIOS Options .................................................................................................10
2.4 Install Windows 2000 Drivers .....................................................................................................11
3 NETRAID-4M - INSTALLING WINDOWS 2000 CLUSTER SERVICES ....................................16
3.1 Server A: Create Cluster Service User Account ...........................................................................17
3.2 Server A: Install Cluster Services ................................................................................................18
3.3 Server B: Install Cluster Services.................................................................................................24
3.4 Configure the Cluster Shared Quorum.........................................................................................26
3.5 Create Shared Quorum Cluster Resource .....................................................................................30
3.6 Test the Shared Quorum Failover ................................................................................................33
4 EXPAND SHARED STORAGE FOR CLUSTER SERVICES........................................................35
4.1 Create Shared Disksets, Containers and NTFS Partitions .............................................................36
4.2 Create NetRAID-4M Diskset Resources for Data Drives..............................................................38