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Compaq ProLiant Clusters HA/F100 and HA/F200 Administrator Guide
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Host bus adapter
A card used to connect a peripheral to the host server.
Also called host adapter.
Host bus adapter
failover
The process of moving the operation of all I/O from
one host bus adapter to another host bus adapter. This
can be accomplished manually using
Compaq Redundancy Manager, Secure Path or
automatically upon failure of one of the adapters.
Hot pluggable
Computer components that can be removed and
replaced without powering down the system.
Hot spare
A computer component that is powered on, not
actively processing data, and awaiting a request to
take over operation of failed component.
Interconnect
A physical connection between cluster nodes that
transmits intracluster communication.
IP address
Internet Protocol Address. A number that uniquely
identifies a host (server) so that computer entities can
locate and communicate with each other through the
transfer of packets. IP addresses can be statically or
dynamically assigned.
Load balancing
To balance the amount of work (processing)
undertaken by each node in a cluster.
Logical disks
The available logical disks that
Compaq Redundancy Manager can access displayed
in a tree hierarchy format.
MSCS
See
Microsoft clustering software
Microsoft
clustering
software
The software needed for clustering servers. In
Windows NT the software is Microsoft Cluster
Server. In Windows 2000 the software is Cluster
Service component.
Mission-critical
Applications essential to business operations.
Network interface
controller
A board that allows a computer to be connected with a
network, and that works with the network operating
system to control the flow of information over the
network.
NIC
See
Network Interface Controller
Node
An individual server in a cluster.
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