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NAS 4000s and 9000s Administration Guide
Cluster Installation
During the installation process, nodes will be shut down and rebooted. These steps are
necessary to guarantee that the data on disks that are attached to the shared storage bus is not
lost or corrupted. This can happen when multiple nodes try to simultaneously write to the same
disk that is not yet protected by the cluster software.
Use
Table 14
to determine which nodes and storage devices should be presented during each
step.
To configure the Cluster service on the HP StorageWorks NAS server, an account must have
administrative permissions on each node. All nodes must be member servers within the same
domain. It is not acceptable to have a mix of domain controllers and member servers in a
cluster.
Setting Up Networks
Each cluster node requires at least two network adapters—one to connect to a public network,
and one to connect to a private network consisting of cluster nodes only.
The private network adapter establishes node-to-node communication, cluster status signals,
and cluster management. Each node's public network adapter connects the cluster to the public
network where clients reside.
Verify that all network connections are correct, with private network adapters connected to
other private network adapters only, and public network adapters connected to the public
network.
Table 14: Power Sequencing for Cluster Installation
Step
Node 1
Additional
Nodes
Storage
Comments
Setting Up
Networks
On
On
Not
Presented
Verify that all storage devices on the
shared bus are not presented. Power
on all nodes.
Setting up
Shared Disks
On
Off
Presented
Shutdown all nodes. Present the
shared storage, then power on the
first node.
Verifying Disk
Configuration
Off
On
Presented
Shut down first node, power on next
node. Repeat this process for all
cluster nodes.
Configuring the
First Node
On
Off
Presented
Shutdown all nodes; power on the
first node.
Configuring
additional
Nodes
On
On
Presented
Power on the next node after the first
node is successfully configured.
Complete this process for all cluster
nodes.
Post-installation
On
On
Presented
At this point all cluster nodes should
be on.
Summary of Contents for NAS 4000s
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