IBM ServeRAID, User Reference

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Chapter 13. Configuring ServeRAID controllers for clustering
Before configuring the ServeRAID controllers, you must first install the BIOS and
firmware code. For more information, see “Updating the ServeRAID BIOS, firmware,
and software code for clustering” on page 141.
Configuring the controller for Microsoft Cluster Server using Windows
2000 or Windows NT 4.0
If you are configuring ServeRAID controllers for Microsoft Cluster Server on
Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0, complete the following steps:
1. If necessary, perform any operating-system shutdown procedure on both
servers that you are going to use in the cluster.
2. Turn off both servers.
3. If you have not done so, connect any shared external drive enclosures to both
servers; then, turn on the enclosures.
4. Follow the procedure “Configuring a controller for clustering” on page 112 for
each shared controller in Server A, and then return to this step.
5. Continue with the procedure “Configuring ServeRAID arrays and a logical
drive” on page 113 for Server A, and then return to this step.
6. Before you configure Server B, for complicated clusters you might want to use
View shared drives to identify online drives in Server B as reserved.
a. From Server A, right-click the controller and select View shared drives .
b. Select the Enable view shared drives check box.
c. Set the channel and SCSI ID for the drives that are identified as ready on
Server A and online on Server B.
Drives used in the cluster will be displayed as reserved on Server B.
7. Follow the procedure “Configuring a controller for clustering” on page 112 for
each shared controller in Server B, and then return to this step.
8. Remove the IBM ServeRAID Support CD from the CD-ROM drive.
9. Restart Server A; then, restart Server B.
10. If you are installing the IBM ServeRAID Cluster Solution using Microsoft
Cluster Server on Windows 2000, go to “Installing the Microsoft Cluster Server
software on Windows 2000” on page 126.
If you are installing the IBM ServeRAID Cluster Solution using Microsoft
Cluster Server on Windows NT 4.0, go to “Installing the Microsoft Cluster
Server software on Windows NT 4.0” on page 119.
Note: After you have completed installing the IBM ServeRAID Cluster Solution, use
the
Validate cluster action in the ServeRAID Manager program to verify the
cluster configuration. See “Validating a cluster” on page 137 for more
information.
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