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1 HP Ne t Serve r LPr with XP 256 (Fibre C hannel or S CS I) Cluster Confi guration G uide 08 Febr uary , 2000 Intr oduction This doc ume nt def ines the s uppo rt ed H P Ne tSe rve r LPr co nf igurations w ith th e XP 256 and Micros o f t Clus te r Se rve r. These c o nfig uratio ns minimize s ingle p o ints o f f ailure ( SPOF), pr ov ide m a x i[...]
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2 SPU Model HP Ne tSer ver LPr . Cloc k spee d 400, 450, 500, or 550 MHz No . o f C PU s 2 – 4 BIO S v er sion 4. 06. 14PR CPU ca ch e An y siz e RA M 256 MB min im um. Must be H P. No . of pow er suppli es 3 Lo cal s torage See Local Storage bel ow. I/O sl ots: P1 – P4 Sh ar ed st or a g e cont r oll er P2 – Ne tRA ID -3S i lo cal s torage P[...]
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3 XP256 Disk A rr a y Microc ode 43.12 (Dir ect Conn ect) 44.14 (All Configs) Op en Vo lume Size s (LDEVs) VOL TYPE SIZE M AX E XTE NDE D LUN SIZ E Op e n 3*n 2.4G 2.4G x 36 = 86.4G Open 8*n 7. 2G 7.2G x 36= 259. 2G (where “n”= 1-36) Open 9*n 7. 3G 7.3G x 36= 262. 8G Dis k Capac ities 15G B, 36 GB , 47G B RA ID lev els 1 & 5 Max n umber of [...]
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4 LANs In t ra- cl u st er ( Heart b eat) L AN Clie nt LA N LAN co n n ectio n HP D 5954A cros so ve r cable o r equiv alent An y L AN The intr a-clu ste r LA N may o n ly be us ed f o r clus ter node co mmunicatio n v ia a cros so v er c able . It may not b e us ed f o r clie n t co mmun icatio n . NIC: Mo del H P D5013A (10/100TX PCI) Any th a t [...]
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5 Shar ed Stor age Ca bling This part o f th e gu ide def in es the allow ab le c abling c onf igurations f or c lus ters u sing the H P N etSe rve r LP r an d th e XP256. O nly these cab lin g conf igurations and cable s ar e suppo r ted. DIAGRAMS SH OWING THE SUPPOR T E D C ONFIGURATIONS LPr LPr LPr 2a LPr 1a LP r 1b LP r 2b XP Switc h Switc h LP[...]