User manual HP COMPAQ PROLIANT CL380 SERVER

[. . . ] ProLiant CL380 Software User Guide Fourth Edition (December 2000) Part Number 157839-004 Compaq Computer Corporation Notice © 2000 Compaq Computer Corporation COMPAQ and the Compaq logo, Compaq Insight Manager, ProLiant, SmartStart Registered in U. S. Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows, and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Novell, NetWare, and Console One are trademarks of Novell, Inc. Intel is a trademark of Intel Corporation. [. . . ] (DO NOT use the Cluster Group. ) Save the changes and return to the main Cluster Administrator screen. Open a DOS window on a network client machine. Ensure the network client can access the IP address added in Step 2. From the network client, execute a PING command using the cluster IP address as the argument. NOTE: Regardless of whether you are using WINS or DHCP, you can execute the DOS command "PING" to check the connection. The client has successfully accessed the cluster resource if you get a response similar to: Reply from <IP Address>: bytes=xx time=xxxms TTL=xx The client has not successfully accessed the cluster resource if you get a response of: Reply from <IP Address>: Destination host unreachable 5. Following the completion of the PING command, use Cluster Administrator to perform a manual failover of the cluster group that contains the IP address. After the manual failover completes, execute the PING command again. 2-14 Compaq ProLiant CL380 Software User Guide 7. As soon as the other server node brings the cluster group online, a response similar to the one noted in Step 4 should be returned. If the client successfully accessed the failed over IP address, your cluster is working. If the client was unsuccessful, either the cluster group was not configured correctly, the failover did not occur, or the PING command was performed before the failover activity completed. NOTE: To verify a more extreme case, rather than fail over the IP address, power down the primary cluster server node and verify that the resource fails over to the other server node. Setting Up Cluster Groups and Cluster Resources You have now set up and configured all your clustering hardware. Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Cluster Service are installed on both servers. You have validated your cluster and verified that everything is working as planned. Now it is time to set up your applications to utilize the capabilities of clustering. If you have defined your cluster needs correctly and determined how to fit your applications and environment into a cluster, configuring your applications will be a straightforward task. Although details of these procedures are beyond the scope of this guide, several documents are available from both Microsoft and Compaq to assist you with these final steps. The best source of information concerning the steps to configure cluster groups and cluster resources is the Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server documentation. Refer to that documentation for detailed setup information. For a current listing of additional Compaq technical documents, refer to the Compaq website: http://www. compaq. com Chapter 3 System Setup and Configuration for Novell NetWare Have the following items available as you configure your Compaq ProLiant CL380. I I I I I I Hardware Configuration and Installation Poster Compaq SmartStart and Support Software CD 4. 90 or later Compaq Management CD 4. 90 or later Compaq SmartStart Installation Poster Novell NetWare 4. 2 or NetWare 5. 1 software and documentation Novell High Availability Server for NetWare 4. 2 or NetWare Cluster Services for NetWare 5. 1 software and documentation 3-2 Compaq ProLiant CL380 Software User Guide Configuring the System The sections below provide instructions for configuring your ProLiant CL380 system with Novell NetWare 4. 2 or NetWare 5. 1. Preconfiguration Checks 1. Be sure you have sufficient software rights and licenses to install the operating system and software applications on each server. All hardware must be installed before you install the software. Configuring the Shared Storage Array 1. Place the appropriate number of disk drives in the shared storage array for your RAID configuration and drive size requirements. Configure the shared storage array using the CR3500 Configuration Utility. For instructions on using this utility, refer to Chapter 4, "CR3500 Configuration Utility. " Configuring Server Node 1 1. [. . . ] The process of backing up data will ensure that a company's assets are secure and available when a disaster strikes. The cluster itself provides a high degree of application availability but does not prevent a user from deleting or corrupting a file or set of files. Backing up a cluster's data will increase the overall level of data availability. 6-12 Compaq ProLiant CL380 Software User Guide There are several methods for backing up clustered systems. Compaq recommends using one of the following backup solutions: I I The first solution uses two tape backup subsystems with one tape backup subsystem attached to each cluster node. [. . . ]