HP NetServer AA 4000 Manuale utente

HP Netserver AA Solution

Installation Guide

HP Part Number 5971-3015

Printed in April 2001

NOTICE

The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice.

Hewlett-Packard makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including, but not limited to, the

implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

Hewlett-Packard shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in

connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material.

Hewlett-Packard assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability of its software on equipment that is not

furnished by Hewlett-Packard.

This document contains proprietary information that is protected by copyright. All rights are reserved. No part

of this document may be photocopied, reproduced, or translated to another language without the prior written

consent of Hewlett-Packard Company.

TRADEMARK NOTICE

Assured Availability, ComputeThru, Computing for the long run, Constant Computing, Endurance, Marathon

Assured, MIAL, SplitSite, and the Marathon logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Marathon Tech-

nologies Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows, Windows NT, and Windows 2000 are either registered trademarks or trademarks of

Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

All other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective companies or organizations.

SOFTWARE REVISION

The revision of the Endurance software that this document supports is Revision 4.0.0-RL.EA.

Hewlett-Packard Company

Network Server Division

Technical Communications MS 45SLE

10955 Tantau Avenue

Cupertino, California 95014 USA

Contents iii

Preface

Chapter 1 — Preparing for the Installation

Overview of the Endurance Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Endurance Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Fault Detection and Event Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Installation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Planning the SCSI Disk and CD-ROM Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

Unpacking Your Endurance Server Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14

Completing Initial Power-On Self Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15

Chapter 2 — Installing the Hardware

Installing the Adapters in the IOPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Installing the Adapters in the CEs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Cabling the Endurance Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Completing Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Chapter 3 — Installing Windows and the Endurance Software

Overview of Endurance Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Installing Windows and Endurance Software on the IOPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Installing Windows on the IOPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Installing Endurance Software on the IOPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8

Installing Windows and Endurance Software on the CE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23

Installing the Endurance Manager on a Remote Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34

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Appendix A — Adding a KVM or Video Switch to the Hardware

Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Basic Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

Examples of an Endurance Installation with a Video or KVM Switch . . . . . . . . A-4

Index

Tables v

1-1 Endurance Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

1-2 Endurance Server Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

1-3 Endurance Server Software Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

1-4 Endurance Server Kit Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14

2-1 Endurance Server Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

3-1 Network Adapter Bindings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Tables

Figures vii

1-1 Sample Endurance Hardware Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

1-2 Sample SCSI Configuration Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10

1-3 SCSI Configuration Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

2-1 Endurance Server Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

3-1 IL Adapter Bindings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

3-2 Redirected Ethernet Adapter n Bindings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

3-3 Virtual Network Provider Adapter IOP1 Bindings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15

3-4 IOP Ethernet Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15

3-5 Endurance Configuration Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16

3-6 Example of Properly Partitioned Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21

A-1 Hardware Configuration with a Video Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

A-2 Hardware Configuration with a KVM Switch for Each Tuple . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

A-3 Hardware Configuration with a KVM Switch for Both Tuples in a Single Rack . . A-6

Figures

Preface ix

This guide describes how to install the HP Netserver AA Solution Enduranceâ server, the

Assured AvailabilityΤΜ solution from the Hewlett-Packard Company.

Audience

This guide is written for experienced network administrators and technical personnel

responsible for installing, configuring, administering, and managing network server hardware

and software, including MicrosoftâWindowsâ.

This guide assumes that you are familiar with the Endurance terminology described in the HP

Netserver AA Solution Administrator’s Guide.

Documentation Set

The Endurance documentation set includes:

•HP Netserver AA Solution Installation Guide that describes how to install your Endurance

server.

•HP Netserver AA Solution Administrator’s Guide that describes the Endurance server and

its related Endurance applications. This guide also includes information about how to

monitor and manage your Endurance server.

•HP Netserver AA Solution Messages that lists and describes all Endurance messages. HP

Netserver AA Solution Messages is not shipped in printed form. It is only available online

using the HP Netserver AA Solution Endurance CD-ROM.

•Endurance Release Notes that describes release-specific information, including

installation requirements, operational information, and known product limitations that are

not documented in the HP Netserver AA Solution documentation set. You should read the

Release Notes before installing and using the Endurance server.

Preface

x HP Netserver AA Solution Installation Guide

All the documentation is available online using the HP Netserver AA Solution Endurance CD-

ROM that was shipped with your HP Netserver AA Solution kit.

Conventions

The following conventions are used in the Endurance server documentation set:

Unless noted otherwise, all cross-references are to chapters and pages within this book.

Convention Description

Italics,

Courier font

Indicates a variable that you replace in a path name or command

Bold, Courier

font

Indicates actions or commands that you must type. For example, type A:\ETX

Courier font Represents examples of screen text. For example, scsiid = 0, 1.

Bold Is used to:

• Emphasize important information.

• Indicate menu, pathname, or button selections.

• Indicate actions you perform.

Italics Is used to:

• Highlight the state of the Endurance server component.

• Refer to manual, chapter, or section titles.

Blue text (Available only in online documentation.) Indicates a hyperlink (cross-reference

to another section of the Endurance documentation set). Clicking on the link

takes you to the appropriate place in the documentation set.

Caution Is used to indicate procedures you should not perform or situations you should

avoid in order to avoid personal injury.

Warning Is used to indicate procedures or actions that could cause file or data corruption,

loss of data, or damage to server components.

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