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Contents
About This Technical Update
1 Overview
1.1
General Overview .....................................................
1–1
1.2
AlphaServer ES45 Overview ........................................ 1–1
2 Hardware Requirements and Restrictions
2.1
PCI Configuration ....................................................
2–1
2.1.1
PCI Configuration Guidelines .................................. 2–1
2.1.2
PCI Modules Supported for Cluster Operations in a
TruCluster Server Configuration .............................. 2–2
2.1.3
Differences in PCI Edge Connectors .......................... 2–3
2.2
Hardware Restrictions ...............................................
2–3
2.2.1
Member System Restrictions ................................... 2–3
2.2.2
Fibre Channel Restrictions ..................................... 2–4
2.2.3
Memory Channel Restrictions ................................. 2–5
2.2.4
KZPBA-CB UltraSCSI Host Bus Adapter Restrictions .... 2–7
3 Installing an AlphaServer ES45 into a TruCluster Server
Configuration
3.1
Preparing the AlphaServer ES45 for a TruCluster Server
Configuration .......................................................... 3–1
3.2
Installing and Configuring the Cluster Interconnect ........... 3–1
3.3
Installing and Configuring Shared Storage ....................... 3–2
3.3.1
TruCluster Server Configurations Using Fibre Channel
for Storage ......................................................... 3–2
3.3.2
TruCluster Server Configuration Using UltraSCSI
Devices for Storage .............................................. 3–3
3.3.3
TruCluster Server Configuration Using Non-UltraSCSI
Devices for Storage .............................................. 3–5
3.4
Displaying Adapters with the show Console Commands ....... 3–7
3.5
Adding an ES45 with Dual Memory Channel Adapters to a
Cluster with Memory Channel Adapters Jumpered for 512
MB ...................................................................... 3–13
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