HP Windows Server 2012 Cluster Pre-Planning Guide

Contents
1 Introduction...............................................................................................4
2 Microsoft Failover Clustering Storage Dependencies........................................5
3 Windows Server 2012 Failover Clustering Behavior.........................................6
Cluster Disk Resources...............................................................................................................6
Cluster Shared Volumes.............................................................................................................7
4 Considerations when Planning Failover Clusters..............................................8
The Number of Nodes within the Cluster.....................................................................................8
The Number of Initiator Logins per Port or Array...........................................................................8
The Number of Paths per Cluster Node........................................................................................9
The Number of LUNs Managed by the Cluster............................................................................10
Cluster Resource Pending Timeout.............................................................................................10
5 Calculating the Supported Scale of a Failover Cluster....................................11
6 Example: 64-Node Cluster with HP 3PAR StoreServ 10000............................12
7 Support and Other Resources.....................................................................14
Contacting HP........................................................................................................................14
HP 3PAR documentation..........................................................................................................14
Typographic conventions.........................................................................................................17
HP 3PAR branding information.................................................................................................17
8 Documentation feedback...........................................................................18
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