HP StorageWorks HSG80 ACS Solution Software V8.8 for Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 (32-bit) Installation and Configuration Guide (AA-RV1XA-TE, March 2005)

Configuring Windows NT/Windows 2000/Windows 2003 (32-bit) Clusters
264 HSG80 ACS Solution Software V8.8 for Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows Server
2003 (32-bit) Installation and Configuration Guide
Installing and Configuring Cluster Software on Both Host Servers
Note: The Enterprise & Modular Storage RAID Array, Host A and Host B must be
prepared for a Fibre Channel cluster before installing Windows NT Cluster software.
You are now ready to install and configure Windows NT Cluster software on both
of your host servers, as described in the manual provided with your cluster
software.
Troubleshooting
This section describes how to troubleshoot a Fibre Channel Windows
NT/Windows 2000/Windows Server 2003 (32-bit) cluster. Troubleshooting the
Enterprise & Modular Storage RAID Array Subsystem Fibre Channel Cluster
involves verifying the following characteristics:
■ Device Driver Initialization for the FC Host Adapters
■ Windows NT/Windows 2000/Windows Server 2003 Registry Device Driver
Parameter Settings
■ Connectivity of Cluster Components to the FC Arbitrated Loop
Verifying Device Driver Initialization
A problem with Windows NT/Windows 2000/Windows Server 2003 (32-bit)'s
Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) may prevent the FCA device driver
(LP6NDS35.SYS) from initializing during system boot. The consequence of this
problem is that none of your devices connected to your FCA adapter will be
available and the event log entry, depicted in Figure A-1, will be entered in the
system event log.
The Windows NT HAL may reconfigure the PCI adapter with conflicting
resources which causes a problem. A workaround is available that causes the
HAL to use the BIOS assigned defaults, and not to reassign PCI resources. The
workaround (from Microsoft) involves editing the Boot.ini file. In this case, you
may need to perform the following actions.
1. Remove the read-only file attribute, (for example, attrib -r -h -s c:\boot.ini).
2. Add the /PCILOCK option to the system boot entry,