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Function: To serve as the TCP/IP address and name of the specific Microsoft Windows server
host.
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Suggested action: Any software that references system
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specific functions uses this add
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connect to this system. For the examples shown in this paper, the IP address is 140.110.240.61.
Target audience
It is assumed that readers of this document have an excellent understanding of the following concepts
and services:
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Basic clustering con
cepts
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Basic Windows 2003 services
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Basic Windows
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services
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Advanced TCP/IP and
Domain Name System (DNS) network concepts
In addition, readers must be familiar with installing and administering these products:
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Microsoft Windows 2003 Enterprise Server and
MSCS
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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition, particularly named instances
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Microsoft Windows
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Enterprise Server and
Windows 2008 Failover Clustering
Hardware and software requirements
This paper discusses configuring and administrating a cluster
using the following products:
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A two
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system HP ProLiant cluster with each system satisfying all the hardware requirements for
HP
SIM 5.x
Note:
For best results, each system should meet the recommended memory and processor speed
requirements.
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One free shared
disk for the HP SIMO 5.x program files
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At least one free shared disk for Microsoft
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Microsoft Windows
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Enterprise Server with Service Pack 1
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Microsoft Cluster Services
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 1 or later
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Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 4
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HP SIM 5.x
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HP Management CD 7.1 or later and related ProLiant Support Packs
Setting up the failover environment
Note
: This section of the paper assumes tha
t you log into each of your cluster systems with the same
administrator credentials that you are using to access all of the HP SIM 5.x and Microsoft
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components that are being set up.
Installing SNMP
SNMP is a prerequisite for the HP SIM 5.x
installation. The following section details how to install
SNMP to the cluster systems intended to host HP SIM 5.x.