HP StorageWorks P9000 Cluster Extension Software Installation Guide (TB534-96008, February 2011)

1 Preparing to install P9000 Cluster Extension Software
This chapter describes the general prerequisites for installing P9000 Cluster Extension in cluster
environments structured with HP StorageWorks P9000 and XP disk arrays.
Installation overview
To install this product:
1. Complete the general prerequisites described in this chapter.
For more information, see “General installation prerequisites” (page 5).
2. Install P9000 Cluster Extension.
• For Windows instructions, see “Installing P9000 Cluster Extension Software for Windows”
(page 7).
• For Linux instructions, see “Installing P9000 Cluster Extension Software for Linux”
(page 21).
3. Complete the AutoPass licensing process.
For instructions, see “Licensing” (page 24).
Required disk space and system memory
Linux
100 MB for /opt/hpclx
10 MB for /etc/opt/hpclx
100 MB for /var/opt/hpclx
Windows
100 MB for the P9000 Cluster Extension installation directory (%hpclx_path%). HP recommends
that at least 25 MB of system memory be available for P9000 Cluster Extension installation.
General installation prerequisites
CAUTION: If you do not meet the prerequisite conditions for RAID Manager, the P9000 Cluster
Extension installation might complete successfully, but you will not be able to complete the P9000
Cluster Extension configuration procedures.
Before installing P9000 Cluster Extension, ensure that:
• Software patches, FC adapter firmware, and drivers are the latest versions.
• RAID Manager is installed and configured on each cluster node.
• RAID Manager versions are the same on all nodes in a cluster.
• RAID Manager command devices are configured.
• RAID Manager horcmX.conf files have been created and tested.
• One RAID Manager device group is configured for each disk array pair.
• LDEVs are mapped to redundant CHAs, and host modes and Fibre Channel port settings have
been customized.
• P9000 and XP Continuous Access links (including all extender hardware) are redundant and
bidirectional.
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