HP NetRAID-4M and RS/12 Cluster Install Guide for Windows 2000 Advanced Server Clusters

HP NetRAID-4M Cluster Installation Guide Contents
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Contents
Introduction............................................................................................................................................................... iv
Intended Audience ................................................................................................................................................... iv
Recommended Reading........................................................................................................................................... iv
Version History.......................................................................................................................................................... v
1 OVERVIEW ...............................................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Software and Networking Requirements........................................................................................................1
1.2 Hardware Requirements ....................................................................................................................................1
1.3 Installation Sequence – Important Note .......................................................................................................1
1.4 Alternative Installation Sequence ....................................................................................................................2
2 NETRAID-4M – CLUSTER HARDWARE COMPONENT INSTALLATION......................................4
2.1 Create Installation Floppy Diskettes ...............................................................................................................5
2.2 Install the NetRAID-4M and Heartbeat NIC.................................................................................................6
2.3 Set NetRAID-4M BIOS Options ...................................................................................................................10
2.4 Install Windows 2000 Drivers ........................................................................................................................11
3 NETRAID-4M - INSTALLING WINDOWS 2000 CLUSTER SERVICES ...........................................16
3.1 Server A: Create Cluster Service User Account .........................................................................................17
3.2 Server A: Install Cluster Services ..................................................................................................................18
3.3 Server B: Install Cluster Services ..................................................................................................................24
3.4 Configure the Cluster Shared Quorum..........................................................................................................26
3.5 Create Shared Quorum Cluster Resource.....................................................................................................31
3.6 Test the Shared Quorum Failover..................................................................................................................34
4 EXPAND SHARED STORAGE FOR CLUSTER SERVICES..................................................................36
4.1 Create Shared Disksets, Containers and NTFS Partitions.........................................................................37
4.2 Create NetRAID-4M Diskset Resources for Data Drives .........................................................................39