HP NetServer Installation Guide for the HP NetRAID-4M and Microsoft Cluster Services with Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition

HP NetRAID-4M Cluster Installation Guide Introduction

Introduction

The following pages contain a cursory set of procedures for setting up the clustering

components of HP NetServers with the HP NetRAID-4M disk controller running Microsoft

Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition operating system. Steps include installing the HP

NetRAID-4M controller and cabling it to the HP RS/12 Shared Storage enclosure, installing the

HP D5013A network interface card for the intra-cluster network connection, installing

Microsoft and HP cluster software, and configuring shared disk storage.

For NetServer platform-specific descriptions of supported cluster configurations of Microsoft

Cluster Server and the HP NetRAID-4M, refer to the configuration guides on the hp netserver

Microsoft clusters web site. For more comprehensive information about installing, using and

configuring disk arrays with the HP NetRAID-4M controller and the FAST (Flexible Array

Storage Tool) utility, refer to the NetRAID series of accessory manuals available on the hp

netserver information library web site.

For more information about Microsoft Clustering technology, refer to the installation guides,

support articles and technical papers on the Microsoft web site at www.microsoft.com, as well

as Windows on-line help.

Intended Audience

This guide is for the person who installs, administers, and troubleshoots the Microsoft Cluster

Server who needs cluster installation details specific to the HP NetRAID-4M controller.

Hewlett-Packard assumes this person is qualified to service computer equipment and trained to

recognize hazards in products with hazardous energy levels.

NOTE Hewlett-Packard only supports and recommends installation of clustered HP

NetServer systems using Microsoft Cluster Server software by a Microsoft or

HP Cluster Certified Installer.