HP Netserver LXr 8500 NetRAID-4M Config Guide for Windows NT4.0 Clusters
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NetRAID-4M FAST 2.4-0 or later
SCSI ID 6, 7
Channels 0, 1, 2, 3
RAID levels All fault tolerant RAID types supported by controller: 1, 5, 10 (Stripe set
of mirror sets RAID 0/1), 50 (Stripe set of RAID-5 sets), Volume set of
mirror sets, Volume set of RAID-5 sets
Containers Single-level or multi-level
Must be fault-tolerant
8 maximum per cluster
Configuration
options:
Write Cache Disabled
Clustering Enabled
Domain Validation Enabled
Cabinet
Disk drives: Any HP drive supported by storage enclosure. Any combination of HP
disk models is allowed in a diskset, on a SCSI channel, or in a cluster.
No. of cabinets 1 – 8
Model Rack Storage/12 D5989B or C plus two D6205B or two D6025C SCSI
controllers for each Rack Storage/12
Status SCSI ID 5 (fixed)
Disk SCSI Ids 0 – 3, 8 – 15 (fixed)
Cables Any 2 HP LVD SCSI offset cables per RS/12 from the following list:
1 meter D7131A
2.5 meter D6020A
5 meter D6982A
10 meter D6983A
LANs
Intra-cluster (Heartbeat) LAN Client LAN
LAN connection HP D5954A crossover cable or
equivalent.
Any LAN
The intra-cluster LAN may only be
used for cluster node
communication. It may not be used
for client communication.
NIC:
Model HP D5013B (10/100TX PCI) Any that is on both the HP Tested
Products List and the Microsoft
Hardware Compatibility List.
Driver Hptxnt.sys 4.02.35 (Navigator
L.20.00) or later
Vendor supported driver
NOTE If the NIC used is the
same as the Intra-cluster LAN
(HP D5013B), then the Client
LAN must use the same driver as
the Intra-cluster LAN.
No. of NICs 1 1 minimum