ServerNet Cluster 6780 Planning and Installation Guide (G06.28+, H06.05+)
Table Of Contents
- What’s New in This Guide
- About This Guide
- 1 ServerNet Cluster Overview
- 2 ServerNet Cluster Hardware Description
- 3 Planning for Installation and Migration
- Planning Checklist
- Software Installation Planning
- Hardware Installation and Migration Planning
- Task 1: Plan for the ServerNet Nodes
- Task 2: Plan for the System Consoles
- Task 3: Plan for the 6780 Switches
- Task 4: Plan for the Racks
- Task 5: Plan for the Power Requirements
- Task 6: Plan the Location of the Hardware
- Task 7: Plan for the Fiber-Optic Cables
- Task 8: Plan to Migrate the ServerNet Nodes From 6770 Switches
- Task 9: Plan the ServerNet Node Numbers
- Task 10: Plan the Expand-Over-ServerNet Lines
- Migration Examples
- 4 Preparing a System for Installation or Migration
- 5 Installing 6780 Switches
- 6 Connecting the Fiber-Optic Cables
- Summary of Tasks
- Handling the Fiber-Optic Cables
- Connecting the Layer Cables
- Connecting the Zone Cables
- Connecting the Cables Between a Node and a 6780 Switch
- Alerts
- Task 1: Double-Check the Required Software and Hardware
- Task 2: Label the Cables That Connect to the Node
- Task 3: Inspect the Cables
- Task 4: Connect a Cable to the Switch
- Task 5: Connect a Cable to the Node
- Task 6: Check the Link-Alive LEDs
- Task 7: Check Operations
- Task 8: Finish Connecting the Fiber-Optic Cables
- Routing the Fiber-Optic Cables
- 7 Configuring Expand-Over-ServerNet Lines
- Using Automatic Line-Handler Generation
- Using the OSM Service Connection
- Using SCF
- Rule 1: Configure the Primary and Backup Line-Handler Processes in Different Processor Enclosures
- Rule 2: For Nodes With 6 or More Processors, Avoid Configuring the Line-Handler Processes in Proc...
- Rule 3: For Nodes With More Than 10 Processors, Avoid Configuring the Line-Handler Processes in P...
- Expand-Over-ServerNet Line-Handler Process Example
- 8 Checking Operations
- Checking the Operation of the ServerNet Cluster
- Checking the Operation of Each Switch
- Checking the Power to Each Switch
- Checking the Switch Components
- Checking the Numeric Selector Setting
- Checking the Globally Unique ID (GUID)
- Checking for a Mixed Globally Unique ID (GUID)
- Checking the Fiber-Optic Cable Connections to the Switch Port
- Checking the Switch Configuration, Firmware, and FPGA Images
- Checking the Operation of Each Node
- Checking the Service Processor (SP) Firmware
- Checking That Automatic Line-Handler Generation Is Enabled
- Checking the ServerNet Node Numbers
- Checking MSGMON, SANMAN, and SNETMON
- Checking for Alarms on Each Node
- Checking the ServerNet Cluster Subsystem
- Checking That the ServerNet Node Numbers Are Consistent
- Checking Communications Between a Local Node and a Switch
- Checking Communications With a Remote Node
- Checking the Internal ServerNet X and Y Fabrics
- Checking the Operation of Expand Processes and Lines
- 9 Changing a ServerNet Cluster
- OSM Actions
- Removing a Node From a ServerNet Cluster
- Removing Switches From a ServerNet Cluster
- Adding a Node to a ServerNet Cluster
- Adding a Switch Layer to a ServerNet Cluster
- Adding a Switch Zone to a ServerNet Cluster
- Task 1: Prepare to Add the Switches
- Task 2: Connect the Cables Between Layers
- Task 3: Check Operations
- Task 4: Disconnect the Cables Between Zones
- Task 5: Connect the Cables Between Zones
- Task 6: Check Operations
- Task 7: Connect the Additional Nodes
- Task 8: Check Operations
- Task 9: Repeat Tasks 2 Through 8 for the Other Fabric
- Task 10: Reenable OSM Alarms
- Moving a Node
- Changing the Hardware in a Node Connected to a ServerNet Cluster
- 10 Troubleshooting
- Symptoms
- Recovery Operations
- Enabling Automatic Expand-Over-ServerNet Line-Handler Generation
- Reseating a Fiber-Optic Cable
- Correcting a Mixed Globally Unique ID (GUID)
- Restoring Connectivity to a Node
- Switching the SANMAN Primary and Backup Processes
- Switching the SNETMON Primary and Backup Processes
- Configuring the Expand-Over-ServerNet Line-Handler Processes and Lines
- Starting Required Processes and Subsystems
- Fallback Procedures
- 11 Starting and Stopping ServerNet Cluster Processes and Subsystems
- A Part Numbers
- B Blank Planning Forms
- C ESD Guidelines
- D Specifications
- E Configuring MSGMON, SANMAN, and SNETMON
- F Updating the 6780 Switch Logic Board Firmware, Configuration, and FPGA Images
- G Using the Long-Distance Option
- Safety and Compliance
- Glossary
- Index
ServerNet Cluster Overview
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Software Requirements for NonStop S-Series
Servers
Software Requirements for NonStop S-Series
Servers
Before adding a NonStop S-series server to a ServerNet cluster that uses the layered
topology, you must install the required software. HP recommends that you install the
latest product version updates (PVUs).
Minimum RVUs and SPRs Required
The software listed in Table 1-3 and the Expand profiles in Table 1-4 on page 1-9 are
required for ServerNet clusters that contain only NonStop S-series servers.
Table 1-3. Software Requirements for NonStop S-Series Servers (page 1 of 2)
RVU SPRs Required Comments
G06.22
or later
RVU
No additional SPRs are required if the
Expand profiles are installed and you
are not using the long-distance option.
The long-distance option is supported.
See the additional software
requirements in Appendix G, Using the
Long-Distance Option.
G06.21
or later
RVU
No additional SPRs are required if the
Expand profiles are installed.
The long-distance option is not
supported.
G06.19
or
G06.20
RVU
These SPRs and all prerequisite SPRs
provide support for the layered
topology that is equivalent to the
G06.21 RVU.
The long-distance option is not
supported.
For more information about the SPRs
and prerequisites, refer to the softdoc
for each product.
For best performance, HP
recommends that you install the latest
superceding or replacement SPRs.
OSM CIMOM T2727AAC This SPR supports ServerNet clusters
with only NonStop S-series servers.
OSM Service Provider T2728AAC This SPR supports ServerNet clusters
with only NonStop S-series servers.
Upgrading OSM online does not
disrupt ServerNet communication over
the cluster.
SNETMON/MSGMON T0294AAL This SPR supports ServerNet clusters
with only NonStop S-series servers.
SANMAN T0502AAL Installing SANMAN does not disrupt
ServerNet communication over the
cluster. However, OSM cannot display
information about the external fabrics
until the software installation is
finished.