HP Serviceguard for Linux Version A.11.20.00 Deployment Guide, August 2012

Installation and Configuration Overview

This section outlines the steps covered in this deployment guide.

1. What to Order

2. Getting Started

a. Hardware Setup

b. Network Planning

3. Gather Required Software

4. OS Installation

5. Storage Array Configuration

6. Preparing the Servers

a. Fibre Channel Driver

b. Shared Storage Configuration

c. Network Configuration

7. Serviceguard for Linux and Related Software Installation

8. Serviceguard for Linux Configuration

a. Server Configuration

b. Cluster Configuration

c. Sample Package Configuration

9. Verification

If you encounter errors in any of the steps, check the Troubleshooting section at the end of this

document for possible remedies.

Terms and Definitions

Term

Definition

Node A host system or server that is configured to be a member of a Serviceguard cluster.

Package Application services (individual Linux processes) and resources grouped together and managed as a

unit within Serviceguard in the event that a failover is required.

Relocatable IP

Address

A virtual IP address that is associated with a Serviceguard package; this type of IP address is not

stationary to a specific node because it can move from one cluster node to another when a package

is moved. Relocatable IP addresses are assigned and removed by Serviceguard.

Serviceguard

Manager

A web-based, HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) tool used for monitoring,

administering, and configuring Serviceguard clusters.

SGLX Serviceguard for Linux

Table 1. Terms and Definitions