HP Serviceguard Extended Distance Cluster for Linux A.01.00 Deployment Guide, Second Edition, May 2008

Configuring your Environment for Software RAID
Installing the Extended Distance Cluster Software
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Installing the Extended Distance Cluster
Software
This section discusses the supported operating systems, prerequisites
and the procedures for installing the Extended Distance Cluster
software.
Supported Operating Systems
The Extended Distance Cluster software supports the following
operating systems:
•Red Hat 4 U3 or later
• Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 or later
• Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 or later
Prerequisites
Following are the prerequisites for installing Extended Distance Cluster
software (XDC):
• HP Serviceguard for Linux A 11.16.07 or higher
• Network Time Protocol (NTP) - all nodes in the cluster to point to the
same NTP server.
• QLogic Driver - The version number of this driver depends on the
version of the QLogic cards in your environment. Download the
appropriate version of the driver from the following location:
http://www.hp.com -> Software and Driver Downloads
Select the Download drivers and software (and firmware) option.
Enter the HBA name and click >>. If more than one result is
displayed, download the appropriate driver for your operating
system.
Installing XDC
You can install XDC from the product CD. You must install the XDC
software on all nodes in a cluster to enable Software RAID.