Compaq StorageWorks RAID Array 3000 Cluster Solutions for Microsoft Windows Installation Guide (EK-NT0EK-IG. C01, January 2001)

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Chapter 1
Getting Started
This chapter contains a roadmap to serve as a master guide for establishing a
cluster between two Intel host servers and a shared RAID Array 3000
subsystem. This roadmap presides over all other documentation supplied with
your equipment, and refers to those resources, as more technical depth is
required.
NOTE: Depending on your current system environment, you may not need to perform all
tasks in this roadmap.
Overview of RAID 3000 Cluster Solutions
for Windows NT and Windows 2000
A RAID Array 3000 Cluster enables two host servers of the same architecture,
(Intel), to share a RAID 3000 storage subsystem through an UltraSCSI bus,
with Windows NT and Windows 2000 Cluster software. Should a failure on a
server occur, the failure is detected and the storage I/O is re-routed through to
the functioning server. This process, called failover, requires no resource
downtime—ensuring the high availability of data. The failed components can
be hot-plugged or serviced while functioning components remain active.