Product specifications

Server Failover Requirements
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Server Failover Requirements
You should make sure the server failover system meets the following requirements.
Hardware
The automatic server failover system was qualified with the following hardware:
• Two Avid AS3000 servers functioning as nodes in a failover cluster. For installation
information, see the Avid AS3000 Setup Guide.
• Two ATTO Celerity FC-81EN Fibre Channel host adapters (one for each server in the
cluster), installed in the top PCIe slot.
• One of the following
- One Infortrend
®
S12F-R1440 storage array. For more information, see the Infortrend
EonStor
®
DS S12F-R1440 Installation and Hardware Reference Manual.
-One HP
®
MSA 2040 storage array. For more information, see the HP MSA 2040 User
Guide and other HP MSA documentation.
c
The Infortrend A16F-R2431 (Gen 2) is not supported for use with the FC-81EN host
adapter.
The servers in a cluster are connected using one or more cluster shared-storage buses and one or
more physically independent networks acting as a heartbeat.
Server Software
The automatic failover system was qualified on the following operating system:
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise
A license for the Interplay Engine failover cluster is required. A license for a failover cluster
includes two hardware IDs. For installation information, see
“Installing a Permanent License” on
page 109
.
Space Requirements
The default disk configuration for the Infortrend shared RAID array is as follows:
Disk
Infortrend
S12F-R1440
Disk 1 Quorum disk 10 GB
Disk 2 (not used) 10 GB