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1 Introduction

1.1

The TruCluster Server Product .... . ... ............................. 1–1

1.2

Memory Requirements . ..............................................

1–2

1.3

Minimum Disk Requirements ... ..... .............................. 1–2

1.3.1

Disks Needed for Installation .. ................................ 1–2

1.3.1.1

Tru64 UNIX Operating System Disk .. ................... 1–3

1.3.1.2

Clusterwide Disks .... .... ... .. .............................. 1–3

1.3.1.3

Member Boot Disk ... .... ..... .............................. 1–4

1.3.1.4

Quorum Disk . ................................................

1–4

1.4

Generic Two-Node Cluster . ... . ... ..... .............................. 1–5

1.5

Growing a Cluster from Minimum Storage to an NSPOF

Cluster .... .... ..........................................................

1–7

1.5.1

Two-Node Clusters Using an UltraSCSI BA356 Storage

Shelf and Minimum Disk Configurations ... ................. 1–8

1.5.2

Two-Node Clusters Using UltraSCSI BA356 Storage Units

with Increased Disk Configurations . ..... .... ................ 1–11

1.5.3

Two-Node Configurations with UltraSCSI BA356 Storage

Units and Dual SCSI Buses . ... ................................ 1–12

1.5.4

Using Hardware RAID to Mirror the Quorum and Member

System Boot Disks ............................................... 1–14

1.5.5

Creating an NSPOF Cluster ... ................................ 1–15

1.6

Eight-Member Clusters .............................................. 1–20

1.7

Overview of Setting Up the TruCluster Server Hardware

Configuration .......................................................... 1–20

2 Hardware Requirements and Restrictions

2.1

TruCluster Server Member System Requirements .... .... ... ... 2–1

2.2

Memory Channel Restrictions .. .... ... ............................. 2–3

2.3

Host Bus Adapter Restrictions . ... .... ............................. 2–6

2.3.1

Fibre Channel Requirements and Restrictions .. ..... .... ... 2–6

2.3.2

KZPSA-BB SCSI Adapter Restrictions . ..... ................. 2–9

2.3.3

KZPBA-CB SCSI Bus Adapter Restrictions ................. 2–10

2.4

Disk Device Restrictions ............................................. 2–10

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