Compaq ProLiant Cluster HA/F500 Administrator Guide

Setting Up the ProLiant Cluster HA/F500 with Switches
ProLiant Cluster HA/F500 for MA8000 Administrator Guide 3-29
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Setting Up Cluster Groups and Cluster Resources
The clustering hardware is now set up and configured. The Microsoft operating
system with Microsoft cluster software is installed on both servers. You have done
minimal validation of the cluster and everything is working as planned. Now it is
time to set up the applications to use the capabilities of clustering.
If you have defined your cluster needs correctly and determined how to fit the
applications and environment into a cluster, then configuring the applications will be
a straightforward task.
Although details of these procedures are beyond the scope of this guide, several
documents are available from both Microsoft and Compaq to assist you with these
final steps.
The best source of information concerning the steps to configure cluster groups and
cluster resources is the Microsoft Cluster Server Administrator Guide, which
provides detailed setup information.
Compaq has worked directly with several application vendors throughout the
development of ProLiant Clusters. As a result of these efforts, Compaq has provided
a number of integration documents to assist you with installing these applications in a
ProLiant Cluster environment.
Integration documents are available at
www.compaq.com/highavailability.
Setting Up Dual Storage Controllers
This section describes how to convert a system from a single-adapter, single-storage
controller configuration to a single-adapter, dual-storage controller configuration.
Dual controller configuration allows failover to occur between the controllers in the
event of a controller failure.