Compaq ProLiant Cluster HA/F500 Administrator Guide

ProLiant Cluster HA/F500 for MA8000 Administrator Guide 1-1

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Overview of the ProLiant Cluster HA/F500

The ProLiant™ Cluster HA/F500 is a two-, three-, or four-node cluster solution

composed of Compaq ProLiant servers and StorageWorks™ storage components by

Compaq; it executes on a Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Enterprise Edition

platform with Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS), Microsoft Windows 2000

Advanced Server with Microsoft Cluster Service, or Microsoft Windows 2000

Datacenter Server with Microsoft Cluster Service. The ProLiant Cluster HA/F500

provides the highest levels of availability and can be configured to provide an

environment in which there are no single points of failure (NSPOF), creating a

cluster environment ideal for business-critical applications and data access

requirements.

The “ProLiant Cluster HA/F500 Configurations” section of this chapter describes

supported configurations for the HA/F500. These configurations include:

• Basic HA/F500 configurations with hubs

• Enhanced HA/F500 configuration with hubs

• Multiple cluster configurations with hubs

• Basic HA/F500 configurations with switches

• Enhanced HA/F500 configuration with switches

• Microsoft Datacenter HA/F500 configuration with switches

• Multiple cluster configurations with switches