Compaq ProLiant Cluster HA/F500 Administrator Guide

Overview of the ProLiant Cluster HA/F500
ProLiant Cluster HA/F500 for MA8000 Administrator Guide 1-17
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Compaq Fibre Channel Storage Switches
The ProLiant Cluster HA/F500 supports the use of the following Compaq Fibre
Channel storage switches:
• Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel SAN Switch 8 (8 ports)
• Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel SAN Switch 16 (16 ports)
• Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel SAN Switch 8-EL (8 ports)
• Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel SAN Switch 16-EL (16 ports)
• Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel SAN Switch (2 Gb) 16 ports
• Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel SAN Switch Integrated 32
• Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel SAN Switch Integrated 64
• Compaq StorageWorks SAN Director 64 (1 Gb) Switch
If a ProLiant Cluster HA/F500 configuration requires the use of more than one
switch, any combination of 8- and 16-port switches can be used. If a configuration
involves more than one cluster, the different clusters may share the same fabric.
Host Bus Adapters
The host bus adapter is a PCI card that connects one ProLiant server to:
• The FC-AL to which the hub, storage subsystem, and second server are also
connected
or
• A Compaq Fibre Channel Switch, to which the storage subsystem and second
server are also connected
Depending upon the availability requirements of the cluster, each ProLiant server can
have one or two host bus adapters. The basic configurations (described previously)
require one host bus adapter in each server; the enhanced configuration requires
two host bus adapters and Secure Path software in each server.