Compaq Parallel Database Cluster Model PDC/O2000 for Oracle8i and Windows 2000 Administrator Guide

vi Compaq Parallel Database Cluster Model PDC/02000 for Oracle8i and Windows 2000 Administrator Guide
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Cluster Planning
continued
Planning Cluster Configurations for Redundant Fibre Channel Arbitrated
Loops ..................................................................................................................... 4-11
Sample Small Configuration in a Redundant FC-AL ..................................... 4-11
Sample Large Configuration in a Redundant FC-AL ..................................... 4-13
RAID Planning....................................................................................................... 4-14
Supported RAID Levels.................................................................................. 4-16
Raw Data Storage and Database Size ............................................................. 4-17
Selecting the Appropriate RAID Levels ......................................................... 4-17
Planning the Grouping of Physical Disk Storage Space ........................................ 4-18
Disk Drive Planning............................................................................................... 4-19
Nonshared Disk Drives................................................................................... 4-19
Shared Disk Drives ......................................................................................... 4-20
Network Planning .................................................................................................. 4-20
Windows 2000 Advanced Server Hosts Files for an Ethernet Cluster
Interconnect .................................................................................................... 4-20
Client LAN ..................................................................................................... 4-21
Chapter 5
Installation and Configuration
Installation Overview............................................................................................... 5-2
Installing the Hardware............................................................................................ 5-4
Setting Up the Nodes ........................................................................................ 5-4
Installing the Fibre Host Adapters .................................................................... 5-4
Installing GBIC-SW Modules for the Fibre Host Adapters .............................. 5-5
Cabling the Fibre Host Adapters to the Storage Hubs or Switches................... 5-5
Installing the Cluster Interconnect Adapters..................................................... 5-6
Installing the Client LAN Adapters .................................................................. 5-7
Setting Up the RA4000/RA4100 Arrays........................................................... 5-7
Installing GBIC-SW Modules for the RA4000 Array Controllers.................... 5-9
Cabling the Storage Hubs or Switches to the RA4000 Array Controllers ........ 5-9
Installing Additional Redundant Fibre Channel Fabrics................................. 5-15
Installing Additional Redundant FC-ALs ....................................................... 5-15
Cabling the Ethernet Cluster Interconnect ...................................................... 5-16
Cabling the Client LAN .................................................................................. 5-20
Installing the Operating System Software and Configuring the
RA4000/RA4100 Arrays........................................................................................ 5-21
Guidelines for Clusters ................................................................................... 5-21
Automated Installation Using SmartStart ....................................................... 5-22
Installing Secure Path Software for Windows 2000 .............................................. 5-26
Installing the Secure Path Server Software..................................................... 5-26
Installing the Secure Path Client Software...................................................... 5-27
Verifying Shared Disk Storage Using Secure Path Manager.......................... 5-27
Defining Active Array Controllers ................................................................. 5-28