HP ProLiant DL380 G5 High Availability Storage Server installation instructions (5697-7748, November 2008)

4 Adding components for optimal
availability and redundancy
Configuring the HP ProLiant DL380 G5 High Availability Storage Server for optimal performance,
availability, and redundancy requires the purchase of an additional NIC adapter on each storage
server and an additional Ethernet crossover cable. HP recommends using the HP NC360T PCI Express
Dual Port Gigabit Server Adapter (412648-B21) for optimal active/active performance.
Install the additional equipment and set up the cluster as follows:
1. Install the hardware and make additional connections as described in
“Install the hardware” on page 13 and
“Install additional NIC adapters and make additional physical connections” on page 33.
2. Team the private connection NIC adapters and public connection NIC adapters on both storage
servers using the HP Network Configuration Utility. For more information on teaming, see the
Teaming adapters section of the HP ProLiant Network Configuration Utility Online Help.
3. Set static IP addresses for each teamed network connection on both storage servers using the
configuration information provided in Table 5 on page 11.
4. Create the quorum disk as described in “Set up the Quorum disk” on page 20.
5. Create additional volumes as described in “Create additional volumes in the MSA” on page 29.
6. Initialize and format disks as described in “Initialize and format the disks” on page 29.
7. Add cluster resources as described in “Add cluster resources” on page 30
8. Verify active/active cluster functionality as described in
“Verify that the active/active cluster is operational” on page 32.
Install additional NIC adapters and make additional physical
connections
In addition to setting up the active/passive cluster hardware configuration as described in
“Make the physical connections” on page 13, complete the following additional hardware installation
steps. In order to accurately describe the physical connections between the storage components, the
ports on the additional NIC adapter are designated as NIC 3 and NIC 4
1. Install the additional NIC adapter in an available expansion slot on Server 1 and Server 2
2. Connect the Server 1 NIC 3 connector to the network.
3. Connect the Server 2 NIC 3 connector to the network.
4. Ensure that the Server 1 NIC 2 is connected to the Server 2 NIC 2 with the an Ethernet crossover
cable.
5. Using the additional Ethernet crossover cable, connect the Server 1 NIC 4 connector to the Server
2 NIC 4 connector.
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