HP Serviceguard Extended Distance Cluster for Linux A.01.01 Release Notes, Third Edition, May 2009

Operating Systems
• Red Hat 4 U3 or later
• Red Hat 5 or later
• Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 or later
IMPORTANT: The SLES10 release included the kernel 2.6.16.21-0.8. With this kernel
version, if you remove a disk from the MD device, it stops responding. If you have
SLES10 base version, you must upgrade the kernel to 2.6.16.27-0.6 to avoid this problem.
For more information on support of new updates or service packs, see the HP
Serviceguard for Linux Certification Matrix available at:
http://www.hp.com/info/sglx
Supported Site to Site Distances
Table 1-1 shows the distance supported between sites based on the technology used:
Table 1-1 Supported Distance Between Sites
DistanceType of Link
50 metersGigabit Ethernet Twisted Pair
500 metersShort Wave Fiber
10 kilometersLong Wave Fiber
100 kilometersDense Wave Division Multiplexing
Installing XDC
Complete the following procedure to install HP Serviceguard Extended Distance Cluster
A.01.01:
1. Insert the product CD into the drive and mount the CD.
2. Open the terminal window.
3. If you are installing XDC on Red Hat 4, run the following command:
# rpm -Uvh xdc-A.01.01-0.rhel4.noarch.rpm
If you are installing XDC on Red Hat 5, run the following command:
# rpm -Uvh xdc-A.01.01-0.rhel5.noarch.rpm
If you are installing XDC on Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, run the
following command:
# rpm -Uvh xdc-A.01.01-0.sles10.noarch.rpm
This command initializes and completes the XDC software installation.
10 HP Serviceguard Extended Distance Cluster for Linux A.01.01 Release Notes