Best Practices for HP BladeSystem Deployments using HP Serviceguard Solutions for HP-UX 11i (May 2010)

Disaster Recovery solutions (i.e., Extended Distance Serviceguard clusters, Metrocluster,

Continentalclusters) are fully supported with the HP BladeSystem BL860c (A and B versions) and

BL870c Integrity server blades using the following HP-UX operating systems and Serviceguard

versions:

• HP-UX 11i v2 September 2006 (or later) with Serviceguard A.11.17 and SGeRAC A.11.17 (or

later)

• HP-UX 11i v3 September 2007 (or later) with Serviceguard A.11.18 and SGeRAC A.11.18 (or

later)

The following Mezzanine host bus adapters (HBAs) for the BL860c / BL870c Itanium server blades

supported with Serviceguard at the time of this white paper’s publication. Please contact your local

HP Sales Representative for a list of all currently supported HBAs with Serviceguard.

• Ethernet:

– HP BLc NC360m 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet adapter (P/N 445978-B21)

– HP BLc NC364m 4-port Gigabit Ethernet adapter (P/N 447883-B21)

• Fibre Channel:

– HP BLc QLogic QMH2462 2-port 4Gb FC HBA (P/N 403619-B21)

– HP BLc Emulex LPe1105 2-port 4Gb FC HBA (P/N 403621-B21)

– HP BLc QLogic QMH2562 2-port 8Gb FC HBA (P/N 451871-B21)

– HP BLc Emulex LPe1205 2-port 8Gb FC HBA (P/N 456972-B21)

• SAS (Serial Attached SCSI):

– HP Smart Array P700m/512 Controller (P/N 508226-B21)

• InfiniBand:

– HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand HBA (P/N 410533-B21)

– HP BLc 4X DDR Dual Port InfiniBand HBA (P/N 448262-B21)

The following interconnect modules for the BL860c / BL870c Itanium server blades and c-Class

enclosures are currently supported with Serviceguard:

• Ethernet Interconnects:

– HP BLc 1Gb Ethernet Pass-thru Module (P/N 406740-B21)

– HP BLc GbE2c Ethernet Blade Switch (P/N 410917-B21)

– Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 (P/N 410916-B21)

– Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3120G (P/N 451438-B21)

– Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3120X (P/N 451439-B21)

– HP BLc 1/10Gb-F Virtual Connect Ethernet Module (P/N 447047-B21)

– HP BLc 1/10Gb Virtual Connect Ethernet Module (P/N 399593-B22)

– HP ProCurve 6120XG Ethernet Blade Switch (P/N 516733-B21)

– HP ProCurve 6120G/XG Ethernet Blade Switch (P/N 498358-B21)

– HP 10GbE Ethernet Pass-thru Module (P/N 538113-B21)

– HP 1:10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch (P/N 438031-B21)

• Fibre Channel Interconnects: