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For the latest product & technical information, refer to the Information Sources on pages 2 and 3.Updated 10/02/01
HIGH AVAILABILITY
CLUSTERING
New xSeries 340 cluster solution starts up quick and smart with secure operation of business-critical applications. IBM gives you an easy transition with this
complete, test-proven, high availability (HA) hardware and software configuration.
These rack solutions leverage the latest xSeries 340 server platform with choices of Windows® network operating system software and preloaded cluster
middleware. Features include the following:
• Prepackaged for single part number ordering and customer cost savings
• Scaled for business growth
• Ready-to-run with cluster middleware and either Windows 2000 Advanced Server or Windows NT 4.0 EE operating systems preloaded
• Test-proven high availability hardware and software for business-critical applications
• Flexibility to handle unique computing environments
• Fully redundant with failover protection and RAID-protected internal and external storage
North America order numbers: x340 HA Cluster - NT (P/N 25P1823), x340 HA Cluster - Windows 2000 (P/N 25P1824)
xSeries 340 High Availability Cluster
NetBAY22 Rack
Keyboard Tray, Keyboard, Flat
Panel Monitor and 4-port
Console Connector Switch are
all installed in the same 3U
space above)
UPS 3000 (3U)
1
EXP300 (3U)
1. Either a UPS 3000 or PDU can be installed. Power options are not
shipped standard with the cluster bundle
. Power connections are not
represented in this diagram.
xSeries
340 (3U)
console connections
Ethernet clustering
heartbeat
ServeRAID storage
connections
two hot-swap HDDs in
each server and five in
the EXP300
xSeries
340 (3U)
xSeries
340 (3U)
xSeries
340 (3U)
EXP300 (3U)