Lotus Domino Windows NT Prioris MX DIGITAL HiTest Notes Part Number: EK-HLDNM-HN. B01 March 1998 Revision/Update Information: Digital Equipment Corporation Maynard, Massachusetts This is a revised document.
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Table of Contents 1 Advantages of DIGITAL HiTest Suites What Is a DIGITAL HiTest Suite?............................................................................................................ 1–1 DIGITAL HiTest Suite Components......................................................................................................... 1–1 Additional Hardware and Software ...........................................................................................................
Contents Operating System Installation ................................................................................................................... 4–2 Windows NT Server Installation ........................................................................................................ 4–2 Service Pack Installation .................................................................................................................... 4–3 Save of System Settings .........................................
Contents Tables Table 2-1: Lotus Domino Windows NT Prioris MX Availability Features ................................................ 2–2 Table 2-2: RAID Levels and Descriptions................................................................................................. 2–4 Table 2-3: Lotus Domino Windows NT Prioris MX Manageability Features............................................. 2–6 Table 2-4: Lotus Domino Windows NT Prioris MX Year 2000 Compliance ............................................
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Preface This document provides an overview of DIGITAL HiTest Suites and detailed technical information about the Lotus Domino Windows NT Prioris MX HiTest Suite. This information includes the HiTest AppSet, the HiTest Foundation, configuration details, installation instructions, tuning parameters, problems encountered and their solutions, tests and test results, and system diagrams. Together, a HiTest Foundation and HiTest AppSet (Application Set) comprise all of the components in a HiTest Suite.
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1 Advantages of DIGITAL HiTest Suites This chapter describes what a HiTest Suite is, the suite components and advantages, and customer add-ons. What Is a DIGITAL HiTest Suite? DIGITAL HiTest Suites are guidelines for configuring a set of prequalified computer systems. A HiTest Suite often contains all the hardware and software needed for a complete customer solution. DIGITAL HiTest Suites can be used as a basis for configuring systems that satisfy a wide set of customer requirements.
Advantages of DIGITAL HiTest Suites Additional Hardware and Software Besides the hardware and software specified in a DIGITAL HiTest Suite, additional hardware and software can be added to a HiTest System. Add-on hardware consists of accessory components such as printers, modems, and scanners that are supported by the operating system and other software. Adding these components should not affect interoperability and, therefore, the system can still be considered a DIGITAL HiTest System.
2 About This DIGITAL HiTest Suite This HiTest Suite satisfies the needs of customers who require a full function office automation system for the workgroup or small department. The DIGITAL Prioris MX 6200 system provides high performance at a low price for today's demanding communications applications. This powerful yet affordable server offers leadership mail and messaging performance.
About This DIGITAL HiTest Suite Availability Availability, which describes a computer system’s ability to quickly recover from a failure, can be described in terms of the following: • Data Protection – Ensures long-term data accessibility by providing the facility to do offline data backup. • Data Availability – Stores redundant data on line for rapid, automatic data recovery in the event of a failure. Data availability is typically provided through the use of RAID technology.
About This DIGITAL HiTest Suite − When three drives are used for data and high availability is required, DIGITAL recommends the use of RAID 5 providing approximate storage capacity of 8.6 GB. Understanding Availability Features This section provides background information on the availability features included in this HiTest Suite. Backup and Restore Backup and restore ensures that data remains available from one day to the next.
About This DIGITAL HiTest Suite Figure 2-1: RAID Level Summary R AID Level 0 Striping - No nred un da nt 1 M irroring 2 B yte Inte rlea ve d, E CC 3 Byte In te rleaved, P arity 4 B lock Interlea ved , P arity 5 B lo ck Interlea ve d, Distribu ted P arity M L 01 4 3 32 DIGITAL and other companies also use the terms RAID 0+1, RAID 1+5 and Adaptive 3/5 to refer to the combinations of these, and other, storage technologies.
About This DIGITAL HiTest Suite RAID Level 3 Description Advantages/Disadvantages • Parallel access array • Small minimum chunk size + good performance in reads due to parallelism (like RAID 0) • Check bit calculated from data + costs only slightly increased compared to disks without high availability solutions • Parity bits on dedicated disk, data striped across remaining disks + good performance with long records (high data transfer rate) - write performance penalty due to check bit calculation -
About This DIGITAL HiTest Suite • An unrepeatable problem occurred during the install of Windows NT Server 4.0. This problem is also documented in Chapter 6. Within the HiTest environment, after removing the system from the shipping box, it required approximately four hours to install and configure the hardware for the maximum configuration. Installation and configuration of the software took less than an hour.
About This DIGITAL HiTest Suite During the DIGITAL HiTest process, System Management Server was used to manage the systems. The system management station does not provide for remote management of the application. There were no manageability problems discovered during the testing of this HiTest Suite. Price Range The purchase price of a system is only one factor affecting affordability. The cost of staff, space, maintenance, and upgrade also affect the cost of ownership.
About This DIGITAL HiTest Suite Figure 2-3: Lotus Domino Windows NT Prioris MX HiTest Suite Scalability 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% HiTest HiTest HiTest Memory Processors Storage Systems configured within this range involve tradeoffs between these, and sometimes other components. Systems configured within this range generally exceed the requirements of the market. HiTest Systems configured within this range meet the requirements of most customers.
About This DIGITAL HiTest Suite Characterization tests performed for Mail, Mail and Shared Database, and Groupware B users showed high performance compared to competitive systems. These tests show similar performance to that documented in the “Prioris ZX 6200MP Lotus Notes R4.11A for NT (3.51) NotesBench Report” that is available from the NotesBench Consortium, at http://www.notesbench.org/. The more recent results have not yet been published.
About This DIGITAL HiTest Suite • Business Critical Gold Support Clients who purchase Business Critical Gold Support work with a named technical account manager who serves as the single point of contact and ensures that problems are resolved quickly. A privileged hotline assures crisis response within 30 minutes. An assigned support team works with the account manager to apply continuous effort to critical problems.
About This DIGITAL HiTest Suite Meeting Client Needs Locally or Globally With 450 service center locations in l00 countries, DIGITAL is prepared to deliver consistent and comprehensive service capabilities on a local or multinational basis.
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3 Configuration Data This chapter describes the Lotus Domino Windows NT Prioris MX DIGITAL HiTest Suite including the hardware, software, and firmware components and their revision levels. If required, special configuration rules are explained. Hardware and Software Components Table 3-1 and Table 3-2 identify the range of hardware and software components that can be configured using the Lotus Domino Windows NT Prioris MX HiTest Suite. These two tables form the DIGITAL HiTest Template.
Configuration Data Table 3-1: DIGITAL HiTest Template – AppSet Software and Foundation Hardware Lotus Domino HiTest AppSet Windows NT Prioris MX HiTest Foundation Hardware For documentation and updates: http://cosmo.tay.dec.com and http://www.partner.digital.com:9003/cgi-bin/comet Line Item Description Part Number HiTest Range Min Max AppSet Software 1 Domino Server 4.6 Contact Lotus at: http://www2.lotus.com/domino.
Configuration Data Table 3-2: DIGITAL HiTest Template – Foundation Software Windows NT AlphaServer HiTest Foundation Software For documentation and updates: http://cosmo.tay.dec.com and http://www.partner.digital.com:9003/cgi-bin/comet Line Item Description Part Number HiTest Range Min Max Required By App Fnd Foundation Software 1 Windows NT Server 4.
Configuration Data Table 3-3: System Management Station Template Lotus Domino HiTest AppSet System Management Station For documentation and updates: http://cosmo.tay.dec.com and http://www.partner.digital.com:9003/cgi-bin/comet Line Item Description Part Number HiTest Range Min Max Management Station Hardware Note: This HiTest Suite supports the use of a system management station. When the management station option is included, this HiTest Template identifies the items required.
Configuration Data Lotus Domino HiTest AppSet System Management Station For documentation and updates: http://cosmo.tay.dec.com and http://www.partner.digital.com:9003/cgi-bin/comet Line Item 10 Description Part Number SQL Server Service Pack 1 (SP1) Contact Microsoft at http://www.microsoft.com or (800) 360-7561. Or download from: ftp://ftp.microsoft.
Configuration Data Figure 3-1: UltraSCSI Cable Connections 2 3 1 n D connector on the Mylex PCI One-channel RAID adapter o D connector on the motherboard p UltraSCSI cable 3–6 HiTest Notes for Lotus Domino Windows NT Prioris MX ML014365
4 System Installation and Setup This chapter describes how to install and set up a DIGITAL HiTest System configured from this DIGITAL HiTest Suite. System preparation includes installing hardware, operating system, management station, and applications. Hardware Installation The Prioris MX 6200 Series Server System Reference provides instructions for installing your Prioris MX 6200 system.
System Installation and Setup RAID Array Configuration Configure the RAID arrays (RAIDsets) using the RAID Array 230/PLUS RAID Configuration Utility described in the SCSI RAID Controller Setup section in this chapter. ______________________________ Note ___________________________ Do not include the system disk in any RAID arrays.
System Installation and Setup Service Pack Installation Service packs are available from the following sources: • A Microsoft reseller • The Microsoft web page at: http://www.microsoft.com • The Microsoft Order Desk in the United States at (800) 360-7561 between 6:30 A.M. and 5:30 P.M., Pacific time • The Microsoft support page located at: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt Install Windows NT Service Pack 3 (SP3).
System Installation and Setup Management Station Installation If you have selected a Management Station, use the instructions in this section to install and configure the hardware and software on the management station and the software on the system[s] being managed. Hardware Installation Install the Management Station hardware using the instructions in the Prioris XL 6000 Quick Reference Guide provided with your Prioris XL 6000 system.
System Installation and Setup 4. The SQL Server Service Pack 1 (SP1) installation launches automatically after the SQL Server installation is completed. When prompted for the “sa” password, again leave it blank. 5. After installing SQL Server and SP1, set the password “sa” by launching SQL Enterprise Manager and selecting Logins from the Manage menu. SMS Server Installation To install SMS Server Version 1.
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5 Tests and Results The DIGITAL HiTest program tests for several types of problems that affect the system. The HiTest program works together with other organizations to obtain and share test information for other categories. This chapter describes the overview of test results, how the tests were set up, and where the data and programs were placed. Also covered in this chapter is the test environment, tools used for testing, test configuration, test management, and the test process.
Tests and Results Figure 5-1: Test Environment DIGITAL Ethernet Hub Celebris FX/2 200 MHz Celebris FX/2 200 MHz Celebris FX/2 200 MHz 1 2 3 Notes Mail Client Notes Mail Client Notes Mail Client AS 600 4 STM WebClient HiTest System Prioris MX 6200 AS 600 5 6 Domino Server STM I/O n Test driver machines: Notes Mail Client o Test driver machines: Notes Mail Client p Test driver machines: Notes Mail Client q STM WebClient r Prioris MX 6200 HiTest Domino Server s STM I/O File share testing Pr
Tests and Results Test Configuration The test load was generated as follows: • The average test duration was 48 hours. • Windows NT workstations running STE_NotesMail generated the Lotus Domino Mail client workload. • STM I/O tool was run continuously throughout the test. • SMS performed routine auditing on the server. • System management station: To run SMS: 1. Click Start and select SMS Manager. 2. Select the desired functions from the list.
Tests and Results Test Management The HiTest configuration was managed using the Systems Management Server (SMS) Administrator, as described in the following procedure: 1. Launch the SMS Administrator and enter the “sa” password when prompted. 2. Select the Sites Window type (this is the default) and click OK. 3. To view domains, double click the site icon in the left pane. 4. To view the SMS clients in the domain, click the domain icon in the left pane. The SMS clients appear in the right pane. 5.
6 Problems and Solutions This chapter describes problems encountered during the testing. Where appropriate, a solution for each problem is given which provides a fix or workaround. An impact statement is also provided. Foundation Hardware The following problems were identified: Mylex PCI RAID Adapter Problem Impact The Mylex PCI RAID Adapter fails to identify disks which are attached to it.
Problems and Solutions Foundation Software The following problems were identified: Windows NT and Service Pack 3 Installation Problem After Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT Service Pack 3 are installed, the system fails to boot and returns the following error message: Impact Solution The system will not boot. Unable to find NTOSKRNL.EXE This was an unreproducible error which was possibly due to human error. If this problem occurs, you can resolve it by doing the following: 1. Reinstall Windows NT 4.
7 Detailed Hardware Configuration This chapter describes the minimum and maximum hardware configuration for the Lotus Domino Windows NT Prioris MX HiTest Suite by providing the following: • System Diagram • HiTest System Slot Configuration • Storage Architecture System Diagram Figure 7-1 shows a diagram of the maximum configuration of this HiTest Suite.
Detailed Hardware Configuration HiTest System Slot Configuration Figure 7-2 shows the HiTest System Slot Usage and Table 7-1 describes the minimum and maximum hardware configurations used in this HiTest Template. Figure 7-2: HiTest System Slot Usage PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 3(1) EISA Slot 1(1) EISA Slot 2 EISA Slot 3 EISA Slot 4 EISA Slot 5 ML014070 PCI slot 3 and EISA slot 1 share an expansion slot at the rear of the server.
Detailed Hardware Configuration Storage Architecture The following figure describes the storage architecture. Table 7-2 and Table 7-3 list the SCSI storage for the minimum and maximum configurations of this HiTest Template.
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