Sun Cluster 3.x Hardware Administration Manual
Preface
The Sun Cluster 3.x Hardware Administration Manual provides a variety of information about how to install and administer basic Sun™ Cluster hardware components. Topics covered in this book include how to install and configure terminal concentrators, the cluster interconnect, public network hardware, campus clustering, and dynamic reconfiguration.
Use this manual with any version of Sun Cluster 3.x software. Unless otherwise noted, procedures are the same for all Sun Cluster 3.x versions. See the Revision History for a list of changes to this manual.
This book does not include information about configuring servers in a Sun Cluster environment nor does it include specific storage device procedures.
Who Should Use This Book
This book is for Sun representatives who are performing the initial installation of a Sun Cluster configuration and for system administrators who are responsible for maintaining the system.
This document is intended for experienced system administrators with extensive knowledge of Sun software and hardware. Do not use this document as a planning or presales guide. You should have already determined your system requirements and purchased the appropriate equipment and software before reading this document.
How This Book Is Organized
The following chapters contain information about hardware used in a Sun Cluster environment.
Chapter 1 provides an overview of installing and administering Sun Cluster hardware.
Chapter 2 describes how to install and configure a terminal concentrator.
Chapter 3 describes how to install and maintain cluster interconnect hardware.
Chapter 4 describes how to install and maintain the public network hardware.
Appendix A provides guidelines and diagrams on how to configure a campus cluster.
Appendix B describes how to verify cluster redundancy.
Appendix C provides procedures on how to recable disks.
Revision History
The following table lists the information that has been revised or added since the initial release of this documentation. The table also lists the revision date for these changes.
Table P-1 Sun Cluster 3.x Hardware Administration Manual
Revision Date | New Information |
|---|---|
July 2003 | VLAN support expanded to campus cluster configurations. See Configuring VLANs as Private Interconnect Networks. |
Updated documentation with editorial changes. | |
Added SAN section. See SAN Solutions in a Sun Cluster Environment. | |
Included references to the Sun Fire V1280 system administration documentation for dynamic reconfiguration. SeeDynamic Reconfiguration Operations For Sun Cluster Nodes. |
Related Documentation
The following books provide conceptual information or procedures to administer hardware and applications. If you plan to use this documentation in a hard-copy format, ensure that you have the following books available for your reference.
The following Sun Cluster books support the Sun Cluster 3.1 release. If you are maintaining a different version of Sun Cluster software, refer to the appropriate documentation. All Sun Cluster documentation is available on http://docs.sun.com.
Documentation that is not available on http://docs.sun.com is listed with the appropriate URL.
Table P-2 Hardware Documentation
Title | Part Number |
|---|---|
Sun StorEdge SAN Foundation 4.2 Installation Guide Available on http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/Network_Storage_Solutions/SAN | 817-1244 |
Sun StorEdge SAN Foundation 4.2 Configuration Guide Available on http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/Network_Storage_Solutions/SAN | 817-1245 |
Sun StorEdge SAN Foundation 4.2 Guide to Documentation Available on http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/Network_Storage_Solutions/SAN | 817-1576 |
Sun StorEdge SAN Foundation 4.2 Release Notes Available on http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/Network_Storage_Solutions/SAN | 817-1246 |
IP Network Multipathing Administration Guide | 816-0850 |
Sun Gigabit Ethernet/P 2.0 Adapter Installation and User's Guide Available on http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs | 804-6140 |
Sun StorEdge Long Wave GBIC Interface Converter Guide Available on http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs | 805-6965 |
Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager Installation and Configuration Guide Available on http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs | 816-1420 |
Table P-3 Sun Cluster Documentation
Application | Title | Part Number |
|---|---|---|
Concepts | Sun Cluster 3.1 Concepts Guide | 816-3383 |
Hardware | Sun Cluster 3.x Hardware Administration Manual | 817-0168 |
Sun Cluster 3.x Hardware Administration Collection at http://docs.sun.com/db/coll/1024.1/ |
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Software Installation | Sun Cluster 3.1 Software Installation Guide | 816-3388 |
Data Services | Sun Cluster 3.1 Data Service Planning and Administration Guide | 817-1526 |
Sun Cluster 3.1 Data Service Collection at http://docs.sun.com/db/coll/573.10/ |
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API Development | Sun Cluster 3.1 Data Services Developer's Guide | 816-3385 |
Administration | Sun Cluster 3.1 System Administration Guide | 816-3384 |
Error Messages | Sun Cluster 3.1 Error Messages Guide | 816-3382 |
Man Pages | Sun Cluster 3.1 Man Page Reference Manual | 816-5251 |
Release Notes | Sun Cluster 3.1 Release Notes | 816-5317 |
Sun Cluster 3.1 Release Notes Supplement | 816-3381 |
Using UNIX Commands
This document contains information on commands used to install, configure, or upgrade a Sun Cluster configuration. This document might not contain complete information on basic UNIX® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices.
See one or more of the following sources for this information.
Online documentation for the Solaris software environment
Other software documentation that you received with your system
Solaris operating environment man pages