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Cluster Platform 280/3 Installation and Recovery Guide

SunTonetrademark Cluster Platforms

816-2145-12



Contents

Preface

How This Book is Organized

Typographic Conventions

Shell Prompts

Accessing Sun Documentation Online

Sun Welcomes Your Comments

Tools for Reading Online Documentation

AnswerBook2 Server

Adobe Acrobat Reader

The man Command

Documentation Included With the Cluster Platform

PDF Documents

AnswerBook2 Documents

Hard Copy Documents

1. Cluster Platform 280/3 Introduction

Cluster Platform 280/3 System Overview

Software Components

Hardware Components

Cluster Platform Component Location

Connectivity

Cluster Platform 280/3 System Cabling

Power and Heating Requirements

2. Configuring the Cluster Platform 280/3 System

Overview of Tasks

Collecting Site-Specific Information

Configuring the Hardware

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install the Cluster Platform 280/3 Hardware

Configuring the Software

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure the Terminal Concentrator

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure the Management Server

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Customize the Cluster Environment

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Boot Up the T3 Arrays

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Set Up the Sun Management Center Software

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Launch the Cluster Console for Both Cluster Nodes

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install the Software Stack on Both Cluster Nodes

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure VERITAS Volume Manager

Finishing Up

3. Cluster Platform 280/3 System Recovery

Recovering the Management Server

Before You Begin the Recovery

Contents of the Recovery Disks

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Perform a Recovery of the Management Server Software

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Use the Cluster Recovery Utility

Completing the Recovery of the Management Server

Recovering the Cluster Nodes

A. Laptop Settings to Access Monitor Mode

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Access the Terminal Concentrator from a Laptop

B. Cluster Platform 280/3 Cabling

C. Configuring the tip hardwire Port

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure the tip hardwire Port

D. Accessing Software on the Management Server

Starting the Sun Explorer Software

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Run the Sun Explorer on the Management Server

Starting the Sun Management Center Software

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Access the Sun Management Center Software

E. Installing Sun Component Manager 2.2 on the Management Server

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install Sun Component Manager 2.2

F. Configuring the Sun Ray Server Software on the Management Server

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Access the Management Server from the Sun Ray

G. Using the HA-NFS File System Agent

What the Scripts Do

Tunable Parameters

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Run the Scripts

Sample Output

HA-NFS Administration

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Invoke SunPlex Manager

Troubleshooting Tips