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Hardware Installation and Configuration

This chapter contains instructions on how to install and configure the Cluster Platform 15K/9960 system hardware. It provides the location of the hardware components and descriptions of the cabling needed at the customer site.

Hardware Components

Due to floor tiling requirements and cable lengths, you must lay out the hardware components as shown in FIGURE 2-1. Refer to the Cluster Platform 15K/9960 System Site Planning Guide for more information on the arrangement of the floor tiles beneath the Cluster Platform 15K/9960 system.

FIGURE 2-1 Hardware Modules Layout

Line art showing the layout of the hardware modules.

Refer to the appropriate hardware documentation for instructions on how to set up the individual hardware components.

FIGURE 2-2 contains an illustration of the component positions inside of the expansion cabinet.

FIGURE 2-2 Expansion Cabinet Component Placement

Line art showing the placement of the system components in the expansion cabinet.

After you have set up the hardware components, you are ready to install the cabling as described in the following section.

Cluster Platform 15K/9960 System Cabling

Most of the cabling for the Cluster Platform 15K/9960 system is preinstalled at the factory. You must complete the cabling between the Sun Fire 15K servers, the Sun StorEdge 9960 system, and the Sun StorEdge expansion cabinet.

Cluster Platform 15K/9960 Network Topology

The Cluster Platform 15K/9960 system is connected by a combination of Ethernet and fibre channel cables that create several separate networks and links to your networks. See the following figures for the layout of the networks:

FIGURE 1-1 for the private interconnect

FIGURE 1-2 for the public network

FIGURE 1-3 for the internal administration network

FIGURE 1-4 for the external administration network

Cluster Platform 15K/9960 System Cables

The following list contains the system cables you need to connect the server, storage, and expansion cabinet.

Four, fifteen-meter, RS-232C (Mini-Din/RJ-45) serial cables

These cables provide console access to the system controllers.

Six, fifteen-meter, RJ-45/RJ-45 Ethernet cables

These cables provide administrative network access to the system controllers.

Four, RJ-45/RJ-45 Ethernet cables

These cables provide access to the public network and must be supplied by the customer.

Two, RJ-45/RJ-45 Ethernet cables

These cables provide the management server and the terminal concentrator access to the external administration network.

Six, fifteen-meter fiber optic cables

These cables provide access to the shared storage access from the cluster nodes and implement the two-link point-to-point private cluster interconnect between the cluster nodes.

Twelve power cables for each Sun Fire 15K server

Two power cables for the Sun StorEdge expansion cabinet

Four power cables for the Sun StorEdge 9960 system cabinet

Four, four-meter, SCSI boot-device cables

Storage Connections

The storage connections enable the domains to have access to the shared storage and to the boot disks in the expansion cabinet. FIGURE 2-3 shows the layout of the storage connections.

FIGURE 2-3 Storage Connections

Line art showing the cabling between the boot disks, the nodes, and the shared storage.

Serial Connections

The serial connections enable the terminal concentrator to have access to the system controllers. FIGURE 2-4 shows the layout of the serial connections.

FIGURE 2-4 Serial Connections

Line art showing the cabling between the terminal concentrator and the system controllers.

Cabling the Cluster Platform 15K/9960 System

To cable the Cluster Platform 15K/9960 system, use the tables and illustrations in this section as a guide.


Cable	Source	Destination
Boot Disks
4-meter, SCSI	SCSI in-port on boot disk 1	Slot 0 on server 1
4-meter, SCSI	SCSI in-port on boot disk 2	Slot 1 on server 1
4-meter, SCSI	SCSI in-port on boot disk 3	Slot 0 on server 2
4-meter, SCSI	SCSI in-port on boot disk 4	Slot 1 on server 2
Administration Hub
15 meter, RJ-45/RJ-45 Ethernet	Port 2	System controller 0 on server 1
15 meter, RJ-45/RJ-45 Ethernet	Port 3	System controller 1 on server 1
15 meter, RJ-45/RJ-45 Ethernet	Port 4	Slot 0, `qfe1` port on server 1
15 meter, RJ-45/RJ-45 Ethernet	Port 5	System controller 0 on server 2
15 meter, RJ-45/RJ-45 Ethernet	Port 6	System controller 1 on server 2
15 meter, RJ-45/RJ-45 Ethernet	Port 7	Slot 0, `qfe1` port on server 2
Terminal Concentrator
15 meter, RJ-45/Mini-Din RS-232C	Port 2	System controller 0 on server 1
15 meter, RJ-45/Mini-Din RS-232C	Port 3	System controller 1 on server 1
15 meter, RJ-45/Mini-Din RS-232C	Port 4	System controller 0 on server 2
15 meter, RJ-45/Mini-Din RS-232C	Port 5	System controller 1 on server 2


Cable	Source	Destination
Server-to-Server
15 meter, fiber optic	Slot 2, Sun Gigabit Ethernet port on server 1	Slot 2, Sun Gigabit Ethernet port on server 2
15 meter, fiber optic	Slot 3, Sun Gigabit Ethernet port on server 1	Slot 3, Sun Gigabit Ethernet port on server 2
Server-to-Public-Network
RJ-45/RJ-45 Ethernet cable	Slot 0, `qfe0` port on server 1	Customer supplied Ethernet hub
RJ-45/RJ-45 Ethernet cable	Slot 1, `qfe0` port on server 1	Customer supplied Ethernet hub
RJ-45/RJ-45 Ethernet cable	Slot 0, `qfe0` port on server 2	Customer supplied Ethernet hub
RJ-45/RJ-45 Ethernet cable	Slot 1, `qfe0` port on server 2	Customer supplied Ethernet hub


Cable	Source	Destination
Storage to Server
15 meter, fiber optic cable	Storage, board V, port A ^[1]	Slot 2, fiber optic port on server 1
15 meter, fiber optic cable	Storage, board S, port A	Slot 3, fiber optic port on server 1
15 meter, fiber optic cable	Storage, board V, port C	Slot 2, fiber optic port on server 2
15 meter, fiber optic cable	Storage, board S, port C	Slot 3, fiber optic port on server 2

FIGURE 2-5 Server 1 Front Cable Connections

Line art showing the front cable connections on server (node) 1.

FIGURE 2-6 Server 1 Rear Cable Connections

Line art showing the cable connections on the rear of server (node) 1.

FIGURE 2-7 Server 2 Front Cable Connections

Line art showing the cable connections on the front of server (node) 2.

FIGURE 2-8 Server 2 Rear Cable Connections

Line art showing the cable connections on the rear of server (node) 2.

FIGURE 2-9 Storage Cabinet System Board S Connections

Line art showing the cable connections on Board S in the storage cabinet.

FIGURE 2-10 Storage Cabinet System Board V Connections

Line art showing the cable connections on Board V in the storage cabinet.

FIGURE 2-11 Terminal Concentrator Cable Connections

Line art showing the cable connections on the terminal concentrator.

FIGURE 2-12 Administration Hub Cable Connections

Line art showing the cable connections on the administration hub.

FIGURE 2-13 Boot Disks Cable Connections

Line art showing the cable connections on the boot disks.

^{1 (TableFootnote) All of these port designations are based on the assumption that the storage boards are installed in slots V and S.}