Support for Network Appliance Network-Attached Storage (NAS) Devices

Sun Cluster software supports Network Appliance NAS devices, for shared storage only, beginning with Sun Cluster 3.1 9/04 software. It supports NAS devices as quorum devices beginning with Sun Cluster 3.1 8/05 software. The Network Appliance NAS device can now be deployed as following with Sun Cluster:

• As a quorum device, with support for fencing.

• With Oracle RAC and with all Sun Cluster enabled applications except HA-NFS.

• With NFSv3 and NFSv4.

• Without any restriction on cluster size.

For information about installing and maintaining a NAS device in a Sun Cluster environment, see Sun Cluster 3.1 With Network-Attached Storage Devices Manual for Solaris OS. For information about using a Network Appliance NAS device as a quorum device, see How to Add a Network Appliance Network-Attached Storage (NAS) Quorum Device in Sun Cluster System Administration Guide for Solaris OS.