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Sun Cluster 3.0-3.1 Hardware Administration Manual for Solaris OS

Installing Sun Cluster Hardware

The following procedure lists the tasks for installing a cluster and the sources for instructions.

Table 1–1 Task Map: Installing Cluster Hardware

Task 

For Instructions 

Plan for cluster hardware capacity, space, and power requirements. 

The site planning documentation that shipped with your nodes and other hardware 

Install the nodes. 

The documentation that shipped with your nodes 

Install the administrative console.  

The documentation that shipped with your administrative console 

Install a console access device. 

 

Use the procedure that is indicated for your type of console access device. For example, Sun Enterprise E10000 servers use a System Service Processor (SSP) as a console access device, rather than a terminal concentrator. 

Installing the Terminal Concentrator

or 

The documentation that shipped with your Sun Enterprise E10000 hardware 

Install the cluster interconnect hardware. 

Chapter 3, Installing Cluster Interconnect Hardware and Configuring VLANs

Install the public network hardware. 

Chapter 5, Installing and Maintaining Public Network Hardware

Install and configure the shared disk storage arrays.  

Refer to the Sun Cluster manual that pertains to your storage device as well as to the device's own documentation. 

Install the Solaris Operating System and Sun Cluster software. 

Sun Cluster software installation documentation 

Configure the cluster interconnects. 

Sun Cluster software installation documentation 

ProcedureInstalling Sun Cluster Hardware

  1. Plan for cluster hardware capacity, space, and power requirements.

    For more information, see the site planning documentation that shipped with your servers and other hardware. See Hardware Restrictions for critical information about hardware restrictions with Sun Cluster.

  2. Install the nodes.

    For server installation instructions, see the documentation that shipped with your servers.

  3. Install the administrative console.

    For more information, see the documentation that shipped with your administrative console.

  4. Install a console access device.

    Use the procedure that is indicated for your type of console access device. For example, Sun Enterprise E10000 servers use a System Service Processor (SSP) as a console access device, rather than a terminal concentrator.

    For installation instructions, see Installing the Terminal Concentrator or the documentation that shipped with your Sun Enterprise E10000 hardware.

  5. Install the cluster interconnect and public network hardware.

    For installation instructions, see Chapter 3, Installing Cluster Interconnect Hardware and Configuring VLANs.

  6. Install and configure the storage arrays.

    Perform the service procedures that are indicated for your type of storage hardware.

  7. Install the Solaris Operating System and Sun Cluster software.

    For more information, see Sun Cluster software installation documentation .

  8. Plan, install, and configure resource groups and data services.

    For more information, see the Sun Cluster data services collection.