Sun Cluster 3.0-3.1 Hardware Administration Manual for Solaris OS

Preface

The Sun Cluster 3.0-3.1 Hardware Administration Manual for Solaris OS provides a variety of information about how to install and administer basic SunTM 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 3.0 or .31 software. Unless otherwise noted, procedures are the same for all Sun Cluster 3.0 and 3.1 versions.

Sun Cluster software runs on two platforms, SPARC and x86. The information in this document pertains to both platforms unless otherwise specified in a special chapter, section, note, bulleted item, figure, table, or example. Procedures are also the same unless otherwise noted for Sun Cluster 3.1 03/04 and later versions on both SPARC® and x86 based systems.


Note –

In this document, the term “x86” refers to the Intel 32-bit family of microprocessor chips and compatible microprocessor chips made by AMD.

In this document, references to Oracle Real Application Clusters also apply to Oracle Parallel Server unless otherwise stated.


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, Introduction to Sun Cluster Hardware provides an overview of installing and administering Sun Cluster hardware.

Chapter 2, Installing and Configuring the Terminal Concentrator describes how to install and configure a terminal concentrator.

Chapter 3, Installing Cluster Interconnect Hardware and Configuring VLANs describes how to install cluster interconnect hardware and configure VLANs.

Chapter 4, Maintaining Cluster Interconnect Hardware describes how to maintain cluster interconnect hardware.

Chapter 5, Installing and Maintaining Public Network Hardware describes how to install and maintain the public network hardware.

Chapter 7, SPARC: Campus Clustering With Sun Cluster Software provides guidelines and diagrams on how to configure a campus cluster.

Chapter 8, Verifying Sun Cluster Hardware Redundancy describes how to verify cluster redundancy.

Chapter 9, Recabling and Replacing Disk Devices provides procedures on how to recable disks.

Appendix A, Data Replication Approaches describes host-based and storage-based data replication in standard and campus clusters.

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 3.0-3.1 Hardware Administration Manual for Solaris OS

Revision Date 

New Information 

June 2006 

Added restriction on spanning tree algorithm when using Ethernet switches in the cluster private interconnect. 

May 2006 

Amended information regarding internal disk RAID for servers. 

January 2006 

Added information on single, dual-port HBA configurations.  

December 2005 

Added information about using InfiniBand on the cluster interconnect.  

Related Documentation

The following books provide conceptual information or procedures to administer hardware and applications. If you plan to use this documentation in a hardcopy format, ensure that you have these books available for your reference.

The following Sun Cluster books support the Sun Cluster 3.1, 2004, and 2005 releases. If you are maintaining a different version of Sun Cluster software, refer to the appropriate documentation. All Sun Cluster documentation is available at http://docs.sun.com.

Documentation that is not available at http://docs.sun.com is listed with the appropriate URL.

Table P–2 Hardware Documentation

Title 

Part Number 

Sun Fire Link Software Installation Guide

http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/817-0401-11.

817-0401 

Sun Fire Link Service Manual

http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/806-1394-10.

806-1394 

Sun Fire Link Fabric Administrator's Guide

http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/806-1405-10.

806-1405 

Sun Fire Link Hardware Installation Guide

Available on http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/806-1396-11.

806-1396 

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 

Concepts 

Sun Cluster Concepts Guide for Solaris OS

Overview 

Sun Cluster Overview for Solaris OS

Hardware administration 

Sun Cluster 3.0-3.1 Hardware Administration Manual for Solaris OS

Individual hardware administration guides 

Software installation 

Sun Cluster Software Installation Guide for Solaris OS

Data service administration 

Sun Cluster Data Services Planning and Administration Guide for Solaris OS

Individual data service guides 

Data service development 

Sun Cluster Data Services Developer’s Guide for Solaris OS

System administration 

Sun Cluster System Administration Guide for Solaris OS

Error messages 

Sun Cluster Error Messages Guide for Solaris OS

Command and function reference 

Sun Cluster Reference Manual for Solaris OS

Release Notes 

Sun Cluster 3.1 8/05 Release Notes for Solaris OS

Sun Cluster 3.0-3.1 Release Notes Supplement

Using UNIX Commands

This document contains information about commands that are used to install, configure, or upgrade a Sun Cluster configuration. This document might not contain complete information about 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:

Getting Help

If you have problems installing or using Sun Cluster, contact your service provider and provide the following information.

Use the following commands to gather information about your system for your service provider.

Command 

Function 

prtconf -v

Displays the size of the system memory and reports information about peripheral devices 

psrinfo -v

Displays information about processors 

showrev -p

Reports which patches are installed 

prtdiag -v

Displays system diagnostic information 

/usr/cluster/bin/scinstall -pv

Displays Sun Cluster release and package version information 

Also have available the contents of the /var/adm/messages file.

Documentation, Support, and Training

The Sun web site provides information about the following additional resources:

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.

Table P–4 Typographic Conventions

Typeface 

Meaning 

Example 

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output 

Edit your .login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

machine_name% you have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output 

machine_name% su

Password:

aabbcc123

Placeholder: replace with a real name or value 

The command to remove a file is rm filename.

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized 

Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide.

A cache is a copy that is stored locally.

Do not save the file.

Note: Some emphasized items appear bold online.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default UNIX system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P–5 Shell Prompts

Shell 

Prompt 

C shell 

machine_name%

C shell for superuser 

machine_name#

Bourne shell and Korn shell 

$

Bourne shell and Korn shell for superuser 

#

Product Training

Sun Microsystems offers training in many Sun technologies through a variety of instructor-led courses and self-paced courses. For information about the training courses that Sun offers and to enroll in a class, visit Sun Training at http://training.sun.com/.