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Sun Cluster 3.1 - 3.2 With Network-Attached Storage Devices Manual for Solaris OS

Preface

This manual provides procedures specific to supporting network-attached storage (NAS) systems placed in a Sun Cluster environment. Sun Cluster supports NAS devices, for shared storage only, beginning with version 3.1 9/04. It supports NAS devices as quorum devices beginning with version 3.1 8/05. Use this manual with Sun Cluster 3.1 or 3.2 software on both SPARC® and x86 based systems.

Note –

This Sun Cluster release supports systems that use the SPARC and x86 families of processor architectures: UltraSPARC, SPARC64, and AMD64. In this document, the label x86 refers to systems that use the AMD64 family of processor architectures. The information in this document pertains to both platforms unless otherwise specified in a special chapter, section, note, bulleted item, figure, table, or example.

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

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 a pre-sales 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

This book contains the following chapters.

Chapter 1, Installing and Maintaining Sun Network-Attached Storage Devices in a Sun Cluster Environment describes the requirements, recommendations, and restrictions for Sun NAS devices. This chapter also tells you how to install and maintain a Sun NAS device in a Sun Cluster environment.

Chapter 2, Installing and Maintaining Network Appliance Network-Attached Storage Devices in a Sun Cluster Environment describes the requirements, recommendations, and restrictions for Network Appliance NAS devices. This chapter also tells you how to install and maintain a Network Appliance NAS device in a Sun Cluster environment.

Related Books

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 and 3.2 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.

Documentation that describes the Network Appliance filer is listed in Related Third-Party Web Site References.

Table P–1 Sun Cluster Documentation

Documentation 

Solaris Cluster 3.2

Sun Cluster 3.1

Related Third-Party Web Site References

Note –

Sun is not responsible for the availability of third-party web sites mentioned in this document. Sun does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials that are available on or through such sites or resources. Sun will not be responsible or liable for any actual or alleged damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services that are available on or through such sites or resources.

When installing or maintaining a Network Appliance filer in a Sun Cluster environment, access the http://now.netapp.com site. Search for the documents that are listed in the following table for device-specific instructions.

Table P–2 Network Appliance Clustered-Filer Documentation

Task 

Network Appliance Document 

Setting up a Network Appliance NAS appliance 

System Administration File Access Management Guide

Setting up a LUN 

Host Cluster Tool for UNIX Installation Guide

Installing ONTAP software 

Software Setup Guide, Upgrade Guide

Exporting volumes for the cluster 

Data ONTAP Storage Management Guide

Installing Network Appliance NAS support software packages on cluster nodes 

Log in to http://now.netapp.com. From the Software Download page, download the Host Cluster Tool for UNIX Installation Guide.

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/clnode show-rev/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:

Sun Welcomes Your Comments

Sun is interested in improving its documentation and welcomes your comments and suggestions. To share your comments, go to http://docs.sun.com and click Feedback.

Typographic Conventions

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

Table P–3 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–4 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 

#