Preface

This manual provides procedures specific to supporting network-attached storage (NAS) systems placed in an Oracle Solaris Cluster environment.

Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 3/13 supports the following NAS devices:

NAS appliance-based shared LUNs used for shared storage only, beginning with Sun Cluster version 3.1 9/04
NAS appliance-based shared LUNs used for quorum devices, beginning with Sun Cluster version 3.1 8/05.
Sun ZFS Storage Appliance from Oracle

Use this manual with Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 3/13 software on both SPARC and x86 based systems.

Note - This Oracle Solaris 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.

Who Should Use This Book

This book is for Oracle representatives who are performing the initial installation of an Oracle Solaris 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 Oracle 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 Oracle's Sun Network-Attached Storage Devices in an Oracle Solaris 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 an Oracle Solaris Cluster environment.

Chapter 2, Installing and Maintaining Oracle's Sun ZFS Storage Appliances as NAS Devices in an Oracle Solaris Cluster Environment describes the requirements, recommendations, and restrictions for Sun ZFS Storage Appliances as NAS devices. This chapter also tells you how to install and maintain a Sun ZFS Storage Appliance in an Oracle Solaris Cluster environment.

Using UNIX Commands

This document contains information about commands that are used to install, configure, or upgrade an Oracle Solaris 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:

Online documentation for the Oracle Solaris Operating System (Oracle Solaris OS)
Other software documentation that you received with your system
Oracle Solaris Operating System man pages

Getting Help

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

Your name and email address (if available)
Your company name, address, and phone number
The model number and serial number of your systems
The release number of the operating environment (for example, Oracle Solaris 10)
The release number of Oracle Solaris Cluster (for example, Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3)

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 -v`	Displays Oracle Solaris Cluster release and package version information for each node

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

Access to Oracle Support

Oracle customers have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=info or visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs if you are hearing impaired.

Typographic Conventions

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

Table P-1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface	Description	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 UNIX system prompts and superuser prompts for shells that are included in the Oracle Solaris OS. In command examples, the shell prompt indicates whether the command should be executed by a regular user or a user with privileges.

Table P-2 Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
Bash shell, Korn shell, and Bourne shell	`$`
Bash shell, Korn shell, and Bourne shell for superuser	`#`
C shell	`machine_name%`
C shell for superuser	`machine_name#`

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