Locate the cluster transport adapters.
When you cable the cluster interconnect, be aware that the location of the cluster transport adapter might differ by node platform. For example, some platforms have the cluster transport adapters mounted on the motherboards. In other platforms, the cluster transport adapters are mounted on system and I/O boards.
For information on locating your cluster transport adapters, see the documentation that shipped with your node and network adapters.
Install the transport cables and (optionally) transport junctions, depending on how many nodes are in your cluster:
A cluster with only two nodes can use a point-to-point connection, requiring no cluster transport junctions. You need to use a point-to-point (crossover) Ethernet cable if you are connecting 100BaseT or TPE ports of a node directly to ports on another node (no switch). Gigabit Ethernet uses the standard fiber cable for both point-to-point and switch configurations. See Figure 3-1.
A cluster with more than two nodes requires two cluster transport junctions. These transport junctions are Ethernet-based switches (customer-supplied). See Figure 3-2.
Install the public network adapters.
For the procedure on physically adding public network adapters, see the hardware documentation that shipped with your node and public network adapters.
To install your storage, go to the section for your storage platform:
To review the task map for installing cluster hardware, see "Installing Sun Cluster Hardware".