Sun Cluster Software Installation Guide for Solaris OS

Connecting and Installing the Clusters

Figure 6–7 illustrates the cluster configuration used in the example configuration. The secondary cluster in the example configuration contains one node, but other cluster configurations can be used.

Figure 6–7 Example Cluster Configuration

Figure illustrates the cluster configuration used in the example configuration.

Table 6–1 summarizes the hardware and software required by the example configuration. The Solaris OS, Sun Cluster software, and volume manager software must be installed on the cluster nodes before you install Sun StorEdge Availability Suite software and patches.

Table 6–1 Required Hardware and Software

Hardware or Software 

Requirement 

Node hardware 

Sun StorEdge Availability Suite software is supported on all servers using the Solaris OS.  

For information about which hardware to use, see the Sun Cluster 3.x Hardware Administration Manual.

Disk space 

Approximately 11 Mbytes. 

Solaris OS 

Solaris 8 or Solaris 9 releases that are supported by Sun Cluster software. 

All nodes must use the same version of the Solaris OS. 

For information about installation, seeInstalling the Software.

Sun Cluster software 

Sun Cluster 3.1 9/04 software.  

For information about installation, see Chapter 2, Installing and Configuring Sun Cluster Software and How to Install Sun Cluster Software on a Single-Node Cluster.

Volume manager software 

Solstice DiskSuite or Solaris Volume Manager software or VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) software. 

All nodes must use the same version of volume manager software. 

Information about installation is inInstalling and Configuring Solstice DiskSuite or Solaris Volume Manager Software and SPARC: Installing and Configuring VxVM Software.

Sun StorEdge Availability Suite software 

For information about how to install the software, see the Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3.1 Point-in-Time Copy Software Installation Guide and the Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3.1 Remote Mirror Software Installation Guide.

Sun StorEdge Availability Suite software patches 

For information about the latest patches, see http://sunsolve.sun.com.