The Sun Cluster 3.0-3.1 With Sun StorEdge 3510 or 3511 FC RAID Array Manual provides procedures specific to Sun StorEdgeTM 3510 and 3511 FC RAID storage arrays placed in a SunTM Cluster environment.
Use this manual with any version of Sun Cluster 3.0 or 3.1 software on SPARCTM based clusters and with any supported version of Sun Cluster 3.1 on x86 based clusters. Unless otherwise noted, procedures are the same for all Sun Cluster 3.0 or 3.1 versions. Unless otherwise noted, procedures are the same for all Sun Cluster 3.1 versions on both SPARC and x86 based systems. See the Revision History for a list of changes to this manual.
See the Sun Cluster 3.0-3.1 Release Notes Supplement for current information on bugs or restrictions.
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.
Chapter 1, Installing and Maintaining Sun StorEdge 3510 and 3511 Fibre Channel RAID Arrays discusses how to install, configure, and maintain the RAID version of the StorEdge 3510 and 3511 storage arrays.
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 With Sun StorEdge 3510 or 3511 FC RAID Array Manual
Revision Date |
New Information |
---|---|
January 2006 |
Added information about single, dual-port HBA configurations. |
November 2005 |
Qualified support on x86 based clusters. |
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 StorEdge 3000 Family Installation, Operation, and Service Manual, Sun StorEdge 3510 FC Array |
816-7300 |
817–3711 |
|
Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Best Practices Manual |
816–7325 |
Sun StorEdge 3510 FC Array Release Notes |
816-7301 |
Sun StorEdge 3511 FC Array with SATA Release Notes |
817–6597 |
816-7326 |
|
Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Rack Installation Guide for 2U Arrays |
817-3629 |
Table P–3 Sun Cluster Documentation
Application |
Title |
---|---|
Concepts | |
Overview | |
Hardware administration |
Sun Cluster 3.0-3.1 Hardware Administration Manual for Solaris OS Individual hardware administration guides |
Software installation | |
Data service administration |
Sun Cluster Data Services Planning and Administration Guide for Solaris OS Individual data service guides |
Data service development | |
System administration | |
Error messages | |
Command and function reference | |
Release Notes |
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:
Online documentation for the SolarisTM Operating System (Solaris OS)
Other software documentation that you received with your system
Solaris Operating System man pages
If you have problems installing or using Sun 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, Solaris 9)
The release number of Sun Cluster (for example, Sun Cluster 3.1 8/05)
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.
The Sun web site provides information about the following additional resources:
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. |
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 |
# |
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