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Overview of the Manual Installation Process

The following table lists the tasks for installing the Netra High Availability Suite software with the nhinstall tool. Perform the tasks in the order shown.

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Note - The page numbers in the following table refer to sections in Chapter 1 of the Netra High Availability Suite 3.0 1/08 Foundation Services Installation Guide.

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TABLE 1-1   Tasks for Manually Installing the Software 

	Task	For Instructions
1.	Install the cluster and installation server hardware.	Refer to the documentation provided with your hardware and to the Netra High Availability Suite 3.0 1/08 Foundation Services Installation Guide
2.	Connect the cluster to the installation server.	Chapter 1 of the Netra High Availability Suite 3.0 1/08 Foundation Services Installation Guide
3.	Install an OS on the installation server.	Chapter 1 of the Netra High Availability Suite 3.0 1/08 Foundation Services Installation Guide
4.	Choose the OS distribution you want to install on the cluster.	Netra High Availability Suite 3.0 1/08 Foundation Services Getting Started Guide
5.	Prepare the installation environment on the installation server.	Chapter 2 of the Netra High Availability Suite 3.0 1/08 Foundation Services Installation Guide
6.	Manually install the software.	Chapter 2 in this manual
7.	If you have diskless nodes, install the software for the diskless nodes on a shared partition of the disk of one master-eligible node. OR If you have dataless nodes in your cluster, install the Solaris OS and the Netra HA Suite software on the local disk of these nodes	Chapter 3 in this manual Chapter 4 in this manual

After you have installed and connected the cluster hardware and the installation server), you are ready to manually install the Foundation Services on the cluster.

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Choosing a Cluster Network

In the following chapters, you install and configure the Solaris Operating System and the Foundation Services on nodes of the cluster. One of the Foundation Services you can install and configure is the Carrier Grade Transport Protocol (CGTP). The CGTP enables a redundant network for your cluster.

You can choose not to install the CGTP if you want to configure a single network link for your cluster. In this case, if the network link fails, there is no backup network, and you might lose information.

For a complete description of the CGTP, see Carrier Grade Transport Protocol in the Netra High Availability Suite 3.0 1/08 Foundation Services Overview.