Chapter 2 Sun Open Telecommunications Platform Hardware and Software Requirements

This chapter provides the Open Telecommunications Platform hardware and software requirements, and the Open Telecommunications Platform plan worksheets that can assist you during installation. The information in this section will help you determine what operating system, hardware, and storage resources must be allocated or acquired to implement the Open Telecommunications Platform system.

This chapter discusses the following topics:

• OTP System Hardware and Firmware Requirements

• OTP System Server Considerations

• Open Telecommunications Platform Plan Worksheets

OTP System Hardware and Firmware Requirements

The following table lists the hardware, OS, patch, and firmware requirements for OTP system servers, and for the optional external OTP installation server.

Table 2–1 OTP System Server Hardware, Operating System, Patch, and Firmware Requirements

Type	Management Port	OS	Patch	Firmware
NetraTM 240 server	ALOM	Solaris 10 Update 2, 64 bit	121684-01	OBP 4.18.10, POST 4.18.10, OBDIAG 4.18.10
Netra 440 server	ALOM	Solaris 10 Update 2, 64 bit	121685-02	OBP 4.22.19, POST 4.22.19, OBDIAG 4.22.19
Sun FireTM V240 server	ALOM	Solaris 10 Update 2, 64 bit	121684-01	OBP 4.18.10, POST 4.18.10, OBDIAG 4.18.10
Sun Fire V440 server	ALOM	Solaris 10 Update 2, 64 bit	121685-02	OBP 4.22.19, POST 4.22.19, OBDIAG 4.22.19
Sun Fire V890 server	RSC/ALOM	Solaris 10 Update 2, 64 bit	121688-01	OBP 4.22.19, POST 4.22.19, OBDIAG 4.22.19
Sun Fire E2900 server  Note – The E2900 can only be used as an first OTP host.	SC/LOM	Solaris 10 Update 2, 64 bit	114527-03	ScApp:5.20.2, RTOS:45, SC POST:45
Sun Fire T2000 server	ALOM	Solaris 10 Update 2, 64 bit	123482-03	Sun System Firmware 6.2.6

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• The OTP Application Hosting Environment (AHE) components are supported only on these platforms for Network Equipment Providers' (NEP) application development or deployment, or for both.

• The Open Telecommunications Platform supports one to eight-host clusters. At least one shared disk is mandatory for installing the Open Telecommunications Platform on a two to eight-host cluster. Only the N-by-N cluster configuration is supported.

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The following table lists the minimum OTP system server requirements. If you plan to install the Open Telecommunications Platform using an external OTP installation server, ensure that the external OTP installation server meets the following partitioning requirements as well.

Table 2–2 OTP System Server RAM, Disk, and Connectivity Requirements

Category	Requirement
Minimum physical memory	4 GB
Minimum disk space	72 GB
Ethernet connectivity for management interfaces	10/100 connection
Ethernet connectivity for provisioning and data interfaces	10/100/1000 connection

The following table lists the supported storage hardware and NIC devices by server type.

Table 2–3 OTP System Supported Storage Hardware and NIC Devices

Server	Storage	NIC
Netra 240 and 440	FC 3510  FC 3511  SCSI 3120 JBOD  SCSI 3310 JBOD  SCSI 3320 JBOD  SCSI 3310 RAID  SCSI 3320 RAID	On-board GE  X4445A QGE  X4150A-2 2 GE  X4150A GE  X4422A-2 combo
Sun Fire V240, V440, and V890	FC 3510  FC 3511  FC 6130  SCSI 3310 JBOD  SCSI 3120 JBOD  SCSI 3320 JBOD  SCSI 3310 RAID  SCSI 3320 RAID	On-board GE  X4445A QGE  X4150A-2 GE  X4150A GE  X4422A-2 combo
Sun Fire E2900  Note – The E2900 can only be used as an first OTP host.	FC 3510  SCSI 3120 JBOD  SCSI 3310 JBOD  SCSI 3310 RAID  SCSI 3320 JBOD  SCSI 3320 RAID	On-board GE  X4445A QGE  X4150A-2 2GE  X4150A GE  X4422A-2 combo
Sun Fire T2000	FC 3510  FC 3511  FC 6130  SCSI 3120 JBOD  SCSI 3310 JBOD  SCSI 3310 RAID	On-board GE (e1000g driver)  X4150A-2 2 GE  X4150A GE

For the latest list of supported storage and NIC devices, see (url to be determined).

The following table lists the storage device firmware requirements.

Table 2–4 OTP System Storage Device Firmware Requirements

Type	Patch	Requirement
FC StorEdgeTM 3510	RAID 113723-15, JBOD 113662-01	Version 2.3 of the sccli CLI utility must be installed first.
FC StorEdge 3511	113724-09	Version 2.3 of the sccli CLI utility must be installed first.
SCSI StorEdge 3120	113728-02 Array Controller Firmware	Version 2.3 of the sccli CLI utility must be installed first.
SCSI StorEdge 3310	113722-15	Version 2.3 of the sccli CLI utility must be installed first.
SCSI StorEdge 3320	113730-01	Version 2.3 of the sccli CLI utility must be installed first.
FC StorEdge 6130	118185-15 6130 services Release, 117856-19 6130 Baseline Firmware Release	StorEDGE 6130 Array Firmware Upgrader patch 118185-15 must be installed first.

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Note –

The sccli CLI utility is included in the SUNWsscs package which can be downloaded from the Sun Download Center. The sccli CLI utility can also be installed from the optional Sun StorEdge Professional Storage Manager CD.

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OTP System Server Considerations

Hard drive capacity and the number of OTP hosts to be managed are the primary considerations for your OTP system.

• Hard drive capacity is affected by three factors: the number of OS distributions that are to be provisioned, the management log files generated by Open Telecommunications Platform components, and the size of the applications to be provisioned. OS distributions are stored in the /var/otp file hierarchy on the first OTP host. Allocate 3 Gbytes for each OS distribution and each distribution's associated profiles and scripts.

• System processing is affected by three major factors: The number of additional OTP hosts being managed, the types of monitoring being performed on the additional OTP hosts, and the number of jobs running on the first OTP host.

Open Telecommunications Platform Plan Worksheets

This section provides a description of the Open Telecommunications Platform settings, and provides worksheets to assist you with recording the settings you need to provide when installing the Open Telecommunications Platform on one or more OTP hosts. The settings comprise an installation and configuration plan, which the Open Telecommunications Platform installation process applies to automate the setup and configuration of your OTP hosts.

The following topics are discussed:

• OTP System Plan Settings Descriptions

• Standalone OTP Host Plan Worksheet

• Clustered OTP Host Plan Worksheet

OTP System Plan Settings Descriptions

The following list describes each of the OTP system plan settings that are used by the Open Telecommunications Platform graphical user interface installation and configuration process.

• Media Directory

  The fully-qualified path name to the Open Telecommunications Platform installation source directory. For example:

  • /cddrom/otp1.0 for physical media

  • /net/server name/otp1.0 where server name is the name of a server on which the Open Telecommunications Platform installation source directory /otp1.0 has been NFS-mounted.

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    If you are using an external OTP installation server, this is the fully-qualified path and name of the NFS-mounted Open Telecommunications Platform installation directory on the external OTP installation server.

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• Cluster Name

  The name of the clustered OTP system that is assigned to the cluster during the Open Telecommunications Platform installation and configuration process.

• Enable Auto Configuration of IPMP

  Default value: yes

  Valid values: yes, no

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  Note –

  You should configure all physical interfaces of a multipathing group with a test IP address. Test addresses are required to detect failures.

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  For more information about IPMP see System Administration Guide: IP Services

  If you set Enable Auto Configuration of IPMP=yes, then you must also specify the following values:

  • Secondary interface for failover

    The name of the network adapter failover (NAFO) network adapter to be added to an IP Network Multipathing group along with the primary network adapter. This interface is used as the failover interface if a fault is detected on the primary interface. Examples: cd1, bge1, hme1, eri1

  • Secondary IP

    The IP address of the secondary interface secondary IP interface that is used for failover.

  • Test Address for IPMP

    An unused IP address that is to be assigned as a routable, no-failover, and deprecated test IP address to the adapter. IP Network Multipathing uses test addresses to detect network path failures, switch port faults, and partial network equipment outages. For additional information on configuring test IP addresses, see System Administration Guide: IP Services

• Logical Host

  A unique host name assigned to the OTP high availability framework

• Logical IP Address

  An unused IP address on the same subnet as the first OTP host, assigned to the logical host

• Install All Patches

  Required, default value: yes

  Valid values: yes, no

  To install all Open Telecommunications Platform patches, specify yes.

  To install mandatory patches only, specify no.

• Management Interface

  The name of the network interface used for OTP system management services. The name of the interface depends on the platform type. For example:

  bge0, ce0, cd0, hme0, or eri0.

• Provisioning Interface

  The name of the network interface used for operating system and applications provisioning. The name of the interface depends on the platform type. For example, bge0, ce0, cd0, hme0, or eri0.

• Node Authentication

  Required, default value: sys

  Valid values: sys, des

  This option establishes the authentication policies for hosts that are to be added to a clustered OTP system configuration. If you specify des (Diffie-Hellman), first add entries to the publickey(4) database for each additional OTP host that is to be added to the cluster before running the plans. You can change authentication type at any time by using the scconf command from an active cluster host. For details on how to change the node authentication type, refer to the scconf command documentation in scconf(1M).

• Private Interface 1

  The network adapter connected to private interconnect.

• Private Interface 2

  The network adapter connected to private interconnect.

• Transport Type 1

  Required, default dlpi.

  The transport type of the private interconnect adapters.

• Transport Type 2

  Required, default dlpi.

  The transport type of the private interconnect adapters.

• Sponsoring Node

  The name of the first OTP host. Required when installing the Open Telecommunications Platform on a two-to-eight host clustered OTP system.

• Quorum Auto Configuration

  Required, default value: yes

  Valid values: yes, no

  Quorum autoconfiguration provides an option to enable or disable auto configuration of the quorum device in a two-host clustered OTP system.

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  If this value is set to no, a manual administrative procedure is required to configure the quorum disk in a two-host clustered OTP system and to reset the cluster from install mode to normal mode. For details on how to configure quorum disks, refer to the scconf command documentation in scconf(1M)

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Standalone OTP Host Plan Worksheet

The following table lists the plan settings that you need to provide during installation and configuration of the Open Telecommunications Platform on a standalone OTP host. Plan setting names used in the graphical user interface installation are listed in bold text.

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Tip –

Print the following table and then fill out the required information to use while installing and configuring the Open Telecommunications Platform on the standalone OTP host.

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Table 2–5 Standalone OTP Host System Settings Worksheet

Setting Name	Example	Setting Value
Media Directory (GUI) mediaDirectory (CLI)	/cdrom/otp1.0 /net/install_server/otp1.0 /otp1.0	____________________________________
Cluster Name (GUI) clusterName (CLI)	otp-cluster-name	____________________________________
Enable Auto Configuration of IPMP (GUI) autoConfigureIPMP (CLI)		yes no
Secondary Interface for failover (GUI) secondaryInterface (CLI)	cd1, bge1, hme1, eri1	____________________________________
Secondary IP (GUI) secondaryIP (CLI)		____________________________________
Test Address for IPMP (GUI) testIPAddress (CLI)		____________________________________
Logical Host (GUI) logicalHost (CLI)	host–01–logical	____________________________________
Logical IP Address (GUI) logicalIPAddress (CLI)		____________________________________
Install All Patches (GUI) allPatches (CLI)		yes no
Management Interface (GUI) managementInterface (CLI)	bge0, ce0, cd0, hme0, eri0	____________________________________
Provisioning Interface (GUI) provisioningInterface (CLI)	bge0, ce0, cd0, hme0, eri0	____________________________________

Clustered OTP Host Plan Worksheet

The following table lists the plan settings that you need to provide for each host during installation and configuration of the Open Telecommunications Platform on a clustered OTP system. Plan setting names used in the graphical user interface installation are listed in bold text.

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Tip –

Print a copy of the following table for each host and then fill out the required information to use when installing and configuring the Open Telecommunications Platform on a clustered OTP system.

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Table 2–6 Clustered OTP System System Settings Worksheet

Setting Name	Example	Setting Value
Media Directory (GUI) mediaDirectory (CLI)	/cdrom/otp1.0 /net/install_server/otp1.0	____________________________________
Cluster Name (GUI) clusterName (CLI)	otp-cluster-name	____________________________________
Enable Auto Configuration of IPMP (GUI) autoConfigureIPMP (CLI)		yes no
Secondary Interface for failover (GUI) secondaryInterface (CLI)	cd1, bge1, hme1, eri1	____________________________________
Secondary IP (GUI) secondaryIP (CLI)		____________________________________
Test Address for IPMP (GUI) testIPAddress (CLI)		____________________________________
Logical Host (GUI) logicalHost (CLI)	host–01–logical	____________________________________
Logical IP Address (GUI) logicalIPAddress (CLI)		____________________________________
Install All Patches (GUI) allPatches (CLI)		yes no
Management Interface (GUI) managementInterface (CLI)	bge0, ce0, cd0, hme0, eri0	____________________________________
Provisioning Interface (GUI) provisioningInterface (CLI)	bge0, ce0, cd0, hme0, eri0	____________________________________
Node Authentication (GUI) nodeAuthentication (CLI)		sys des
Private Interface 1 (GUI) privateInterface1 (CLI)	bge2	____________________________________
Private Interface 2 (GUI) privateInterface2 (CLI)	bge3	____________________________________
Transport Type 1 (GUI) transportTypeInterface1 (CLI)		dlpi
Transport Type 2 (GUI) transportTypeInterface2 (CLI)		dlpi
Sponsoring Node (GUI) sponsorNode (CLI) This is the name of the first OTP host.	OTPhost1	____________________________________
Quorum Auto Configuration (GUI) quorumAutoConfiguration (CLI)		Default:yes no Note – If you disable quorum automatic configuration on a two-host cluster by choosing no, you must manually configure the quorum for the two-host cluster and reset the cluster configuration as described in Installing the Open Telecommunications Platform On A Clustered OTP System.