Installing Oracle Solaris Cluster Hardware

The following procedure lists the tasks for installing a cluster and the sources for instructions.

Table 1-1 Task Map: Installing Cluster Hardware

Installing Oracle Solaris Cluster Hardware

1. Plan for cluster hardware capacity, space, and power requirements.

   For more information, see the site planning documentation that shipped with your servers and other hardware. See Hardware Restrictions for critical information about hardware restrictions with Oracle Solaris Cluster.

2. Install the nodes.

   For server installation instructions, see the documentation that shipped with your servers.

3. Install the administrative console.

   For more information, see the documentation that shipped with your administrative console.

4. Install a console access device.

   Use the procedure that is indicated for your type of console access device. For example, your server might use a System Service Processor (SSP) as a console access device, rather than a terminal concentrator.

   For installation instructions, see Installing the Terminal Concentrator or the documentation that shipped with your server.

5. Install the cluster interconnect and public network hardware.

   For installation instructions, see Chapter 3, Installing Cluster Interconnect Hardware and Configuring VLANs.

6. Install and configure the storage arrays.

   Perform the service procedures that are indicated for your type of storage hardware.

7. Install the Oracle Solaris Operating System and Oracle Solaris Cluster software.

   For more information, see the Oracle Solaris Cluster Software Installation Guide.

8. Plan, install, and configure resource groups and data services.

   For more information, see the Oracle Solaris Cluster data services collection.