Managing Hardware With Oracle^® Solaris Cluster 4.4

Chapter 2

Installing Cluster Interconnect Hardware and Configuring VLANs

This chapter describes the procedures to install cluster interconnect hardware. Where appropriate, this chapter includes separate procedures for the interconnects that Oracle Solaris Cluster software supports:

• Ethernet

• InfiniBand

This chapter contains the following information:

• Installing Ethernet or InfiniBand Cluster Interconnect Hardware

• Configuring VLANs as Private Interconnect Networks

Use the following information to learn more about cluster interconnects:

• For conceptual information about cluster interconnects, see Cluster Interconnect in Concepts for Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.4.

• For information about how to administer cluster interconnects, see Chapter 7, Administering Cluster Interconnects and Public Networks in Administering an Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.4 Configuration.

• For information about how to configure VLANs as private interconnects, see Cluster Interconnect in Installing and Configuring an Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.4 Environment.