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38 Preparing Your Systems for Clustering
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The shared storage system
5
A failover cluster
Installing the Fibre Channel HBAs
For dual-HBA configurations, It is recommended that you install the Fibre
Channel HBAs on separate peripheral component interconnect (PCI) buses.
Placing the adapters on separate buses improves availability and performance.
See the Dell Cluster Configuration Support Matrices located on the Dell High
Availability Clustering website at dell.com/ha for more information about
your system's PCI bus configuration and supported HBAs.
Installing the Fibre Channel HBA Drivers
See the EMC documentation that is included with your HBA kit for more
information.
See the Emulex support website located at emulex.com or the Dell Support
website at support.dell.com for information about installing and configuring
Emulex HBAs and EMC-approved drivers.
See the QLogic support website at qlogic.com or the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com for information about installing and configuring QLogic
HBAs and EMC-approved drivers.
See the Dell Cluster Configuration Support Matrices located on the Dell High
Availability Clustering website at dell.com/ha for information about
supported HBA controllers and drivers.
Installing EMC PowerPath
EMC
®
PowerPath
®
detects a failed storage path and automatically re-routes
I/Os through an alternate path. PowerPath also provides load balancing of
data from the server to the storage system. To install PowerPath:
1
Insert the PowerPath installation media in the CD/DVD drive.
2
On the
Getting Started
screen, go to the
Installation
section, and click the
appropriate link for the operating system that is running on the node.
3
Select
Run this program from its current location
and click
OK
.
4
In the
Choose Language Setup
screen, select the required language, and
click
OK
.