WindowsServerFailoverClusterSupportedConfigurationLis
1.ConfigurationList
ThisistheconfigurationlistofExpress5800seriesandiStorageserieswhichNEChasvalidatedfor
Windows Server Failover Cluster operation.
NECprovidesinformationaboutvalidatedconfigurationssocustomerscanchooseappropriate
an configuration for their requirements.
2.Terminology
HBA
StandsforHostBusAdapter.Itisaninterfacecontrollertoconnectserversandstoragedevices.
FCHBA
StandsforFiberChannelHostBusAdapter.ItisaHBAtoconnectfiberchanneldevices.
SPS
StandsforStoragePathSavior.StoragePathSavioristhesoftwareproducttoprovidebusredundancyforNECiStorage
3.ToChooseConfiguration
*HBA
HBAforconnectionwithsharedstoragemayvarydependingonthetypeofonservers.
PleasecontactNECtodeterminecompatibility.
*BusRedundancySoftware
Softwaretypeandversionforbusredundancymayvarydependsonstoragetypes.
PleasecontactNECtodeterminecompatibility.
*NumberofNodes
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*HeterogeneousEnvironmentinClustering
Itispossibletobuildaclusterwithheterogeneousservers/storagewhicharelistedhere.
AsforHBA,itispossibletohaveheterogeneousHBAinaclusteraslongastheyarecompatiblewithservers.
Itisnecessarytoselectaserverwhichhassufficientresourcestosupportmultipleline‐of‐businessapplications.
Whenaddinganodeintoanexistingcluster,themodelmustbeequivalentornewerwithequivalentormore
ofprocessorandmemorytotheexistingnode
TouseLiveMigrationfeatureinHyper‐V,itisrecommendedtobuildaclusterwithserverswithsameprocessorversion.
Therearelimitationstousedifferentversions.Pleaeseethelinkbelowfordetails.
Hyper‐VVMProcessorCompatibilityInBrief
*Hyper‐VLiveMigrationFeature
Hyper‐VLiveMigrationfeatureisavailableonclusteredsystemswhichusemodelssupportedbyHyper‐V2.0
(NeedclusteringonHostOSinordertouseHyper‐V2.0LiveMigrationfeature.)
PleasecontactNECtodeterminecompatibility.
*ClusteringAmongGuestOS
WindowsServerFailoverClusterrequiressharedstorage.
ForHyper‐VVM,theonlyavailablesharedstorageisiSCSIconnectedstorage.
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