NEC Express5800/120Rj-2 Configuration manual

Type
Configuration manual
WindowsServerFailoverClusterSupportedConfigurationLis
t
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
Supports
up
to
1
6
nodes
which
Windows
Server
Failver
Cluster
supports
Supports
up
to
16
nodes
which
Windows
Server
Failver
Cluster
supports
*HeterogeneousEnvironmentinClustering
Itispossibletobuildaclusterwithheterogeneousservers/storagewhicharelistedhere.
AsforHBA,itispossibletohaveheterogeneousHBAinaclusteraslongastheyarecompatiblewithservers.
Itisnecessarytoselectaserverwhichhassufficientresourcestosupportmultiplelineofbusinessapplications.
Whenaddinganodeintoanexistingcluster,themodelmustbeequivalentornewerwithequivalentormore
ofprocessorandmemorytotheexistingnode
TouseLiveMigrationfeatureinHyperV,itisrecommendedtobuildaclusterwithserverswithsameprocessorversion.
Therearelimitationstousedifferentversions.Pleaeseethelinkbelowfordetails.
HyperVVMProcessorCompatibilityInBrief
*HyperVLiveMigrationFeature
HyperVLiveMigrationfeatureisavailableonclusteredsystemswhichusemodelssupportedbyHyperV2.0
(NeedclusteringonHostOSinordertouseHyperV2.0LiveMigrationfeature.)
PleasecontactNECtodeterminecompatibility.
*ClusteringAmongGuestOS
WindowsServerFailoverClusterrequiressharedstorage.
ForHyperVVM,theonlyavailablesharedstorageisiSCSIconnectedstorage.
00
AsofOct2011
WindowsServer2008R2*
1 WindowsServer2008(x86)*2 WindowsServer2008(x64)*2
xxx
x
x
xxx
x
x
xx
xxx
xxx
xx
xxx
xxx
xx
xx
x
x
x
xxx
x
x
x*3 x
x*3 x
x*3 x
x*3 x
x*4
x*4
AsofOct2011
WindowsServer2008R2*
1 WindowsServer2008(x86)*2 WindowsServer2008(x64)*2
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
WSFCSupportediStorage(FibreChannel)
M100
E110
D110
R140b
4
E120a
E120bM
E120b1
A1040
R120a2
R120b2
M10e
M300
WindowsServerFailoverClusterSupportedConfigurationList
WSFCSupportedServers
B120a
120Rh1
R120a1
A1040a
140Rf
4
R140a
4
B120b
B120ad
B120bd
B120bh
B120bL
w
R120b1
120Rj2
D130
D310
D330
D810
A1160
A1080aS
R320aE
4
R320bM
4
A1080aD
A1080aE
xxx
xxx
xx
AsofOct2011
WindowsServer2008R2*
1 WindowsServer2008(x86)*2 WindowsServer2008(x64)*2
x
x
x
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
Note
:
BuildaniSCSIenvironmentwith1GbpsorgreaterwhenusingiSCSIstorageassharedstorageforacluster.
OperatingiSCSIwith100Mbpsor10Mbpsmaydegradetheperformanceandcauseproblemsonmonitoringclusterresources.
*1 w/oSP,supportSP1environment
*2 w/oSP,supportSP2environment
*3 Pleasesee"SystemConfigurationGuide"forsupportedOSbyCPUtype
CurrentlynotavailableforiStorageM10e/M100(iSCSI).WillsupportafterFY11Q3.
*4 SupportnoSPenvieonment.
WSFCSupportediStorage(iSCSI)
M300
NS300Ra
NS500Ra
NS500Ba
M100
M10e
D820
D830
S4900
D330(iSCSI)
E110
D130i
D310i
D330i
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NEC Express5800/120Rj-2 Configuration manual

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