NEC Express5800/120Rj-2 Configuration manual

WindowsServerFailoverClusterSupportedConfigurationLis

1.ConfigurationList

ThisistheconfigurationlistofExpress5800seriesandiStorageserieswhichNEChasvalidatedfor

Windows Server Failover Cluster operation.

NECprovidesinformationaboutvalidatedconfigurationssocustomerscanchooseappropriate

an configuration for their requirements.

2.Terminology

HBA

StandsforHostBusAdapter.Itisaninterfacecontrollertoconnectserversandstoragedevices.

FCHBA

StandsforFiberChannelHostBusAdapter.ItisaHBAtoconnectfiberchanneldevices.

SPS

StandsforStoragePathSavior.StoragePathSavioristhesoftwareproducttoprovidebusredundancyforNECiStorage

3.ToChooseConfiguration

*HBA

HBAforconnectionwithsharedstoragemayvarydependingonthetypeofonservers.

PleasecontactNECtodeterminecompatibility.

*BusRedundancySoftware

Softwaretypeandversionforbusredundancymayvarydependsonstoragetypes.

PleasecontactNECtodeterminecompatibility.

*NumberofNodes

Supports

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1

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nodes

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which

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Windows



Server



Failver

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Cluster

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supports

Supports

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nodes



which



Windows



Server



Failver



Cluster



supports

*HeterogeneousEnvironmentinClustering

Itispossibletobuildaclusterwithheterogeneousservers/storagewhicharelistedhere.

AsforHBA,itispossibletohaveheterogeneousHBAinaclusteraslongastheyarecompatiblewithservers.

Itisnecessarytoselectaserverwhichhassufficientresourcestosupportmultipleline‐of‐businessapplications.

Whenaddinganodeintoanexistingcluster,themodelmustbeequivalentornewerwithequivalentormore

ofprocessorandmemorytotheexistingnode

TouseLiveMigrationfeatureinHyper‐V,itisrecommendedtobuildaclusterwithserverswithsameprocessorversion.

Therearelimitationstousedifferentversions.Pleaeseethelinkbelowfordetails.

Hyper‐VVMProcessorCompatibilityInBrief

*Hyper‐VLiveMigrationFeature

Hyper‐VLiveMigrationfeatureisavailableonclusteredsystemswhichusemodelssupportedbyHyper‐V2.0

(NeedclusteringonHostOSinordertouseHyper‐V2.0LiveMigrationfeature.)

PleasecontactNECtodeterminecompatibility.

*ClusteringAmongGuestOS

WindowsServerFailoverClusterrequiressharedstorage.

ForHyper‐VVM,theonlyavailablesharedstorageisiSCSIconnectedstorage.

AsofOct2011

WindowsServer2008R2*

1 WindowsServer2008(x86)*2 WindowsServer2008(x64)*2

xxx

x*3 x

x*4

AsofOct2011

WindowsServer2008R2*

1 WindowsServer2008(x86)*2 WindowsServer2008(x64)*2

xxx

WSFCSupportediStorage(FibreChannel)

M100

E1‐10

D1‐10

R140b‐

E120a

E120b‐M

E120b‐1

A1040

R120a‐2

R120b‐2

M10e

M300

WindowsServerFailoverClusterSupportedConfigurationList

WSFCSupportedServers

B120a

120Rh‐1

R120a‐1

A1040a

140Rf‐

R140a‐

B120b

B120a‐d

B120b‐d

B120b‐h

B120b‐L

R120b‐1

120Rj‐2

D1‐30

D3‐10

D3‐30

D8‐10

A1160

A1080a‐S

R320a‐E

R320b‐M

A1080a‐D

A1080a‐E

xxx

AsofOct2011

WindowsServer2008R2*

1 WindowsServer2008(x86)*2 WindowsServer2008(x64)*2

xxx

Note

BuildaniSCSIenvironmentwith1GbpsorgreaterwhenusingiSCSIstorageassharedstorageforacluster.

OperatingiSCSIwith100Mbpsor10Mbpsmaydegradetheperformanceandcauseproblemsonmonitoringclusterresources.

*1： w/oSP,supportSP1environment

*2： w/oSP,supportSP2environment

*3： Pleasesee"SystemConfigurationGuide"forsupportedOSbyCPUtype

CurrentlynotavailableforiStorageM10e/M100(iSCSI).WillsupportafterFY11Q3.

*4： Supportno‐SPenvieonment.

WSFCSupportediStorage(iSCSI)

M300

NS300Ra

NS500Ra

NS500Ba

M100

M10e

D8‐20

D8‐30

S4900

D3‐30(iSCSI)

E1‐10

D1‐30i

D3‐10i

D3‐30i

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