About This Manual

This manual describes how to set up and maintain the hardware configuration for the following TruCluster^TM Software Products:

• TruCluster Production Server Software (Production Server, PS)

• TruCluster Available Server Software (Available Server, AS)

• TruCluster MEMORY CHANNEL^TM (MEMORY CHANNEL, MC)

Audience

This manual is for system administrators who will set up and configure the hardware before installing one of the TruCluster Software Products kits. The manual assumes that you are familiar with the tools and methods needed to maintain your hardware, operating system, and network.

Organization

This manual contains seven chapters, a glossary, and an index. A brief description of the contents follows:

Related Documents

See the following TruCluster manuals for assistance in cluster configuration, installation, and administration:

• TruCluster Software Products Release Notes--Documents known restrictions on the use of the TruCluster software products.

• TruCluster Software Products Software Installation--Describes how to install TruCluster Software products.

• TruCluster Software Products Administration--Describes administration tasks, such as those required to set up an ASE. It also shows how to configure, start, and manage distributed raw disk (DRD) services and other available services.

The following TruCluster manuals round out the TruCluster documentation:

• TruCluster Production Server Software Application Programming Interfaces--Describes the application programming interfaces (APIs) provided by the distributed lock manager (DLM) and cluster information services.

• TruCluster Production Server Software MEMORY CHANNEL Application Programming Interfaces--Describes the MEMORY CHANNEL APIs.

The Golden Eggs Visual Configuration Guide provides configuration diagrams of workstations, servers, storage components, and clustered systems. It is available on line in PostScript and Portable Document Format (PDF) formats at:

http://www.digital.com/golden-eggs

At this URL you will find links to individual system, storage, or cluster configurations. You can order the document through the DIGITAL Literature Order System (LOS) as order number EC-R026B-36.

In addition, you should have available the following manuals from the DIGITAL UNIX documentation set:

• Installation Guide

• Release Notes

• System Administration

• Network Administration

You should also have the hardware documentation for the systems, SCSI controllers, disk storage shelves or RAID controllers, and any other hardware you plan to install.

Documentation for the following optional software products will be useful if you intend to use these products with Production Server:

• DECevent^TM

• Logical Storage Manager (LSM)

• POLYCENTER^TM Advanced File System Utilities

• POLYCENTER NetWorker

• POLYCENTER Performance Manager

• POLYCENTER Console Manager

Online Documentation

Each book in the TruCluster Software documentation set is shipped as a set of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and graphics files in the /TCR/doc/html directory on the Associated Products Volume 2 CD-ROM. You can use the Netscape^® Navigator World Wide Web browsing program to display these books.

If the DIGITAL UNIX installation program detects graphics capabilities on your system, it automatically installs Netscape Navigator. You can then invoke Netscape from an icon on the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) front panel or directly from the command line. Detailed help for Netscape is available through the help menus.

To access the TruCluster Software documentation from the viewer, click on the Open icon in the Netscape main window and enter the following file location in the Open Location: text entry field:

file:/mountpoint/TCR/doc/html/BOOKSHELF.HTM

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The DIGITAL UNIX Publications group cannot respond to system problems or technical support inquiries. Please address technical questions to your local system vendor or to the appropriate DIGITAL technical support office. Information provided with the software media explains how to send problem reports to DIGITAL.

Conventions

The following typographical conventions are used in this manual:

#

A number sign represents the superuser prompt.

% cat

Boldface type in interactive examples indicates typed user input.

file

Italic (slanted) type indicates variable values, placeholders, and function argument names.

.
.
.

A vertical ellipsis indicates that a portion of an example that would normally be present is not shown.

cat(1)

A cross-reference to a reference page includes the appropriate section number in parentheses. For example, cat(1) indicates that you can find information on the cat command in Section 1 of the reference pages.

cluster

Bold text indicates a term that is defined in the glossary.

PS

Abbreviation for the TruCluster Production Server Software.

AS

Abbreviation for the TruCluster Available Server Software.

MC

Abbreviation for the TruCluster MEMORY CHANNEL Software.