Course Overview

This UnixWare 7 NonStop Clusters Installation & Configuration course is designed for individuals who need to gain a firm understanding of how to install the hardware and software for NonStop Clusters, (NSC). The target audience includes technicians that will install and configure NSC. The course may also be useful to system administrators that will maintain NSC systems on a daily basis and programmers who will develop cluster-aware applications.

Course Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to:

• Assemble a cluster in either tower or rack form
• Perform hardware setup and diagnostics on cluster components including nodes, storage devices, and Server Area Network (SAN)
• Install UnixWare 7.1 on the initial root node in a cluster
• Install NSC on the first node in a cluster
• Install the failover root node.

Students are likely to have a wide variety of backgrounds in UNIX , UnixWare, and SCO OpenServer. They must have the following prerequisite skills before attending this course:

• Passed the SCO UnixWare 7 ACE certification tests
• Passed the UnixWare 7 NonStop Clusters Concepts course test.

UnixWare 7 NonStop Clustering Concepts is the second course in a series on UnixWare 7
NonStop Clusters. The other courses are:

        UnixWare7 NonStop Clusters Concepts
        UnixWare7 NonStop Clusters Administration.
 

Course Topics

General Tips for Building a Cluster

• Tower and Rack Installations
• Cable Management
• Rack Operations
• Rack planning
• Rack assembly and loading
• Rack cabling
• Site Planning

• Assembly Overview
• Hardware Assembly
• Assembling racks
• Assembling UPSs and power strips
• Assembling shared storage
• Assembling nodes
• Assembling SAN, LAN, and KVM switches or hubs
• Assembling monitors
• Hardware Initialization
• Initializing nodes
• Initializing shared storage
• Installing the split-brain avoidance cable
• Testing the SAN
• LAN testing

• Understanding Software Installation
• Special HBA driver considerations
• Licensing Information
• Cluster Virtual Host Name
• Understanding Disk and Filesystem Configuration
• The cluster root filesystem
• Online System Upgrade (OSU)
• Planning non-root filesystems
• Vendor-specific partitions
• Deferring Network Configuration
• Package Selection
• Using EFSes and PTFs
• Program Temporary Fixes (PTFs)

• Understanding NSC Software Installation
• Preparing to Install NSC on the Initial Root Node
• Applying Program Technical Fixes (PTFs)
• Encapsulating the root filesystem
• Preparing shared storage
• Removing SDI ghost devices
• Installing NSC on the Initial Root Node
• Selecting optional packages
• Configuring root filesystem failover
• Configuring the CVIP and PIP
• Configuring optional packages
• Post-Installation Tasks

• Understanding NSC Dependent Node Installation
• Installing the Failover Root Node
• Creating dependent node boot diskettes
• Booting the failover root node using the DNBDs
• Adding the node license
• Checking the fdisk table for CNM
• Configuring external storage for dependent nodes
• Configuring split-brain avoidance for CNM
• Configuring networking on the dependent node
• Installing the Mirroring license