Updated: 24 May 2001

Guidelines for OpenVMS Cluster Configurations

A
Access paths
local adapter
multiple
system disk
Accounting utility
Adapters
add-on SCSI
CIPCA
DSSI
local
MEMORY CHANNEL
multiple LAN
SCSI
Allocation classes
HSZ #1
HSZ #2
node
port
with HSZ allocation class
setting for SCSI configurations #1
setting for SCSI configurations #2
setting for SCSI configurations #3
Alpha systems
coexisting with VAX systems #1
coexisting with VAX systems #2
coexisting with VAX systems #3
Alpha workstations #1
Alpha workstations #2
Applications
coding for high availability
requirements
Arbitration rules
control of SCSI bus
modifying the effect of
control of SCSI interconnect
ARC console
Architectures
Alpha and VAX #1
Alpha and VAX #2
Alpha and VAX #3
Alpha and VAX #4
Archive/Backup System for OpenVMS
Arrays
for scaling disks and tapes
ATM communications service
ATM intersite link specifications
AUTOGEN command procedure #1
AUTOGEN command procedure #2
AUTOGEN command procedure #3
Availability
after LAN component failures
backup copies
CI
data
data and applications
disk
failover mechanisms
in CI OpenVMS Cluster systems
in DSSI OpenVMS Cluster systems
in LAN OpenVMS Cluster systems
in MEMORY CHANNEL OpenVMS Cluster systems
in multiple-site OpenVMS Cluster systems
in satellite OpenVMS Cluster systems
increasing boot servers
levels #1
levels #2
requirements
SCSI storage
storage optimizers
strategies for achieving
strategies for maintaining
system disk
through selection of MOP servers
volume shadowing
B
Backup
database
file-by-file copy
for availability
image copy
importance of
methods
redundancy
static data
strategies in an OpenVMS Cluster
tapes
unattended #1
unattended #2
Bandwidth
in extended LANs
Batch queues
availability features
sharing clusterwide
BNGBX multimode fiber-optic cable
BNGBX-nn fiber-optic cable
Boot servers
failover
for satellites
Booting
cross-architecture
decreasing time with multiple system disks
sequence for LAN
Bottlenecks
reducing #1
reducing #2
reducing #3
Bridge recovery delays
in extended LANs
Bridges
between LAN segments
Ethernet-to-FDDI
limiting
Buses
internal
Business applications
Business requirements
availability
budget
determining
future growth
physical restrictions
scalability
security
C
Caches #1
Caches #2
Capacity planning
availability considerations
CI storage
scalability considerations
CI (computer interconnect)
adapter
advantages
capacity planning
definition #1
definition #2
guidelines
highly available OpenVMS Cluster systems
load sharing
OpenVMS Cluster configurations
redundancy
storage
supported storage devices
throughput
volume shadowing guidelines
CIPCA adapter
configuration requirements
features
in a CI cluster
sample configurations
technical specifications
Clusterwide process services
role in OpenVMS Cluster
COHESION software
Common-environment OpenVMS Cluster systems
benefits
separate disk
Communications services
ATM in OpenVMS Cluster system
DS3 in OpenVMS Cluster system
Components
spare
Computers
See Systems
Configurations
building SCSI OpenVMS Cluster systems with DWZZx converters
building with add-on SCSI adapters
building with an HSZ40 controller
building with BA350/BA353 StorageWorks enclosures
installing SCSI OpenVMS Cluster systems
multihost SCSI access on OpenVMS Cluster system
SCSI concepts
SCSI hardware
SCSI interconnect requirements
SCSI multibus
SCSI OpenVMS Cluster systems
single-ended and differential SCSI signaling
single-host SCSI access on OpenVMS Cluster system
troubleshooting SCSI OpenVMS Cluster systems
unique SCSI device IDs
using CLUSTER_CONFIG for SCSI OpenVMS Cluster systems
WANs
Connection manager
role in OpenVMS Cluster
Controller-based cache
Controllers
disk caches
HSZ40 controllers
scaling
Converters
using DWZZx in SCSI OpenVMS Cluster systems
Cross-architecture
booting

Copyright © Compaq Computer Corporation 1998. All rights reserved. Legal

6318PRO_INDEX.HTML