Updated: 11 December 1998

Guidelines for OpenVMS Cluster Configurations

G
Grounding
SCSI requirements
troubleshooting
Growth requirements
H
Hardware
add-on SCSI adapters
availability strategies
BA350/BA353 StorageWorks enclosures
components
DWZZx converters
HSZ40 controllers
in SCSI OpenVMS Cluster systems
scalability strategies
Host-based cache
Host-based RAID
support in SCSI OpenVMS Cluster configurations
Host-based shadowing
support in SCSI OpenVMS Cluster configurations
Host-based storage
Host IDs
configuring for SCSI
Hosts
in an OpenVMS Cluster system
Hot files
analyzing activity of
Hot plugging (SCSI devices)
HSG80 controller #1
HSG80 controller #2
HSG80 controller #3
HSJ50 controller
firmware requirement
maximizing performance
HSZ allocation classes
See Allocation classes
HSZ70 controller
HSZ80 controller
I
I/O paths
availability
failover
I/O requirements
I/O throughput
caches
disk technologies
hot files
MONITOR IO command
MONITOR MSCP command
packet sizes
read/write ratio
scaling #1
scaling #2
scaling #3
volume shadowing
InfoServer systems
Installation procedures
configuring SCSI node IDs
SCSI OpenVMS Cluster systems
Interconnects
accessing SCSI storage over
ATM
characteristics
CI
corresponding storage devices
definition
DS3
DSSI
Ethernet
failover
FDDI #1
FDDI #2
Fibre Channel
MEMORY CHANNEL
mixed
multiple
scaling #1
scaling #2
SCSI #1
SCSI #2
troubleshooting SCSI
types #1
types #2
Interdependencies
reducing
Internal buses
Internet networking protocols
Intersite link specifications #1
Intersite link specifications #2
J
Job controllers
distributed
K
KGPSA host adapter #1
KGPSA host adapter #2
L
LANs (local area networks)
adapters
connected to LAN paths
multiple
configurations
highly available
multiple-site OpenVMS Cluster #1
multiple-site OpenVMS Cluster #2
reduced utilization
segments
multiple
three in OpenVMS Cluster configuration
two in OpenVMS Cluster configuration
LAT software
for OpenVMS Cluster availability
Layered products
storage requirements
Load balancing
definition
multiple Ethernets
multiple FDDI
Lock manager
distributed
LOCKDIRWT system parameter
M
Magnetic disks
Managing multiple sites
MCDRIVER
Memory
adding #1
adding #2
adding on satellites
MEMORY CHANNEL
adapter
addressing
comparison with SMP
comparison with traditional networks
configuration examples
configuration requirements
definition
drivers
features
four-node OpenVMS Cluster
global writes
hardware
high availability configurations
highly available OpenVMS Cluster system
implementation
in OpenVMS Cluster architecture
limits
memory requirements
NPAGEVIR parameter
page control table
product overview
supported systems
technical overview
three-node OpenVMS Cluster
throughput
two-node OpenVMS Cluster
Memory requirements
Migration support
Mixed-architecture OpenVMS Cluster systems #1
Mixed-architecture OpenVMS Cluster systems #2
Mixed-architecture OpenVMS Cluster systems #3
Mixed-version OpenVMS Cluster systems
MONITOR IO command
isolating hot disks
MONITOR MSCP command
for hot files
Monitor utility
MOP servers
selecting for availability
MSCP servers
adding satellites
benefit
dynamic load balancing
I/O overhead
load balancing
read/write ratios
role in OpenVMS Cluster
served packets
MSCP_LOAD system parameter
Multipath SCSI support
See SCSI configurations
Multipath set
Multiple-site OpenVMS Cluster systems
N
NETNODE_REMOTE.DAT file
NETNODE_UPDATE.COM file
NETPROXY.DAT file #1
NETPROXY.DAT file #2
Networking software
NFS (network file system)
server software
NISCS_MAX_PKTSZ system parameter
Node allocation classes
See Allocation classes
Node count
limited
Nodes
definition
in an OpenVMS Cluster system
NPAGEDYN system parameter #1
NPAGEDYN system parameter #2
NPAGEVIR system parameter
O
OpenVMS Cluster systems
alias
benefits
CLUSTER_CONFIG.COM
common environment
common-environment
components
hardware
operating system
software
configurations
general rules
DECnet--Plus requirement
determining business requirements
disaster tolerant
dividing
environmental risks
hardware changes
highly available
hosts, nodes, and computers
installing SCSI
mixed-architecture support
mixed-version support
multiple environments
multiple-environments
benefits
planning for future expansion
SCSI configuration requirements
SCSI hardware configurations
SCSI performance
SCSI storage connected to a single host
SCSI storage connected to multiple hosts
SCSI storage interconnect
security
shared SCSI storage concepts
simple and complex
size and complexity
software changes
tools and utilities
OpenVMS Management Station
OpenVMS operating system
components
multiple versions in an OpenVMS Cluster
OpenVMS utilities
Monitor utility
Show Cluster utility
Optimizers
disk performance
storage availability
Oracle® software

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