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Marathon Technologies FTvirtual Server TM and IBM BladeCenter TM Installing and Configuring a Fault-Tolerant Windows Environment for Mission Critical Applications Marathon Technologies Corporation www.
Notices Marathon Tech nologies Corporation re serves the right to make improvem ents to t his guide and the product it describes at any time and without further notice. Copyright © Marathon Technologies Corporation. 1996-2005 . All rights reserved. This guide is copyrighte d, and al l rights are reserved.
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Summary of changes Summary of changes for Marathon Tech nologies FTvirtual Serv er and IBM eServer BladeCenter TM - A Fault-Tolerant Envir onment for Mission Critical Windows as created or modifi ed on 9/2/ 05.
Marathon Technologies Corporation 1 Contents Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents 2 Marathon Technologies Corporation CHAPTER 3 Installing the Endurance Software Major Installation Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Windows Installation . . .
Marathon Technologies Corporation 1 CHAPTER 1 Introduction Fault-Tolerant Computing for Mission Critical Windows Applications The Trend Toward Blades Blade configurations like the IBM BladeCen ter have become popular because they provide several key advantage s over conventional pedestal or rack-mounted servers.
Introduction 2 Marathon Technologies Corporation • Reduced Floor Space Usage in the Data Cente r Modular design reduce s cost through more efficient use of valu able floor space. The in creased densit y can significant ly reduce the sp ace require - ments in a data center.
Marathon Technologies Corporation 3 Marathon FTvirtual Server - Fault-Tolerance Through Software To address the need for continuous ava ilability of mis sion-critical applica- tions, Marathon Technologies has desig ned its FTvirtual Server software to work with blade server configurations as well as traditional servers.
Introduction 4 Marathon Technologies Corporation.
Marathon Technologies Corporation 5 CHAPTER 2 Planning and Preparation Planning the Installation Before starting the Endurance software installation you should co nsider several major config uration related issues, which will effect the overall oper- ation and capability of yo ur FTvirtual Servers.
Planning and Preparation 6 Marathon Technologies Corporation Network Environment The optimal FTvirtual Server config uration uses 4 network adapters per blade to suppor t CoServer communicati on s and client access links critical to applications.
Marathon Technologies Corporation 7 FIGURE 1. FTv1 CoSe rver 1 PCI 1:0:0 NIC Swit ch Bay 1 CS Link 1 conn ec tions only No external connect ions PCI 1:0:1 NIC PCI 2:2:1 NIC PCI 2:2:0 NIC Swit ch Bay 2.
Planning and Preparation 8 Marathon Technologies Corporation Network Adapter Conf igurations Depending upon yo ur specific switchba y and blade on-bo ard device config- uration, it is possible that fewer t han 4 adapters will be available for use.
Marathon Technologies Corporation 9 For More Information For more information on setting- up net work configurations, Virtual boot disks and other prepara tion issues consult the following resources l.
Planning and Preparation 10 Marathon Technologies Corporation Preparing to Install BladeCenter Options An IBM eServer BladeCenter may be configured using a variety of storag e and network ing options.
Marathon Technologies Corporation 11 FTvirtual Server and Blade Configuratio n Each Endurance FT virtual Server config uration is comprise d of two blad es. Following installation of the Endurance software each will function as a CoServer to create the FTvirtual Server envir onment.
Planning and Preparation 12 Marathon Technologies Corporation Mapping the Switchbays After installation of t he Windows operating system on a blade you can fill-in the switchbay mapping table for your particular configu ration using the fol- lowing procedure.
Marathon Technologies Corporation 13 CHAPTER 3 Installing the Endurance Software Major Installation Tasks The major installa tion tasks ar e: 1. Install Windows on both CoServers. 2. Install Endurance softwar e on CoServer 1. 3. Install Endurance softwar e on CoServer 2.
Installing the Endurance Software 14 Marathon Technologies Corporation Windows Installation Before you begin the Endura nce insta llation, install Windows and set the size of the event logs. Installing Windows on the CoServe rs On both CoServers: Install the appropriate Windows softwa re and Service Packs.
Marathon Technologies Corporation 15 Disk Partitioning and Formatting The Windows operating system for the FTvirtual Server will be installed on a disk of each b lade CoServer. You can sele ct a physical disk in the CoS- erver for the F Tvirtual Serv er boot dis k or you can insta ll the FTvirtua l Server on an End urance Virtual disk.
Installing the Endurance Software 16 Marathon Technologies Corporation Installing the FTvirtual Se rver Boot Disk on a Physical Disk On CoServer 2: The disk for the FTvirtual Serve r software must be Basic and formatte d to use the NTFS file syste m. 1.
Marathon Technologies Corporation 17 4. Verify the destination on the Ready to Inst all window, and click Install . 5. Click Finish on the Completing the Endurance Quorum Service Setup Wizard .
Installing the Endurance Software 18 Marathon Technologies Corporation Installing Endurance Softwa re on the CoServers Before You Begin the Software Installation • Have your Endurance software license number availab le. You need to type it when you install the software on the CoServers.
Marathon Technologies Corporation 19 CoServer 1 Installation Starting th e Installati on 1. Insert the Endurance CD. If your CD does not automatically lau nch the Installation Launcher , browse the CD and double click on setup .
Installing the Endurance Software 20 Marathon Technologies Corporation 6. Select CoServer1 for installation. Specify the Location of the Sof tware 1. On the Choose Destination Location window, save the files in the default location C:Program FilesMarathonEndurance or specify anothe r location.
Marathon Technologies Corporation 21 Configure the Network using the Endur ance Network Setup Wizard If you are installing on a Windows 2003 system, the followin g Sec urity Alert may appear .
Installing the Endurance Software 22 Marathon Technologies Corporation The Endurance Network Setu p wizard starts to guide you thr ough the task of configuring the adapte rs.
Marathon Technologies Corporation 23 2. On the Configure Co Server Link1 page, h ighlight the adapter you wish to assign as CoServer Link1 in the Connection column. Select the adapter based up on the PCI location-to-switchbay mapping yo u estab - lished during planning an d preparation.
Installing the Endurance Software 24 Marathon Technologies Corporation Right click on the your adapter selection and choose Inte rnet Protocol Properties from the action menu. On th e Internet Protocol Prope rties page select Use the following IP address.
Marathon Technologies Corporation 25 On the Endurance Network Setup pa ge make sure that the desire d adapter is still highlighted and select Use curr ently config ured IP addressing .
Installing the Endurance Software 26 Marathon Technologies Corporation 4. If your network will not use a CoServer Management c onnection, push Next without highlighting an adap ter.
Marathon Technologies Corporation 27 5. On the Endurance Network Setu p page if the Update Network Con - nections adapte r names box is checked, when you restart the system Network Setup will reassign t he adapter name s. Click Apply. 6. When the Endurance Network Setu p Settings Ap plied page appears click Exit .
Installing the Endurance Software 28 Marathon Technologies Corporation 11. The message Do you want to create a virt ual disk for use as the FTvirtual Server boot disk? is displayed. A virtual boot disk is require d if there is only one p hysical disk in the CoServer.
Marathon Technologies Corporation 29 • Click Create to create the virtual disk. This may take a few minute s, depending on the size of the virtual disk.
Installing the Endurance Software 30 Marathon Technologies Corporation 1. Browse the C D and double -click setup.exe . 2. From the Installation La uncher , select Instal l CoServer .
Marathon Technologies Corporation 31 On the Endurance Network Setup pa ge make sure that the desire d adapter is still highlighted and select Use curr ently config ured IP addressing .
Installing the Endurance Software 32 Marathon Technologies Corporation 9. Click Yes to restart the CoServer. 10. When the system restarts the Endu rance Network Setup wizard starts automatically to complete network configur ation. On Windows 2003, Hardware Installation pop-ups may appear.
Marathon Technologies Corporation 33 Create a Virtual Disk • On the displayed Device Redi rector dialog set: - The virtual disk size. The default is 4 gigabytes. - The boot partition size. Specify a size less than or equal to th e virtual disk size.
Installing the Endurance Software 34 Marathon Technologies Corporation This may take a few minute s, depending on the size of the virtual disk. When the virtual disk is create d, the Device Redirecto .
Marathon Technologies Corporation 35 3. Configure the FTvirtual Server boot di sk by selecting a set of disks, one from each CoServer, and click OK. 4. A warning message is displayed if the s izes of the disks are not equal. The FTvirtu al Server sof tware has to be installed on the CoSe rver that contains the sm aller disk.
Installing the Endurance Software 36 Marathon Technologies Corporation 5. If your CoServer h as any other disk drives that you want to redirect to the FTvirtual Server, right click on Disk Drives , and then select Add . Select a set of disks, one disk from each Co Server, and click OK .
Marathon Technologies Corporation 37 The Install Wizard for Endurance Windows Pr eparation will be dis - played..
Installing the Endurance Software 38 Marathon Technologies Corporation Install Windows on the FTvirtual Server Disk 1. Follow the prompts th rough the Welcome , License Agreement , and Information dialogs, to the Customer Inf ormation dialog. Type a user name and company name an d then click Next .
Marathon Technologies Corporation 39 7. A progress bar shows the files b eing copied to the FTvirtu al Server boot drive. This may take several minutes. When the insta llation completes , remove the Windows CD if it is in the drive. 8. Click Yes in response to the prompt, Both CoServers must be reboo - ted.
Installing the Endurance Software 40 Marathon Technologies Corporation Install the Endurance FTvirtual Server Software The Endurance FTvirtual Ser ver installation starts. 1. Follow the prompts th rough the Welcome , License Agreement , and Information dialogs to the Select Feature s window .
Marathon Technologies Corporation 41 Finish the FTvirtual Server Installation 1. The Endurance Network Setup wizard starts and configu res the FTvir - tual Server network adapters.
Installing the Endurance Software 42 Marathon Technologies Corporation 3. Optionally, set the FTvirtual Server Desktop to F ull Screen Mode , click on the title bar of the FTvirtual Se rver Desktop, and select the option Full Screen Mode .
Marathon Technologies Corporation 43 What to do Next The Endurance software in stallation for this set of CoServers and setup of the FTvirtua l Server is now complete . If you have additional bla de pairs to setup return to the Installing Windows on the CoServer section at the begin- ning of this chapter.
Installing the Endurance Software 44 Marathon Technologies Corporation.
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