ProLiant Cluster F500 for the Enterprise SAN

The ProLiant Cluster F500 for the Enterprise SAN is designed to assist in simplifying the configuration of cluster solutions that provide the highest level of data and applications availability in the Windows Operating System environment through clustering to provide no-single-points -of-failure. It has also been tested to support Disaster Tolerant cluster solutions in which the nodes can be up to 100 Km apart through the use of switch fabric, dark fibre or ATM links, and StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA software option, purchased as part of the storage subsystem. This configuration can also take advantage of the cluster in that the nodes can fail over from the local site to the remote site, and provide for Disaster Recovery in a matter of minutes not hours or days.

High availability is achieved by the fact that the servers in the network take over for each other in the event of hardware or software failure. The ProLiant Cluster F500 for the Enterprise SAN can be configured with no-single-points-of-failure. This is accomplished through the use of dual server to storage connectivity (two HBA's per server, two switches, and dual RAID controllers in the storage subsystem), and the installation of Secure Path software in the servers to manage the HBA fail over.

New Part Number

The ProLiant Cluster F500 for the Enterprise SAN, Part number 364024-B21 will replace the following cluster kits:

• 254623-B24 HA / F500 for EVA Enh. Kit
• 306791-B22 HA / F500 for EVA DT Kit
• 379937-B27 HA / F500 for MA8000/EMA12000/16000 Enh. Kit
• 164227-B25 HA / F500 for MA8000/EMA12000/16000 DT Kit

New G2, G3 and G4 server Certifications

• The ProLiant DL360, ProLiant DL380, ProLiant DL580, ProLiant DL585 and ProLiant BL20p. (This is not an all inclusive list, see QuickSpecs for other supported and/or certified servers)

New Documentation for Cluster features that increase functionality and availability

• SCSI Port driver, Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003
• Multipath Input/Output (MPIO) for Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003
• Certification and support of ACS 8.8-1 for MA8000
• Certification and support EVA version 3.021
• Support for Cluster Extensions (CLX) on Windows Server 2003 Support for PCI Express HBAs

Customers needing 24×7 availability
Problems & Requirements

• Downtime related to the availability of business critical applications.
• Downtime related mission critical applications.
• Downtime related to hardware failure or operating system failure.
  

Typical use

Information Technology managers use the F500 to make the delivery of data and services to clients continuous. Therefore minimizing downtime and process slowdowns. This is done through the use of redundant hardware from server to storage, the capability of the Microsoft operating system, and through the use of HP Redundancy Manager or HP SANworks Secure Path software to manage a redundant Fibre Channel infrastructure.