Product Details

Clustering for Netware 5.1 - *Compaq ProLiant Cluster for NetWare 5 provides high availability forapplications and data in business-critical Novell NetWare 5 environmentswith support for up to 8 cluster nodes. *
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*Features* *Description*
*Option Part *N100 Kit* Basic Documentation Kit 219142-B21
Number* *N200 Kit* Redundant Path Kit - RA4100 219143-B21
*N500 Kit* Redundant Path Kit - MA8000 219144-B21

*Kit *N100 Kit*
Contents*
Netware 5.1 Installation Overview

Netware 5.1 Administration Guide

Kit, CDROM; RA4100 / MA8000

*N200 Kit*

Netware 5.1 Administration Guide

Kit, CDROM; RA4100 / MA8000

Secure Path for RA4x00

*N500 Kit*

Netware 5.1 Installation Overview

Netware 5.1 Administration Guide

Kit, CDROM; RA4100 / MA800

SANworks for Secure Path NVL US

*Warranty* Standard server hardware warranty.
*High Compaq has recently released extended services specific to high-availability
Availability* servers, such as consulting and business critical services. Compaq maintains
*CarePaqs* a global services and support network that includes a large number of
NT-trained technicians throughout the world. For more detailed information
on high-availability services, go to the Compaq website:

For these Carepaq services available, see:
www.compaq.com/services/carepaq/index.html
*General http://www.novell.com/source/ecom.html
Netware
Information*

Description
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There are two Netware 5.1 Clustering product configurations from Compaq
announcing on January 22, 2001. These configurations support two to eight
nodes and comprise of the following kits:
1) N100 Kit: Basic Documentation Kit
2) N200 Kit: Netware Cluster Services Version 1.01 with the RA400
and RA4100
3) N500 Kit: Netware Cluster System for the MA8000 / EMA12000
Family of Storage
The N200 and N500 Kits provide support for specific versions of Secure Path
for NetWare 3.0 Redundancy Manager depending on the storage system that is
configured. The kits contain documentation, CDROM for the RA41200 / MA8000,
and software to implement a ProLiant Cluster for NetWare 5.01.
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*NOTE: *The Novell NetWare 5 operating system and the NetWare Cluster
Services software need to be purchased separately.
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Features
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Up to 8 node all-active cluster support! Any NetWare server in
the cluster can restart resources (applications, services, IP addresses,
and volumes) from a failed server in the cluster.
NetWare 5 Support
Single point administration through the Novell Console-One
cluster configuration and monitoring GUI
Dynamic assignment and reassignment of server storage on an
as-needed basis.
Seamless client connectivity and preserved drive maps throughout
cluster failover
The certification of the latest ProLiant Servers and
StorageWorks Storage Arrays for use in ProLiant NetWare Clusters which
may be mixed with existing ProLiant servers to protect existing customer
investment
ProLiant NetWare Clusters fibre channel interconnect support:
RA4100 storage family: Fibre Channel Hubs and FC-AL Switches
MA8000 storage family: Fibre Channel Hubs and FC SAN
Switches
Cluster Kits are now available for ProLiant NetWare Clusters
including:
HA/N100 - Basic Cluster Documentation Kit (Any supported
fibre channel storage, no redundancy manager)
HA/N200 - Cluster Kit with Secure Path redundancy manager
for RA4100 family
HA/N500 - Cluster Kit with Secure Path redundancy manager
for MA8000 family
All-Active clustered server environment for best server
utilization
Failover of Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters
Full range of fibre channel interconnect devices: FC-AL Hub,
FC-AL Switch and FC SAN Switch
Redundant Fibre Channel loops, loop switches or fabric switches
are optional
Secure Path redundancy manager eliminates server-storage path as
a single point of failure
Compaq's Data Replication Manager (DRM) allows for mirroring of
data at a remote site for disaster tolerance
Up to 16 port capability for supported fibre channel
interconnect devices
Can be configured with more than 20TB of shared storage
Active/Active storage controllers for the MA8000 family or
Active/Standby storage controllers for the RA4100 family
64MB storage controller cache coherency
Dynamic Storage attach support
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*NOTE: *In the Certification Matrix, the first line item under the section
"Software Components, Minimum Versions" reads:
" ... Netware 5.0 with Support Pack 4 or NetWare 5.1 with Support Pack 6A
... "
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