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Making Choices When Installing a Cluster

Before installing the software on your cluster, choose a method of installation and the software for the nodes of your cluster, as described in this chapter.


Choosing an Installation Method

Plan the installation and configuration of your cluster thoroughly to avoid setbacks and delays. Before you start to install the software on your cluster, verify that you have the required installation hardware and cluster hardware.

The Foundation Services product provides two ways of installing software on the cluster:


Choosing Your Software

The Foundation Services run on a cluster installed with the Solaris Operating System.

For information about the Solaris versions supported on particular hardware, see the Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 7/05 Release Notes.

Install the Solaris Operating System and other supplementary software to enhance the reliability, availability, and serviceability of your cluster.

Install the following software on the nodes of the cluster:

Sun StorEdge Network Data Replicator (SNDR) is part of the AVS software suite.

For information about supported software versions, see the Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 7/05 Release Notes.



Note - Some examples in this book only use IPv4 addresses, but IPv6 is supported.