| Tables |
| 1 |
Document Organization |
| 1-1 |
OpenVMS Cluster System Benefits |
| 1-2 |
Hardware Components in an OpenVMS Cluster System |
| 1-3 |
Operating System Components |
| 1-4 |
OpenVMS Cluster Networking Components |
| 2-1 |
Availability Requirements |
| 2-2 |
Determining Your Application Requirements |
| 2-3 |
Resource Requirements of Application Types |
| 2-4 |
System Management Tools from HP |
| 2-5 |
System Management Products from OpenVMS Partners |
| 3-1 |
System Types |
| 4-1 |
Interconnect Characteristics |
| 4-2 |
Comparison of Cluster Interconnect Types |
| 4-3 |
System Support for Cluster (Including Shared Storage) Interconnects |
| 4-4 |
Maximum Data Transfer Rates in Megabytes per Second |
| 4-5 |
Maximum SCSI Interconnect Distances |
| 4-6 |
SCSI Adapters |
| 4-7 |
LAN Interconnect Support for OpenVMS Clusters |
| 5-1 |
Interconnects and Corresponding Storage Devices |
| 5-2 |
Estimating Disk Capacity Requirements |
| 5-3 |
Disk Performance Optimizers |
| 5-4 |
Storage Availability Optimizers |
| 6-1 |
Multipath SCSI and FC Configuration Requirements |
| 6-2 |
Multipath FC and SCSI Configuration Restrictions |
| 6-3 |
Multipath System Parameters |
| 6-4 |
SHOW DEVICE/FULL Multipath Terms |
| 7-1 |
Fibre Channel Features and OpenVMS Support |
| 7-2 |
Fibre Channel Hardware Components |
| 8-1 |
Availability Requirements |
| 8-2 |
Failover Mechanisms |
| 8-3 |
Products That Increase Availability |
| 8-4 |
Availability Strategies |
| 8-5 |
Strategies for Maintaining Availability |
| 10-1 |
Scalable Dimensions in OpenVMS Clusters |
| 10-2 |
Scalability Strategies |
| 10-3 |
Extended LAN Configuration Guidelines |
| 10-4 |
OpenVMS Cluster System Parameters |
| 10-5 |
Disk Technology Summary |
| 10-6 |
Types of Caching |
| 11-1 |
Advantages of Multiple System Disks |
| 11-2 |
How Multiple System Disks Are Used |
| 11-3 |
Comparison of Single and Multiple System Disks |
| 11-4 |
Quorum Strategies |
| 11-5 |
OpenVMS Cluster Polling Parameters |
| A-1 |
Requirements for SCSI Multihost OpenVMS Cluster Configurations |
| A-2 |
Supported Hardware for SCSI OpenVMS Cluster Systems |
| A-3 |
Maximum Data Transfer Rates (MB/s) |
| A-4 |
Maximum SCSI Interconnect Distances |
| A-5 |
Steps for Installing a SCSI OpenVMS Cluster System |
| A-6 |
SCSI Environment Parameters |
| A-7 |
Steps for Installing Additional Nodes |
| A-8 |
Steps for Ensuring Proper Grounding |
| B-1 |
MEMORY CHANNEL Configuration Support |
| B-2 |
Comparison of SMP, MEMORY CHANNEL, and Standard Networks |
| B-3 |
MEMORY CHANNEL Page Attributes |
| C-1 |
CIPCA and CIXCD Performance |
| C-2 |
AlphaServer Support for CIPCAs |
| C-3 |
Controller Requirements for Supporting CIPCA |
| C-4 |
BAP Allocation by Adapter Type and OpenVMS Version |
| D-1 |
DS3 Protocol Options |
| D-2 |
Bellcore and OpenVMS Cluster Requirements and Goals Terminology |
| D-3 |
OpenVMS Cluster DS3 and SONET OC3 Error Performance Requirements |
