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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.marathontechnologies.com 888.682.1142[...]

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    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. No part of this guide or the products it d[...]

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    Trademark Notice Endurance, Marathon Assure d Availability, Marathon FTvirtual Server, and the Mar athon logo are either regis- tered trademarks or trademar ks of Marathon Technolo- gies Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft, MS-DOS, and Windows are registe red trade- marks of Microsoft Corporatio n in the United States[...]

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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. September 2005, First Edition 1.0.0[...]

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    Marathon Technologies Corporation 1 Contents Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Software Copy[...]

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    Contents 2 Marathon Technologies Corporation CHAPTER 3 Installing the Endurance Software Major Installation Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Windows Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    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. These a dvantages include: • Flexi[...]

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    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. • Reduced Cost of Power and Cooling Blades serv ers integrat e resource [...]

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    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. Marathon software harnesses [...]

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    Introduction 4 Marathon Technologies Corporation[...]

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    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. FTvirtual Server Boot Disk Options The Endurance s[...]

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    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. These links provide the mechanisms and tra nsport for redi- rected network I/O, FTvirtual Server co mmu[...]

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    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 CS Link 2 conn ec tions only No external connect ions Swit ch Bay 3 Redi r ect e d f or CoSe rv er 1 Manag ement f or Co Ser ver 2 Swit ch Bay 4 Redi[...]

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    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. When planning a BladeCenter networ k configuration your primary concer n should be to maximize the ava[...]

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    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 located on your Mara thon software distri bution CD-ROM: • Administrator’s Gu ide • Upgrading Endu rance Software • Configuration and Installat[...]

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    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. F or example, t he BladeCen ter chassis usin g HS20 blade servers offers the following configura tion features: • A rack-optimized 7U modular 14 sl[...]

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    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. Depending upon the specific con figurat ion, a 14 slot Blad eCente[...]

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    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. Note: Do not perfor m PCI-to-Switchbay ma ppings when blades within the chassis are op era[...]

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    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. 4. Install Windows on and configure the FTvirtual Server This chapter describe[...]

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    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. Refer to the Endurance Release Notes for i[...]

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    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. A Virtual bo[...]

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    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. Right-click My Co mputer , then select Manage Co mputer Manage - ment Storage and th en Disk Man[...]

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    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 .[...]

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    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. • Know the PCI location-to- switchbay mappings for each ne[...]

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    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 .exe. 2. From the Installation Laun cher , select Install CoServer , and follow the prompts through the Welcome , License A[...]

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    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. 2. On the Confirm New Folder window, c lick Yes . 3.[...]

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    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 . Click Yes to continue with Endurance Network Se tup.[...]

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    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. Click Next to begin. 1. On the Configur e Redirected page, enter 1 in the Specify total num - ber of Redirected adapters box and hig hlight the adapter you wish to assign as r[...]

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    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. You can use Tabl e 1 to assign IP addresses for internal CLink[...]

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    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. Fill-in the appropriate IP address from Table 1 for this adapter. Then, enter Subnet mask 255.[...]

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    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 . Click Next to co ntinue. 3. If your network configuratio n will not us e CoServer Link 2 , select No Coserver Link 2 and then click Next without selecting an adapter[...]

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    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. If you will be using CoServ er Management, then on the Configure CoS - erver Manage ment page, highlight the ad apter you wish to assign for CoServer Manageme nt in the[...]

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    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 . 7. Click Yes to restart the CoServ[...]

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    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. A virtual boot disk is created as a way to share a single physical disk as both th[...]

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    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. When the virtual disk is create d, the Device Redirecto r displays a dialog showing the name of the file that was crea ted, the SCSI ID of the newly cre- ated virtual d isk, and the d rive letter[...]

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    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 . Follow the prompts as you did dur ing CoServer 1 installation to set the license num - ber, select fe atures, choo se CoServer 2 in stall, and def ine the installa - t[...]

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    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 . Click Next to co ntinue. 5. If your network configuratio n will not us e CoServer Link 2 , select No Coserver Link 2 and then click Next without selecting an ada pte[...]

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    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. Click Continue Anyway . 11. If the video quality pop-up mess[...]

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    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. The default size is the virtual disk size. - A drive letter to use when you mo unt the virtual dis[...]

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    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 r displays a dialog showing the name of the file that was crea ted, the SCSI ID of the newly cre- ated virtual di sk, and the dr ive letter asso ciate[...]

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    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. Click Yes to continue t[...]

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    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 . The Device Redirector checks the sizes of the disks you select[...]

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    Marathon Technologies Corporation 37 The Install Wizard for Endurance Windows Pr eparation will be dis - played.[...]

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    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 . 2. On the Windows Installation window: • Type th[...]

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    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. Proceed? . Finish the Windows Installatio[...]

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    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 . 2. In the Select Feat ures window, choose the components[...]

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    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. Click Exit . On Windows 2003 Service Pa ck 1, a Windows Security Alert may appear indicating tha t the Windows Firewall has blocked some fe atures of the Endurance Taskb[...]

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    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 . To shift the input focu s between the CoServer and the FTvirtual Server, press the default hot key sequence: C[...]

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    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. For more inf ormation ab out using the FTvi[...]

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    Installing the Endurance Software 44 Marathon Technologies Corporation[...]