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Oracle Solaris Cluster With Network-Attached Storage Device Manual Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.0 |
This manual provides procedures specific to supporting network-attached storage (NAS) systems placed in an Oracle Solaris Cluster environment.
Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.0 supports the following NAS devices:
Sun ZFS Storage Appliance from Oracle
Use this manual with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.0 software on both SPARC and x86 based systems.
Note - This Oracle Solaris Cluster release supports systems that use the SPARC and x86 families of processor architectures: UltraSPARC, SPARC64, and AMD64. In this document, the label x86 refers to systems that use the AMD64 family of processor architectures. The information in this document pertains to both platforms unless otherwise specified in a special chapter, section, note, bulleted item, figure, table, or example.
Bash is the default shell for Oracle Solaris 11. Machine names shown with the Bash shell prompt are displayed for clarity.
This book is for Oracle representatives who are performing the initial installation of an Oracle Solaris Cluster configuration and for system administrators who are responsible for maintaining the system.
This document is intended for experienced system administrators with extensive knowledge of Oracle software and hardware. Do not use this document as a planning or a pre-sales guide. You should have already determined your system requirements and purchased the appropriate equipment and software before reading this document.
This book contains the following chapter:
Chapter 1, Installing and Maintaining Oracle's Sun ZFS Storage Appliances as NAS Devices in an Oracle Solaris Cluster Environment describes the requirements, recommendations, and restrictions for Sun ZFS Storage Appliances as NAS devices. This chapter also tells you how to install and maintain a Sun ZFS Storage Appliance in an Oracle Solaris Cluster environment.
The following books provide conceptual information or procedures to administer hardware and applications. If you plan to use this documentation in a hardcopy format, ensure that you have these books available for your reference.
The following books support the Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.0 release. You can also access other Oracle documentation at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/documentation/index.html.
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When installing or maintaining a Sun ZFS Storage Appliance, use the device's built-in online help by clicking Help on the right side of the BUI masthead. You can also consult the Sun ZFS Storage 7x20 Appliance Installation Guide that shipped with your product or see the documentation on the Oracle Technology Network.
This document contains information about commands that are used to install, configure, or upgrade an Oracle Solaris Cluster configuration. This document might not contain complete information about basic UNIX commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices.
See one or more of the following sources for this information:
Online documentation for the Oracle Solaris Operating System (Oracle Solaris OS)
Other software documentation that you received with your system
Oracle Solaris Operating System man pages
If you have problems installing or using Oracle Solaris Cluster, contact your service provider and provide the following information.
Your name and email address (if available)
Your company name, address, and phone number
The model number and serial number of your systems
The release number of the operating environment (for example, Oracle Solaris 11)
The release number of Oracle Solaris Cluster (for example, Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1)
Use the following commands to gather information about your system for your service provider.
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Also have available the contents of the /var/adm/messages file.
Oracle customers have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=info or visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs if you are hearing impaired.
The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.
Table P-1 Typographic Conventions
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The following table shows the default UNIX system prompt and superuser prompt for shells that are included in the Oracle Solaris OS. Note that the default system prompt that is displayed in command examples varies, depending on the Oracle Solaris release.
Table P-2 Shell Prompts
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