Configuration Tips for the Netfinity 5000

Configuration Tips for the Netfinity 5000

•  When you install multiple hard-disk controllers, RAID controllers, or ServeRAID adapters in the same  server, you must  install the device that will manage the startup (boot) drives in a PCI slot that is  scanned before subsequent hard-disk controllers or RAID adapters.
   The Netfinity 5000 has two primary PCI buses: PCI bus 1 and PCI bus 2. Expansion slot 5 is on PCI bus 1  and expansion slots 1 through 4 are on PCI bus 2. The system scans PCI bus 1 (slot 5) first.

•  The Netfinity 5000 comes with five hot-swap drive bays, but no RAID controller.
   You can create a RAID subsystem in a Netfinity 5000 by installing a single-channel ServeRAID-3L adapter  in the server and moving the SCSI cable from the system board SCSI connector to the internal connector on the  ServeRAID-3L adapter.

•  Each ServeRAID adapter supports up to eight logical drives.
   If a failure occurs, the remaining ServeRAID adapter will need to support its own logical drives and the  logical drives of its counterpart in the failing server.
   Therefore, the total number of shared logical drives for each set of ServeRAID adapters must  not exceed eight.
   A good way to ensure that you do not exceed this limit would be to define no more than four logical drives for  each ServeRAID adapter.

•  With the ServeRAID adapters, you can set the stripe-unit size to 8 K (the default), 16 K, 32 K, or 64 K.
   After you set a stripe-unit size and store data on the logical drives, you cannot change the size without  destroying data in the logical drives.
   Both adapters in a pair must  use the same stripe-unit size.
  •  When the stripe-unit size is set to 8 K or 16 K, the maximum number of physical hard disk drives  in an array is 16.
  •  When the stripe-unit size is set to 32 K or 64 K, the maximum number of physical hard disk drives  in an array is eight.

•  You must  use IBM 100/10 PCI EtherJet Adapters or IBM 10/100 EtherJet PCI Adapters for the  cluster's heartbeat connection.

•  You must  use a point-to-point, Category 5 crossover cable for the heartbeat connection. Connections  through a hub are not supported.

•  When using the Vinca High Availability for NetWare program, refer to the NetWare documentation for  information about calculating the amount of system memory needed to support the number and  capacity of hard disk drives you intend to install.

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