Guidelines for OpenVMS Cluster Configurations


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Q
QDSKINTERVAL system parameter
QMAN$MASTER.DAT file #1
QMAN$MASTER.DAT file #2
QMAN$MASTER.DAT file #3
Queue managers
    multiple
Queuing delays
    in extended LANs
Quorum
    definition
Quorum disk
    strategies
    watchers
R
RAID (redundant arrays of independent disks)
    disk striping (level 0) #1
    disk striping (level 0) #2
    disk striping (level 0) #3
    disk striping (level 0) #4
    disk striping (level 0)
        hot files
    disk striping with parity (level 5)
    SCSI storage
    volume shadowing (level 1)
Read/write ratio
    I/O throughput
RECNXINTERVL system parameter #1
RECNXINTERVL system parameter #2
Redundancy
    backup copies
    boot servers
    components #1
    components #2
    data
    disks
    Ethernet bridges
    Ethernet segments
    I/O paths
    interconnects
    LAN adapters
    scaling
    system disk
Redundant arrays of independent disks
    See RAID
Reliability
    hardware
Resources
    availability consideration
    sharing
Retransmission timeout rate
RIGHTSLIST.DAT file
RMS
    role in OpenVMS Cluster
Roots
    system
S
SAS interconnect
    adapters
    definition
    storage
    supported devices
Satellite OpenVMS Cluster systems
    highly available
Satellites
    definition #1
    definition #2
    proximity to servers
Scalability
    definition
    growth dimensions
    I/Os
    in OpenVMS Cluster systems with satellites
    IP
    planning an OpenVMS Cluster
    processing and storage
    processor capacity
    requirements
    strategies for achieving
SCC mode
SCS (System Communications Services)
    role in OpenVMS Cluster
SCSI bus
    See SCSI interconnect
SCSI Command Controller (SCC) mode
SCSI concepts
SCSI configurations
    building SCSI OpenVMS Cluster systems with DWZZx converters
    building with BA350/BA353 StorageWorks enclosures
    configuring device IDs
    configuring SCSI node IDs
    configuring with CLUSTER_CONFIG.COM
    four-node Ultra SCSI OpenVMS Cluster
    hardware
        add-on SCSI adapters
        BA350/BA353 StorageWorks enclosures
        DWZZx converters
        HSZ40 controller
    installing SCSI OpenVMS Cluster systems
    multibus
    multihost SCSI access on OpenVMS Cluster system
    multipath
        requirements
        transparent failover
    multiported storage controllers
    requirements
    SCSI hardware
    SCSI interconnect requirements
    SCSI OpenVMS Cluster systems
    single-ended and differential SCSI signaling
    single-host SCSI access on OpenVMS Cluster system
    three-node fast-wide OpenVMS Cluster
        with SCSI hub
    troubleshooting SCSI OpenVMS Cluster systems
    unique SCSI device IDs
    using CLUSTER_CONFIG for SCSI OpenVMS Cluster systems
SCSI console
    setting parameters
SCSI disks
    accessing
    configuration requirements
    modes of operation
    unique device IDs
SCSI interconnect
    adapters
    advantages
    ANSI standard
    arbitration rules #1
    arbitration rules #2
    bus resets #1
    bus resets #2
    cabling and termination
    concepts
    connected to a single host
    connected to multiple hosts
    control of
    data transfer rates
    definition
    grounding requirements
    hot plugging devices with
    installation
    maximum distances #1
    maximum distances #2
    maximum length
    number of devices supported
    performance
    power up and verify
    show and set console parameters
    storage
    supported devices
    TERMPWR line
    troubleshooting
SCSI_PATH_VERIFY command
    FC disk devices
Security requirements
Servers
    capacity
    proximity to satellites
SET DEVICE/[NO]POLL command
SET DEVICE/PATH command
SET UNIT PREFERRED_PATH command
Shadowing
    See Volume Shadowing for OpenVMS
SHADOW_MAX_COPY system parameter
Shared SCSI storage
    OpenVMS Integrity servers two-node cluster
Shared storage
Show Cluster utility
SHOW DEVICE/FULL command
SHOW DEVICE/FULL DCL command
    WWID display
SHOW DEVICE/MULTIPATH_SET command
Single-ended signaling
    for SCSI
Single points of failure
    reducing
    servers and disks
Site-specific utilities
    storage requirements
Small Computer Systems Interface
    See SCSI
SMP #1
SMP #2
Software
    availability strategies #1
    availability strategies #2
Solid-state disks #1
Solid-state disks #2
SONET OC-3 Intersite Link Specifications
Star couplers
    scaling
State transitions
    guidelines
Storage
    access
    calculating growth
    determining availability requirements
    host-based
    local adapters
    performance optimizers
    scaling
    shared, direct access
    space requirements
Storage capacity
    definition
Storage controllers
    Fibre Channel
        dual-ported
    multiported
Storage devices
    corresponding interconnects
    definition
    estimating capacity requirements
Storage enhancement software
Storage requirements
    archival
    capacity
    databases
    growth
    layered products
    of OpenVMS operating system
    page, swap, and dump files
    site-specific utilities
    third-party products
    user data
    user levels
    user-written programs
StorageWorks
    BA350/BA353 enclosures
    definition
StorageWorks Data Replication Manager
Striping
    See Disk striping
SYLOGICAL.COM procedure
    on system disk
SYS$SYSTEM:SYS$DEVICES.DAT file
    Fibre Channel device names
SYSMAN commands
    IO FIND_WWID
    IO REPLACE_WWID #1
    IO REPLACE_WWID #2
System Communications Services
    See SCS
System disk
    configuring on OpenVMS Integrity server systems
System disks
    availability
    multiple
        advantages
    redundancy
    shadowing for OpenVMS Cluster availability
    single #1
    single #2
    single versus multiple
    strategies
System Dump Analyzer (SDA)
    command
        FC Performance
System files
    managing
System management
    AUTOGEN command procedure
    availability strategies
    ease of
    methods and tools
    multiple-site OpenVMS Cluster systems
    operating environments
    proactive
    products
    software
    tools #1
    tools #2
System parameters
    EXPECTED_VOTES #1
    EXPECTED_VOTES #2
    for OpenVMS Clusters with satellites
    LOCKDIRWT
    MPDEV_AFB_INTVL
    MPDEV_D1
    MPDEV_ENABLE
    MPDEV_LCRETRIES
    MPDEV_POLLER
    MPDEV_REMOTE
    MSCP_BUFFER
    MSCP_LOAD
    multipath
    NPAGEDYN
    PAGEDYN
    polling
    polling timers
    RECNXINTERVL
    SHADOW_MAX_COPY
    updating
    VOTES
System roots
System specifications
Systems
    scaling
SYSUAF.DAT files #1
SYSUAF.DAT files #2
SYSUAF.DAT files #3
    multiple


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