Software Connectivity

Setting up a cluster requires the integration of several software layers, see Figure 6-3.

Figure 6-3. Software connectivity layers

Note

Each software layer should be installed and configured in the presented order. However, in this solution, the highly available application (in this case, NFS) is integrated into Solaris OE and does not need to be installed separately.

First Software Layer

The Solaris OE is where the network services are configured to comply with the SC2.2 network and host configuration requirements. If SCSI disks are shared between two cluster nodes, the SCSI-initiator ID for one of the nodes must be changed ...

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