Preface

The Open HA Cluster Installation Guide contains guidelines and procedures for installing the Open HA Cluster software on both SPARC® based systems and x86 based systems.

Note –

This Sun Cluster release supports systems that use the SPARC and x86 families of processor architectures: UltraSPARC, SPARC64, AMD64, and Intel 64. In this document, x86 refers to the larger family of 32–bit and 64-bit x86 compatible products. Information in this document pertains to all platforms unless otherwise specified.

The instructions in this book assume knowledge of OpenSolaris software.

Using UNIX Commands

This document contains information about commands that are used to install, configure, or upgrade an Open HA 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 Solaris OS
Other software documentation that you received with your system
Solaris OS man pages

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.

Table P–1 Typographic Conventions


Typeface	Meaning	Example
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output	Edit your `.login` file. Use `ls -a` to list all files. `machine_name% you have mail.`
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output	`machine_name%` `su` `Password:`
`aabbcc123`	Placeholder: replace with a real name or value	The command to remove a file is `rm` `filename`.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file. Note: Some emphasized items appear bold online.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default UNIX system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P–2 Shell Prompts


Shell	Prompt
C shell	`machine_name%`
C shell for superuser	`machine_name#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell for superuser	`#`

Related Documentation

Information about related Open HA Cluster 2009.06 and OpenSolaris 2009.06 software topics is available in the documentation that is listed in the following table.

Topic	Documentation
Open HA Cluster 2009.06 Release Notes	Open HA Cluster 2009.06 Release Notes
Sun Cluster 3.2 1/09 software, data services, and hardware	Sun Cluster 3.2 1/09 Documentation Center
OpenSolaris installation	Getting Started With OpenSolaris 2009.06
OpenSolaris system administration	OpenSolaris System Administrator Collection
OpenSolaris software development	OpenSolaris Software Developer Collection
OpenSolaris man pages	OpenSolaris Reference Manual Collection
COMSTAR iSCSI storage software	COMSTAR Administration