Appendix A. Sun Cluster 3.0 Design Checklists

The design checklists in this appendix can help you keep the business requirements in focus while proceeding with your Sun Cluster 3.0 design. You can use these checklists as general, high-level design guidelines for Sun Cluster 3.0 systems.

Remember that the details of component versions, patches, interoperability, and support change regularly. The latest configuration matrices and version information are available from the Sun Service providers.

This appendix contains the following checklists:

• Business Case Considerations

• Personnel Considerations

• Top-Level Design Documentation

• Environmental Design

• Server Design

• Shared Storage Design

• Network Design

• Software Environment Design

• Security Considerations

• Systems Management Requirements

• Testing Requirements