ACSLS 8.5.1 on an SL4000 Feature Card (Doc ID 2609318.1)

Last updated on MARCH 06, 2024

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A Feature Card is a Linux 6.8 server that can be inserted into the SL4000 library, to run applications that work in conjunction with the library.  There is support for robust feature card clustering and an availability solution that can be monitored externally.

ACSLS 8.5.1 can be installed on an SL4000 Feature Card.

There is a 1-1 correspondence, where only one SL4000 can be managed by ACSLS on the feature card within that same library. The ideal use of the Feature Card with ACSLS is when a single SL4000 is being supported and a standalone ACSLS server is not desired. If you need to manage multiple libraries that are not SL4000s or you wish to have a single ACSLS server to manage multiple SL4000s, you should not use a feature card. 

With ACSLS 8.5.1, you can run with a single or dual Feature Cards in an SL4000. 

Single Feature Card

• In addition to SL4000 hardware, one ACSLS instance and the appropriate ACSLS license.   
• ACSLS on the feature card supports RAID-1 mirroring, with data on two separate LOH storage cards.

Dual Feature Cards

• In addition to SL4000 hardware, two ACSLS instances and two appropriate ACSLS licenses are needed.
• The ACSLS FCAT (Feature Card Application Tools) client tools are used to monitor and trigger feature card failover.
• ACSLS FCAT client tools are run from another platform.
  • The ACSLS Feature Card Availability Toolkit (FCAT) is a suite of tools and capabilities that have been both
    expanded and newly developed to provide this application support on the feature card.   
    Reference Appendix C of the ACSLS Installation Guide for more details on this.
• ACSLS replicates the state of ACSLS and its database across feature cards and LOH storage cards.
• Dual feature card support can be for ACSLS & SDP2 or ACSLS & ACSLS.

Prior to ACSLS 8.5.1, the only viable install option was as follows:

• SL4000 firmware v1.0.1.69.30201
• Feature Card with SL4000 v1.0.1.69.30201 as the base
• ACSLS 8.5.0 installed on the feature card
• Single Feature Card for ACSLS application only, only can be on Side-A

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