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Chapter 1 # Planning Your Installation Plan the installation and configuration of your cluster thoroughly to avoid setbacks and delays. Before you start to install the software on your cluster, verify that you have the required installation hardware and cluster hardware. For information about planning your cluster and choosing the method of installation, see the Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 6/03 Overview. For information about the supported hardware, see the Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 6/03 Hardware Guide. The Foundation Services product provides two ways of installing software on the cluster: Installation with the `nhinstall` tool. The `nhinstall` tool enables you to install the Foundation Services on a cluster. This tool is flexible and provides various configuration options that you can adapt to your requirements. However, the `nhinstall` tool only supports the installation of master-eligible nodes and diskless nodes. For more information, see Part II, Installing and Configuring Software on the Cluster Using the `nhinstall` Tool. Manual installation. You can manually install the software on a cluster that contains master-eligible nodes and diskless nodes or dataless nodes. Manual installation provides greater flexibility when installing components of the Foundation Services. However, a manual installation can result in a cluster configuration that is not easily reproducible on other clusters. For more information, see Part III, Manually Installing and Configuring the Software on the Cluster.
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