Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE100, User Manual

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Preface
This guide provides information about the Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100
Datacenter Server solution. This information includes procedures for installing, config-
uring, and troubleshooting the hardware and software components of PowerEdge
Cluster FE100/FL100 Datacenter Server configurations.
The chapters and appendixes in this guide are summarized as follows:
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Chapter 1, “Getting Started,” provides an overview of PowerEdge Cluster
FE100/FL100 Datacenter Server.
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Chapter 2, “Installation Overview,” provides an overview of the installation pro-
cess for PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 Datacenter Server configurations.
Procedures are located throughout this guide.
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Chapter 3, “Preparing PowerEdge and PowerVault Systems for Clustering“pro-
vides information on adding peripherals and Fibre Channel host bus adapters.
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Chapter 4, “Cabling the Cluster Hardware,“provides instructions for properly
cabling the system hardware components.
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Chapter 5, “Configuring Storage Systems (Low-Level Configuration),“provides
information for configuring software and external shared storage.
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Chapter 6, “Configuring the System Software“provides the software configura-
tion options necessary for setting up the cluster.
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Chapter 7, “Installing Cluster Management and Systems Management Soft-
ware,“provides information on software tools for configuring and administering a
cluster including how to run Cluster Administrator locally on a cluster node and
how to install it on a remote console.
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Chapter 8, “Upgrading Your PowerEdge System to a Cluster Configuration,“pro-
vides procedures for upgrading your noncluster system to a PowerEdge Cluster
FE100/FL100 Datacenter Server configuration if the components of the cluster
hardware are already present.
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Chapter 9, “Maintaining the Cluster“provides information on maintaining
PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 Datacenter Server configurations.
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Chapter 10, “SAN Components,” provides detailed information on storage area
network (SAN)-attached cluster configurations for the Dell PowerEdge Cluster
FE100/FL100 Datacenter Server configuration.