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Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE100, SE200, and SL200 Platform Guide

Dell™ PowerEdge™ Cluster SE100,

SE200, and SL200 Platform Guide

This guide provides the latest information on using Microsoft

Windows NT

Server

4.0, Enterprise Edition operating system and Windows

2000 Advanced Server oper-

ating system for the following Dell PowerEdge Cluster products and components:

•

Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE100

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Servers: PowerEdge 2300, 4300, 4350, 6300, and 6350

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Storage: PowerVault™ 200S, 201S, 210S, and 211S

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Cluster interconnect: Fast Ethernet

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Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE200

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Servers: PowerEdge 2300, 2400, 2450, 4300, 4350, 4400, 6300, 6350,
6400, 6450 and 8450

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Storage: PowerVault 200S, 201S, 210S, and 211S

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Cluster interconnect: Fast Ethernet

•

Dell PowerEdge Cluster SL200

—

Servers: PowerEdge 2300, 2400, 2450, 4300, 4350, 4400, 6300,6350, 6400,
6450 and 8450

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Storage: PowerVault 200S, 201S, 210S, and 211S

—

Cluster interconnect: Giganet cLAN

See the section related to your cluster product for more information on supported
configurations.

NOTE: Configurations not listed in this document are not certified and are not sup-
ported by Dell or Microsoft.

Summary of Contents for POWEREDGE CLUSTER SE100

Page 1: ...Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE100 SE200 and SL200 PLATFORM GUIDE www dell com support dell com ...

Page 2: ... which if not avoided could result in death or serious bodily injury ____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice 1999 2000 Dell Computer Corporation All rights reserved Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Computer Cor poration is strictly forbidden Trademarks used in this text Dell the DELL logo PowerEdge PowerVault...

Page 3: ...NT Server 4 0 Enterprise Edition 5 Windows NT 4 0 Service Pack Support 6 PERC 2 DC Installation 6 Adding Peripherals Required for PowerEdge 2400 Cluster Nodes 6 Adding Peripherals Required for PowerEdge 2450 Cluster Nodes 7 Adding Peripherals Required for PowerEdge 4400 Cluster Nodes 8 Adding Peripherals Required for PowerEdge 6400 and 6450 Systems Platform Support 8 Adding Peripherals Required fo...

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Page 5: ... Storage PowerVault 200S 201S 210S and 211S Cluster interconnect Fast Ethernet Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE200 Servers PowerEdge 2300 2400 2450 4300 4350 4400 6300 6350 6400 6450 and 8450 Storage PowerVault 200S 201S 210S and 211S Cluster interconnect Fast Ethernet Dell PowerEdge Cluster SL200 Servers PowerEdge 2300 2400 2450 4300 4350 4400 6300 6350 6400 6450 and 8450 Storage PowerVault 200S 201S 21...

Page 6: ...erver PowerEdge 2300 PowerEdge 4300 PowerEdge 4350 PowerEdge 6300 PowerEdge 6350 NOTE Heterogeneous server clusters mixed server models are not supported with PowerEdge Cluster SE100 configurations running Windows 2000 Advanced Server Windows NT 4 0 Server Enterprise Edition You can find installation instructions for supported hardware configurations using Windows NT Server 4 0 Enterprise Edition ...

Page 7: ...cians Before working inside the computer system see the safety instructions in your PowerEdge system documentation to avoid a situation that could cause serious injury or death The following list provides Peripheral Component Interconnect PCI slot assignment information for buses RAID controllers NICs and the Dell OpenManage Remote Assistant Card 2 DRAC 2 PCI buses PCI bus 1 PCI slots 1 through 4 ...

Page 8: ...alance the load on the system NICs You can install NICs in any available PCI slot DRAC 2 If you are currently using a DRAC 2 or plan to use one in the future install it in PCI slot 3 NOTE To make sure that the SCSI or RAID controller attached to the boot drives initializes first you may have to change the scan order of the PCI bus if the BIOS sup ports this option or change the order of the RAID c...

Page 9: ...0 Advanced Server Windows NT Server 4 0 Enterprise Edition Your PowerEdge Clusters SE200 and SL200 support the following PowerEdge servers as cluster nodes in homogeneous pairs same server with Windows NT Server 4 0 Enterprise Edition PowerEdge 2400 PowerEdge 2450 PowerEdge 4400 PowerEdge 6400 PowerEdge 6450 PowerEdge 8450 The following combinations of PowerEdge server cluster nodes are supported ...

Page 10: ...ter system see the safety instructions in your PowerEdge system documentation to avoid a situation that could cause serious injury or death The following list provides PCI slot assignment information for buses RAID control lers NICs and a DRAC 2 NOTE The PERC 2 DC comes fitted with an ISA retainer the extension bracket at the edge of the PCI card to allow it to fit into a full length ISA expansion...

Page 11: ...and DRAC 2 NOTE The PERC 2 DC comes fitted with an ISA retainer the extension bracket at the edge of the PCI card to allow it to fit into a full length ISA expansion slot You may need to remove the ISA retainer from systems that use full length PCI expansion slots To remove the ISA retainer use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the two screws that fasten the retainer to the PERC 2 DC PCI buses PCI ...

Page 12: ...on separate PCI buses to balance the load on the system NOTICE The PERC 2 DC is keyed to prevent installation in a 64 bit 33 66 MHz PCI slot NICs You can install NICs in any available PCI slot DRAC 2 If you are currently using a DRAC 2 or plan to use one in the future install it in PCI slot 7 NOTE To make sure that the SCSI or RAID controller attached to the boot drives initializes first you may h...

Page 13: ...ake sure that the SCSI or RAID controller attached to the boot drives initializes first you may have to change the scan order of the PCI bus if the BIOS supports this option or change the order of the RAID NIC and DRAC 2 Performing these tasks ensures that Windows numbers the boot drives in the proper sequence Adding Peripherals Required for PowerEdge 8450 Cluster Nodes WARNING Hardware installati...

Page 14: ...NICs can be installed in any available PCI slot DRAC 2 If you are currently using a DRAC 2 or plan to use one in the future install it in PCI slot 2 NOTE To make sure that the SCSI or RAID controller attached to the boot drives ini tializes first you may have to change the scan order of the PCI bus if the system BIOS supports this option or change the order of the RAID NIC and DRAC 2 Per forming t...

Page 15: ...vity information to indicate the SCSI connector A or B on each shared storage system that connects to the RAID controller channel A or B on each shared storage system see the PowerEdge Cluster Configuration Matrix for spe cific instructions Each cluster node s PCI slot number a description of each slot the adapters installed in each slot and a usage description for each adapter installed ...

Page 16: ...rray Description Drive letters RAID types applications data installed Storage 1 Storage 2 Component Node 1 Node 2 Storage 1 1 Storage 2 2 Service Tag System Storage 1 Storage 2 Node 1 controller 1 Node 2 controller 1 Node 1 controller 2 Node 2 controller 2 PCI Slot Number PCI Slot Description Adapter Installed PERC 2 SC NIC and so on Usage Public Network Private Network Shared Storage Internal Dri...

Page 17: ...D types applications data installed Storage 1 Storage 2 Storage 3 Storage 4 Component Node 1 Node 2 Storage 1 Storage 2 Storage 3 Storage 4 Service Tag System Storage 1 Storage 2 Storage 3 Storage 4 Node 1 controller 1 Node 2 controller 1 Node 1 controller 2 Node 2 controller 2 PCI Slot Number PCI Slot Description Adapter Installed PERC 2 SC PERC 2 DC NIC and so on Usage Public Network Private Net...

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