Manual de instrucciones de Dell PowerEdge FE655W

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Dell™ PowerEdge™ Cluster
FE655W Systems
Platform Guide
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Contents Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Supported Cluster Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 System Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Rules and Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Attaching Your Cluster to a Shared Storage System in a Direct-Attached Cluster Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Rules and Guidelin

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CAUTION: Only trained service technicians are authorized to remove the system cover and access any of the components inside the system. Before performing any procedure, see your Product Information Guide for complete information about safety precautions, working inside the computer, and protecting against electrostatic discharge. ® ® NOTE: Unless explicitly stated, reference to Microsoft Windows Server 2003 in this guide implies reference to Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition

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Supported Cluster Configurations This section provides information about supported cluster configurations for your PowerEdge Cluster FE655W solution. Table 1-1 provides a list of supported cluster configurations for the PowerEdge Cluster FE655W solution running Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition on a PowerEdge 1855/1955 server enclosure. NOTE: The server modules used in a cluster, including their Fibre Channel daughter cards, must be identical. NOTE: The PowerEdge Cluster FE655W solution

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System Configurations The PowerEdge Cluster FE655W solution supports the following Fibre Channel configurations:  Fibre Channel embedded switches connected to external SAN fabrics  Fibre Channel embedded switches connected to up to two storage systems  Fibre Channel pass-through modules connected to a storage system  Fibre Channel pass-through modules connected to external SAN fabrics Rules and Guidelines When configuring your cluster, all cluster nodes must contain identical versions of the

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Attaching Your Cluster to a Shared Storage System in a Direct-Attached Cluster Configuration This section provides the rules and guidelines for attaching your cluster nodes to the shared storage system using a direct connection (without Fibre Channel switches). In a direct-attached configuration, both the cluster nodes are connected directly to the storage system. Rules and Guidelines The rules and guidelines described in Table 1-2 apply to direct-attached clusters. Table 1-2. Direct-Attached

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Attaching Your Cluster to a Shared Storage System in a SAN-Attached Configuration A PowerEdge Cluster FE655W solution may include the following hardware components in a SAN configuration:  Multiple clusters and non-clustered server modules, but is limited to no more than two PowerEdge 1855/1955 server enclosures.  The supported storage system configurations using internal fabrics include: – One Dell|EMC storage system – Two Dell|EMC storage systems – One Dell|EMC storage system and one Del

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Table 1-3. Rules and Guidelines for Dell PowerEdge Clusters (continued) Rule/Guideline Description Ethernet module Two Gigabit Ethernet pass-through modules. Fibre Channel module  Two Brocade SilkWorm 3014/4016 Fibre Channel switch modules.  *Two McData 4314/4416 Fibre Channel switch modules.  Two Fibre Channel pass-through modules. Fibre Channel switch Brocade SilkWorm 200E, *3250, *3850, *4100, *5000, and (external SAN) McData Sphereon *4400, *4500, *4700 switches. Fibre Channel Redundant