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PowerEdge Cluster SE100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Windows 2000 Advanced Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Windows NT 4.0 Server, Enterprise Edition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Adding Peripherals Required for PowerEdge 2300, 4300, or 4350 . . . . . . .
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® ® This guide provides the latest information on using Microsoft Windows NT ® Server 4.0, Enterprise Edition operating system and Windows 2000 Advanced Server operating system for the following Dell PowerEdge Cluster products and components: Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE100 — Servers: PowerEdge 2300, 4300, 4350, 6300, and 6350 — Storage: PowerVault™ 200S, 201S, 210S, and 211S — Cluster interconnect: Fast Ethernet Dell PowerEdge
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The PowerEdge Cluster SE100 supports clustering with Windows NT Server 4.0, Enterprise Edition or Windows 2000 Advanced Server. See the following sections for information on supported configurations and service packs (SPs) for your Windows operating system.
Installation instructions for hardware configurations using Windows 2000 Advanced Server can be found in the Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE100, SE200, and SL200 Installation and Troubleshoo
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Windows NT SP 6.0a or later is recommended for PowerEdge Cluster SE100 systems. NOTE: Both nodes must be configured with similar drivers (network interface control- lers [NIC], redundant array of independent disks [RAID] controller, and so on), utilities (Dell OpenManage™ suite, PowerConsole, and so on), firmware (PowerEdge Expand- able RAID Controller 2/SC [PERC 2/SC]), and the latest basic input/output system [BIOS] for each system. When planning for and
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# The following list provides PCI slot assignment information for buses, RAID control- lers, NICs, and a DRAC 2. PCI buses — PCI bus 1: PCI slots 1 through 3 are 32-bit, 33-megaher
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Installation instructions for hardware configurations using Windows 2000 Advanced Server can be found in the Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE100, SE200, and SL200 Installation and Troubleshooting Guide. Your PowerEdge Cluster SE200 and SL200 system supports the following PowerEdge servers as cluster nodes in homogeneous pairs (same server) with Windows 2000 Advanced Server: PowerEdge 2400 PowerEdge 2450 PowerEdge 4400 PowerEdge 6400 PowerEdge 6450 PowerEdge
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PowerEdge 6450 - 6350 PowerEdge 8450 - 6350 PowerEdge 8450 - 6450
Windows NT SP 6.0a or later is recommended for PowerEdge Cluster SE200 and SL200 systems. NOTE: Both nodes must be configured with similar drivers (NIC, RAID controller, and so on), utilities (Dell OpenManage suite, PowerConsole, and so on), firmware (PERC 2/DC), and the latest BIOS for each system. When planning for and testing your heterogeneous configurations, ensure that ade- quate
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RAID controllers — RAID controllers can be installed in any available PCI slot. — If you use multiple RAID controllers and there are slots available, Dell recom- mends installing the RAID controllers on separate PCI buses to balance the load on the system. — If you are not currently using a DRAC 2 and do not plan to use one in the future, Dell recommends that you install one RAID controller in the 32-bit slot, even if it is a 64-bit RAID controller. NICs — You can install NICs in any avai
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NICs — NICs can be installed in any available PCI slot. Dell recommends that Giganet cLAN adapters be installed in PCI slots 1 or 2. DRAC 2 — If you are currently using a DRAC 2 or plan to use one in the future, install it in PCI slot 2. NOTES: If you plan to use a DRAC 2, one PCI slot is available for a PERC 2/DC RAID controller for shared storage. 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 PC
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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 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.
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The following forms can be attached to the back of each cluster node or rack and may be used by the system installer to record important information about the hardware on each cluster component. In addition, have a copy of the form available any time you call Dell for technical support. Record the fo
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Cluster Type PowerEdge Cluster SE100 Cluster Name Installer Date Installed Applications Location Notes Node PowerEdge Server Model Windows NT Name Node 1 Node 2 Storage Array 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 Usage (Public Net
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Cluster Type PowerEdge Cluster SE200 or SL200 Cluster Name Installer Date Installed Applications Location Notes Node PowerEdge Server Model Windows NT Name Node 1 Node 2 Storage Array Description (Drive letters, RAID types, applications/data installed) Storage 1 Storage 2 Storage 3 Storage 4 Node 1 Node 2 Storage 1 Storage 2 Storage 3 Storage 4 Component: Service Tag System Storage 1 Storage 2 Storage 3 Storage 4 Node 1, controller 1 Node 2, co
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