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Dell™ PowerEdge™ Cluster FE300
Platform Guide
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Notes, Notices, and Cautions NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. ____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2002 Dell Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any m
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This document provides information for installing and connecting peripheral hardware, storage, and storage area network (SAN) components to your Dell™ PowerEdge™ Cluster FE300 system. The configuration information in this document is specific to ® ® the Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server operating system. This document covers the following topics: Configuration information for installing peripheral hardware components, such as HBAs, NICs, and PCI adapter cards into PowerEdge Cluster F
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Windows 2000 Advanced Server Cluster Configurations This section provides information on the Windows 2000 Advanced Server service pack and supported HBAs and HBA drivers for your PowerEdge cluster configuration. NOTICE: HBAs installed in PowerEdge clusters using redundant paths must be identical. PowerEdge cluster configurations are tested and certified using identical HBAs installed in all of the cluster nodes. Using dissimilar HBAs in your cluster nodes is not supported. Windows 2000 Adv
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HBA Connectors Only optical HBA connectors are supported. Rules and Guidelines When configuring your PowerEdge cluster, both cluster nodes must contain identical versions of the following: Operating systems and service packs Hardware drivers for the NICs, HBAs, and any other peripheral hardware components Systems management software, such as Dell OpenManage™ systems management ® software and EMC Navisphere™ storage management software Obtaining More Information See the Dell PowerEdge Clu
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Table 1-3. PCI Slot Assignments for PowerEdge Cluster Nodes PowerEdge PCI Buses HBA DRAC II or III RAID Controller System 1550 PCI bus 1: PCI slot 1 is 64-bit, Install HBAs in any N/A N/A 66 MHz PCI slot. PCI bus 2: PCI slot 2 is 64-bit, 66 MHz 1650 Standard riser board: Install HBA in any Install the new or Install in any PCI bus 2: PCI slot 1 is 64-bit, PCI slot. existing DRAC III available PCI slot. 66 MHz in the 32-bit, 33 MHz slot. PCI bus 2: PCI slot 2 is 64-bit, NOTE: Install the 66
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Table 1-3. PCI Slot Assignments for PowerEdge Cluster Nodes (continued) PowerEdge PCI Buses HBA DRAC II or III RAID Controller System 2600 PCI bus 1: PCI slot 1 is 32-bit, For dual HBA N/A An integrated 33 MHz configurations, Dell RAID controller is recommends installing installed on the PCI bus 2: PCI slots 6 and 7 are the HBAs on separate system board. 64-bit, 133 MHz PCI buses to balance the NOTE: To activate PCI bus 4: PCI slots 2 through 5 load on the system. the integrated are 64-b
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Table 1-3. PCI Slot Assignments for PowerEdge Cluster Nodes (continued) PowerEdge PCI Buses HBA DRAC II or III RAID Controller System 6400 PCI bus 0: PCI slot 1 is 32-bit, For dual HBA Install the new or N/A 33-MHz configurations, Dell existing DRAC II in recommends installing PCI slot 1. PCI bus 1: PCI slots 2 through 5 the HBAs on separate are 64-bit, 33-MHz PCI buses (PCI buses 1 PCI bus 2: PCI slots 6 and 7 are and 2) to balance the 64-bit, 33/66-MHz load on the system. 6450 PCI bus 0:
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Table 1-3. PCI Slot Assignments for PowerEdge Cluster Nodes (continued) PowerEdge PCI Buses HBA DRAC II or III RAID Controller System 6650 PCI bus 0: PCI slot 1 is 32-bit, For dual HBA Install the new or Install the RAID 33 MHz configurations, Dell existing DRAC III in controller in PCI recommends installing slot 1. slot 2 or 3. PCI/PCI-X bus 1: PCI slot 2 and the HBAs on separate 3 are 64-bit, 33–100 MHz PCI buses to balance the PCI/PCI-X bus 2: PCI slot 4 and load on the system. 5 are 64
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Table 1-4. Direct-Attached Clusters Rules and Guidelines Rule/Guideline Description Primary storage Each cluster can support up to 22 shared logical disks. Only one storage system can be direct-attached to the cluster. Fibre Channel HBAs Emulex LP9002L or QLogic QLA2340. supported Emulex driver version 5-2.11a2 or later. QLogic driver version 8.1.5.20 or later. Operating system Each direct-attached cluster must run Windows 2000 Advanced Server. Windows 2000 Advanced Windows 2000 Advanced Serv
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Rules and Guidelines The following rules and guidelines described in Table 1-5 apply to SAN-attached clusters. Table 1-5. SAN-Attached Clusters Rules and Guidelines Rule/Guideline Description Primary storage Each cluster can support up to 22 shared logical disks. Up to four Dell | EMC Fibre Channel disk arrays are supported on aSAN. Secondary storage Up to two PowerVault™ 136T DLT libraries. Any system attached to the SAN can share these devices. Fibre Channel switch Redundant switch fabrics re
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Table 1-5. SAN-Attached Clusters Rules and Guidelines (continued) Rule/Guideline Description Additional software EMC ATF; version 2.1.6 or later. application programs EMC Navisphere Agent 5.3 or later. EMC Navisphere Manager 5.3 or later. EMC PowerPath 3.0.0 or later (requires Navisphere 6.05 or later). EMC MirrorView™ version 1.40 or later (requires Navisphere 6.05 or later). EMC SnapView™ version 1.40 or later (requires Navisphere 6.05 or later). Emulex Configuration Utility version 1.41a4 o
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Dell™ PowerEdge™ Cluster FE300 Guide des plates-formes www.dell.com | support.dell.com
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Remarques, avis et précautions REMARQUE : Une REMARQUE indique une information importante qui peut vous aider à mieux utiliser votre ordinateur AVIS : Un AVIS vous avertit d’un risque de dommage matériel ou de perte de données et vous indique comment éviter le problème. PRÉCAUTION : Une PRÉCAUTION indique un risque de dommage matériel, de blessure ou de mort. ____________________ Les informations contenues dans ce document sont sujettes à modification sans préavis. © 2002 Dell Computer Co
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Ce document fournit des informations sur l'installation et le branchement des composants matériels périphériques, de stockage et SAN (Storage Area Network [réseau de stockage]) sur votre système de cluster Dell™ PowerEdge™ FE300. Les informations de configuration ® ® de ce document concernent le système d'exploitation Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server. Ce document traite des sujets suivants : Informations de configuration pour l'installation de composants matériels périphériques tel
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Obtention d'informations supplémentaires Consultez le Guide d'installation et de dépannage du cluster Dell PowerEdge FE300 pour obtenir une liste détaillée des documents se rapportant à ce sujet. Configurations en cluster Windows 2000 Advanced Server Cette section fournit des informations sur le service pack Windows 2000 Advanced Server et sur les HBA et pilotes HBA pris en charge par votre configuration en cluster PowerEdge. AVIS : Les HBA installés dans les clusters PowerEdge qui utilisent
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Tableau 2-2. HBA pris en charge par les configurations en cluster PowerEdge FE300 fonctionnant sous Windows 2000 Advanced Server (suite) Système PowerEdge HBA Emulex LP9002L HBA QLogic QLA2340 2600/2650 x x 4400 x x 4600 x x 6400/6450 x x 6600/6650 x x 8450 x x Connecteurs HBA Seuls les connecteurs HBA optiques sont pris en charge. Règles et consignes Lorsque vous configurez votre cluster PowerEdge, les deux nœuds de cluster doivent contenir les versions identiques des éléments suivants :
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Installation de composants périphériques dans les logements PCI de vos nœuds de cluster PowerEdge Cette section fournit des informations de configuration concernant l'ajout de HBA, d'une DRAC II ou III et de contrôleurs RAID dans les logements PCI de vos nœuds de cluster PowerEdge. Le tableau 2-3 fournit des informations sur la configuration des nœuds de cluster PowerEdge 1550, 1650, 2500, 2550, 2600, 2650, 4400, 4600, 6400, 6450, 6600, 6650 et 8450. PRÉCAUTION : Seuls des techniciens de s
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Tableau 2-3. Affectation des logements PCI pour les nœuds de cluster PowerEdge (suite) Système Bus PCI HBA DRAC II ou III Contrôleur RAID PowerEdge 2500 Bus PCI 1 : les logements PCI 6 Pour les configurations à Si vous utilisez Installez dans un et 7 sont de 32 bits et 33 MHz. deux HBA, Dell vous actuellement une logement PCI recommande d'installer DRAC II ou si vous disponible. Bus PCI 2 : les logements PCI 3, les HBA sur des bus PCI avez l'intention d'en 4 et 5 sont de 64 bits et 33 MHz.
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Tableau 2-3. Affectation des logements PCI pour les nœuds de cluster PowerEdge (suite) Système Bus PCI HBA DRAC II ou III Contrôleur RAID PowerEdge 4400 Bus PCI 0 : les logements Pour les configurations à Installez la nouvelle ou - PCI 1 et 2 sont de 64 bits et deux HBA, Dell vous l'ancienne DRAC II 33/66MHz. recommande d'installer dans le logement PCI 7. les HBA sur des bus PCI Bus PCI 1 : les logements PCI 3 différents (bus PCI 0 à 6 sont de 64 bits et 33 MHz. et 1) afin d'équilibrer la
