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Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE300 and SL300
PLATFORM GUIDE
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Notes, Notices, Cautions, and Warnings Throughout this guide, blocks of text may be accompanied by an icon and printed in bold type or in italic type. These blocks are notes, notices, cautions, and warnings, and they are used as follows: NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer system. 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 potenti
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Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE300 and SL300 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 operating system for the following Dell PowerEdge Cluster products and components: Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE300 — Servers: PowerEdge 1550, 2400, 2450, 2500, 2550, 4400, 6400, 6450, and 8450 — Storage: PowerVault™ 200S, 201S, 210S, and 211S — Cluster interconnect: Fast Etherne
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PowerEdge Cluster SE300 and SL300 PowerEdge Clusters SE300 and SL300 support 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 for your Windows operating system. Windows 2000 Advanced Server Installation instructions for hardware configurations using Windows 2000 Advanced Server Service Pack 1 (SP1) or later can be found in the Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE300 and SL
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Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack Support Dell recommends using Windows NT SP 6.0a or later for PowerEdge Cluster SE300 and SL300 systems. NOTE: Both nodes must be configured with similar drivers (network interface control- ler [NIC], redundant array of independent disks [RAID] controller, and so on), utilities (Dell OpenManage™ Array Manager), firmware (PowerEdge expandable RAID control- ler [PERC] 3/DC), and the latest basic input/output system (BIOS) for each system. PERC 3/DC Installation You mu
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Adding Peripherals Required for PowerEdge 2400 Cluster Nodes WARNING: Hardware installation should be performed only by trained service technicians. Before working inside the computer system, see the safety instructions in your PowerEdge System Information document to avoid a situation that could cause serious injury or death. The following list provides PCI slot assignment information for buses, RAID controllers, NICs, and a Dell OpenManage Remote Assistant Card (DRAC). PCI buses — PCI
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Adding Peripherals Required for PowerEdge 2450 Cluster Nodes WARNING: Hardware installation should be performed only by trained service technicians. Before working inside the computer system, see the safety instructions in your PowerEdge System Information document to avoid a situation that could cause serious injury or death. The following list provides PCI slot assignment information for the system’s buses, RAID controllers, NICs, and DRAC. PCI buses — PCI bus 1: PCI slots 1 through 3
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Adding Peripherals Required for PowerEdge 2500 Cluster Nodes WARNING: Hardware installation should be performed only by trained service technicians. Before working inside the computer system, see the safety instructions in your PowerEdge System Information document to avoid a situation that could cause serious injury or death. The following list provides PCI slot assignment information for buses, RAID controllers, NICs, and a DRAC. PCI buses — PCI bus 1: PCI slots 6 and 7 are 32-bit, 33
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Adding Peripherals Required for PowerEdge 2550 Cluster Nodes WARNING: Hardware installation should be performed only by trained service technicians. Before working inside the computer system, see the safety instructions in your PowerEdge System Information document to avoid a situation that could cause serious injury or death. The following list provides PCI slot assignment information for buses, RAID controllers, NICs, and a DRAC. PCI buses — PCI bus 1: PCI slots 1, 2, and 3 are 64-bit,
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Adding Peripherals Required for PowerEdge 4400 Cluster Nodes WARNING: Hardware installation should be performed only by trained service technicians. Before working inside the system, see the safety instructions in your PowerEdge System Information document to avoid a situation that could cause serious injury or death. The following list provides PCI slot assignment information for the system’s PCI buses, RAID controllers, NICs, and DRAC. PCI buses — PCI bus 1: PCI slots 1 and 2 are 64-bi
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Adding Peripherals Required for PowerEdge 6400 and 6450 Systems Platform Support WARNING: Hardware installation should be performed only by trained service technicians. Before working inside the system, see the safety instructions in your PowerEdge System Information document to avoid a situation that could cause serious injury or death. The following list provides PCI slot assignment information for the system’s PCI buses, RAID controllers, NICs, and DRAC. PCI buses — PCI bus 1: PCI slo
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Adding Peripherals Required for PowerEdge 8450 Cluster Nodes WARNING: Hardware installation should be performed only by trained service technicians. Before working inside the system, see the safety instructions in your PowerEdge System Information document to avoid a situation that could cause serious injury or death. The following list provides PCI slot assignment information for the system’s PCI buses, RAID controllers, NICs, and DRAC. PCI buses — PCI bus 1: PCI slots 1 and 2 are 64-bi
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PowerEdge Cluster SE300 and SL300 Configuration Matrix Form The following form can be attached to the back of each cluster node or rack and can 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 following information on the configuration matrix form: Cluster name, installer, date installed, and notes Cluster server information
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PowerEdge Cluster SE300 and SL300 Configuration Matrix Form Cluster Type PowerEdge Cluster SE300 or SL300 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 N
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Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE300 et SL300 GUIDE DE PLATE-FORME www.dell.com support.dell.com
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Remarques, avis, précautions et avertissements Dans ce guide, certains blocs de texte sont accompagnés d’une icône et imprimés en caractères gras ou en italique. Ces blocs sont des remarques, des avis, des précautions et des avertissements utilisés comme suit : REMARQUE : Une REMARQUE indique des informations importantes qui vous aident à utiliser votre système informatique au mieux. AVIS : Un AVIS vous avertit dun risque de dommage matériel ou de perte de données et vous indique comment év
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Guide de plate-forme des Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE300 et SL300 Ce guide présente les toutes dernières informations concernant l'utilisation du ® ® système d'exploitation Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Enterprise Edition et ® du système d'exploitation Windows 2000 Advanced Server pour les produits et composants Dell PowerEdge Cluster suivants : Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE300 — Serveurs : PowerEdge 1550, 2400, 2450, 2500, 2550, 4400, 6400, 6450 et 8450 — Stockage : PowerVault™ 200S, 2
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PowerEdge Cluster SE300 et SL300 Les PowerEdge Clusters SE300 et SL300 prennent en charge le groupage avec Windows NT Server 4.0, Enterprise Edition ou Windows 2000 Advanced Server. Reportez-vous aux sections suivantes pour de plus amples informations sur les configurations et les kits de service pris en charge pour votre système d'exploitation Windows. Windows 2000 Advanced Server Les instructions pour installer des configurations matérielles à l'aide de Windows 2000 Advanced Server Servic
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Prise en charge du kit de service Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack Dell conseille d'utiliser Windows NT SP 6.0a ou une version ultérieure pour les systèmes PowerEdge Cluster SE300 et SL300. REMARQUE : Les deux nœuds doivent être configurés pour chaque système avec des pilotes (NIC [Network Interface Controller (contrôleur d'interface réseau)], contrô- leur RAID [Redundant Array of Independent Disks (matrice redondante de disques indépendants)] et ainsi de suite), des utilitaires (Dell OpenManage™
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NIC — Vous pouvez installer des NIC dans n'importe quel logement PCI disponible. — Dell vous conseille d'installer les cartes Giganet cLAN dans les logements de 64 bits. REMARQUE : Pour que le contrôleur SCSI (Small Computer System Interface [interface système de micro-ordinateur]) ou RAID connecté aux unités d'amorçage soit le premier à s'initialiser, vous devrez peut-être changer l'ordre de balayage du bus PCI, si le BIOS prend en charge cette option, ou bien changer l'ordre du RAID et
