Personal Computer User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Safety Instructions
- Preface
- Getting Started
- PowerEdge Cluster Components
- Minimum System Requirements
- Basic Installation Procedure
- Adding Peripherals Required for Clustering
- Setting Up the Cluster Hardware
- Cabling the Cluster Hardware
- Updating System BIOS/Firmware for Clustering
- Setting Up the Shared Storage Subsystem Hard-Disk...
- Setting Up the Internal SCSI Hard-Disk Drives
- Installing and Configuring Windows NT Server Enter...
- Installing and Configuring the Microsoft Cluster S...
- Installing PowerEdge Cluster Applications
- Checking the System
- Cabling the Cluster Hardware
- Configuring the Cluster Software
- Low-Level Software Configuration
- High-Level Software Configuration
- Installing Intel LANDesk® Server Manager
- Choosing a Domain Model
- Static IP Addresses
- IPs and Subnet Masks
- Configuring Separate Networks on a Cluster
- Changing the IP Address of a Cluster Node
- Naming and Formatting Shared Drives
- Driver for the RAID Controller
- Updating the NIC Driver
- Adjusting the Paging File Size and Registry Sizes...
- Verifying the Cluster Functionality
- Uninstalling Microsoft Cluster Server
- Removing a Node From a Cluster
- Setting Up the Quorum Resource
- Using the ftdisk Driver
- Cluster RAID Controller Functionality
- Running Applications on a Cluster
- Troubleshooting
- Upgrading to a Cluster Configuration
- Stand-Alone and Rack Configurations
- Cluster Data Sheet
- PowerEdge Cluster Configuration Matrix
- Regulatory Compliance
- Safety Information for Technicians
- Warranties and Return Policy
- Index

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Appendix G, “Warranties and Return Policy,”
describes the warranty information pertaining to the
system.
O
ther Documentation You May
Need
You may need to reference the following documentation
when performing the procedures in this guide:
•
The Dell PowerEdge 4200 Systems User’s Guide,
which describes system features and technical speci-
fications, small computer system interface (SCSI)
device drivers, the System Setup program, software
support, and the system configuration utility.
•
The Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 Storage System
Installation and Service Guide, which provides
installation and operation instructions for the
PowerEdge SDS 100 storage system.
•
The Intel LANDesk Server Manager software,
which includes a CD containing the server manager
software and the following documents: LANDesk
Server Manager Setup Guide, LANDesk Server
Manager User’s Guide, LANDesk Server Control
Installation and User’s Guide, and LANDesk Server
Monitor Module Installation and User’s Guide.
•
The Dell Hardware Instrumentation Package for
Intel LANDesk Server Manager User’s Guide, which
provides installation and configuration procedures as
well as the alert messages issued by this server man-
agement software.
•
The Using the Dell Server Assistant CD document,
which provides instructions for using the Dell Server
Assistant CD.
You may also have one or more of the following
documents:
•
The Dell PowerEdge Rack-Mountable Solutions
Installation Guide, Dell PowerEdge 4xxx and 6xxx
Systems Rack Kit Installation Guide, and Dell
PowerEdge SDS 100 Storage System Rack Installation
Guide, which provide detailed instructions for install-
ing the cluster components in a rack.
•
The following documents accompany the Dell
PowerEdge Expandable Redundant Array of Inex-
pensive Disks (RAID) Controller: Dell PowerEdge
Expandable RAID Controller User’s Guide, Dell
PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller Client
User’s Guide, Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID
Controller General Alert Server User’s Guide, and
Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller Bat-
tery Backup Module User’s Guide.
•
Documentation for the Microsoft Windows NT
Server Enterprise Edition operating system is
included with the system if you ordered the operat-
ing system software from Dell. This documentation
describes how to install (if necessary), configure,
and use the operating system software.
•
Documentation is included with any options you
purchase separately from the system. This documen-
tation includes information that you need to
configure and install these options in the Dell
computer.
•
Technical information files—sometimes called
“readme” files—may be installed on the hard-disk
drive to provide last-minute updates about technical
changes to the system or advanced technical refer-
ence material intended for experienced users or
technicians.
NOTE: Documentation updates are sometimes included
with the system to describe changes to the system or soft-
ware. Always read these updates
before
consulting any
other documentation because the updates often contain infor-
mation that supersedes the information in the other
documents.
N
otational Conventions
The following subsections list notational conventions
used in this document.
Warnings, Cautions, and Notes
Throughout this guide, there may be blocks of text
printed in bold type within boxes or in italic type. These
blocks are warnings, cautions, and notes, and they are
used as follows:
WARNING: A WARNING indicates the potential
for bodily harm and tells you how to avoid the
problem.










