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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Contents
Chapter 1
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
PowerEdge Cluster Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Minimum System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Basic Installation Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Adding Peripherals Required for Clustering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Setting Up the Cluster Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Cabling the Cluster Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Updating System BIOS/Firmware for Clustering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Setting Up the Shared Storage Subsystem Hard-Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Setting Up the Internal SCSI Hard-Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Installing and Configuring Windows NT Server Enterprise Edition. . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Installing and Configuring the Microsoft Cluster Server Software . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Installing PowerEdge Cluster Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Checking the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Chapter 2
Cabling the Cluster Hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Cluster Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
One Shared Storage Subsystem Cabled to a Cluster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Two SDS 100 Storage Systems Cabled to a Single RAID Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Two SDS 100 Storage Systems Cabled to Dual RAID Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
SMB Cabling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
NIC Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Power Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Mouse, Keyboard, and Monitor Cabling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Disconnecting SCSI Cables While the Cluster Is Running. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7










