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
1-2 Dell PowerEdge Cluster (PowerEdge 4200) Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
Figure 1-1. PowerEdge Cluster Layout
M
inimum System Requirements
NOTE: If you are upgrading an existing system to a
PowerEdge Cluster, check this list to ensure that your
upgrade meets these requirements.
The PowerEdge Cluster requires the following minimum
system hardware configuration:
•
Two PowerEdge 4200 systems with the following
configuration:
— One or two 233-megahertz (MHz), one or two
266-MHz, or one or two 300-MHz Intel
®
Pentium
®
II microprocessors with at least
512 kilobytes (KB) of level 2 (L2) cache.
—
128 megabytes (MB) of random-access memory
(RAM).
— A minimum of one PowerEdge Expandable
RAID Controller in each PowerEdge system
with 16 MB of
single in-line memory module
(SIMM) memory. This controller must have
cluster-specific firmware and must be installed
in Peripheral Component Interconnect [PCI]
slot 7. A second cluster RAID controller can be
added to slot 5, but the first cluster RAID
controller must be installed in slot 7.
— Two 4-GB internal SCSI hard-disk drives (three
drives are required for an internal RAID 5
configuration).
— Two Ethernet NICs, installed in PCI slots 4 and
8. The LAN-connected NIC resides in PCI slot
8, and the node-to-node interconnect NIC occu-
pies slot 4.
•
Power cabling and distribution components required:
— For the Americas: Two Power Techniques
power strips with Type B plugs, Model P905200
— For Europe: One or two Marway power distri-
bution units (PDUs), Model MPD-411013 or
two Power Techniques power strips with Type B
plugs, Model P906200
•
One or two SDS 100 storage system(s) for the shared
disk resource with the following configuration:
— Cluster-specific basic input/output system
(BIOS) upgrade for the PowerEdge systems for
turning the SDS 100 storage system backplane
into a 1 x 8 mode (one SCSI channel with up to
eight hard-disk drives) when two RAID control-
lers are present.
3Com SuperStack II
Switch 3000 TX
PowerEdge 4200
systems (2)
PowerEdge SDS 100
storage systems (1 or 2)
with RAID