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

Stand-Alone and Rack Configurations B-5
S
upported Rack Configuration
Dell supports one configuration of the Dell PowerEdge
Cluster mounted in a Dell rack. The following list shows
how the cluster components must be placed in this con-
figuration, from the lowest rack position to the highest:
•
Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) (lowest rack
position)
•
First PowerEdge system
•
Keyboard tray and network switch mounted behind
the keyboard tray
•
Apex Outlook switch box
•
Second PowerEdge system
•
First PowerEdge SDS 100 storage system
•
Optional second SDS 100 storage system (highest
rack position)
Figure B-3 illustrates the Dell-supported rack configura-
tion. For instructions on installing the individual
components of the PowerEdge Cluster in a Dell rack,
refer to the Dell PowerEdge Rack-Mountable Solutions
Installation Guide. Instructions on installing the network
switch in a rack are provided in the next section.
Figure B-3. Supported Rack Configuration
UPS
first PowerEdge system
second PowerEdge system
keyboard tray
first PowerEdge SDS
100 storage system
network switch
optional second
PowerEdge SDS 100
storage system
Apex Outlook switch box










