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

Index 3
PowerEdge Cluster
checking the functionality, 3-5
components, 1-1
getting started, 1-1
installation overview, 1-3
layout, 1-2
minimum system requirements, 1-2
PowerEdge RAID Console
rebuild operation, 3-9
using the maximize feature, 3-8
PowerEdge Scalable Disk System 100. See SDS 100
storage system
Print Spooler service, 4-3
Q
quorum resource
setting up, 3-8
R
rack configuration
Dell-supported, B-5
rack certification, B-2, B-6
safety notices, B-2
stability warnings, B-2, B-6
RAID controller
disabling the BIOS, 3-2
driver, 3-4
functionality, 3-8
location on PCI bus, 1-4, A-1
setting SCSI IDs, 3-2
verifying the driver, 3-6
RAID level
setting for internal hard-disk drives, 3-2
setting for shared storage subsystem, 3-2
rebuild
incomplete, 3-8
operation in RAID Console, 3-9
rate, 3-8
rediscovery application, 4-4
registry size, 3-5
return policy, G-2
S
safety
information for technicians, F-1
notices, B-2
preventing electrostatic discharge, vi
SCSI
disconnecting cables, 2-7
SCSI ID
setting, 3-2
verifying, 3-6
SDS 100 storage system
cabling, 2-1, 2-3, 2-4
upgrading the firmware, A-3
verifying operation, 3-5
shared storage subsystem
assigning drive letters, 3-4
setting the RAID level, 3-2
verifying drive letters, 3-6
small computer system interface. See SCSI
SMB
cabling, 2-5
stand-alone configurations
containing one SDS 100 storage system, B-3
containing two SDS 100 storage systems, B-4
Dell-supported, B-2
system configuration utility
updating for clustering, A-3
system management bus. See SMB
system requirements, 1-2










