Service Manual

Installation Guide 7

• Mellanox ConnectX and ConnectX-2 DDR and QDR Infiniband network

devices as the cluster interconnect.

• Dell PowerVault MD1200, MD1220, MD3200, MD3220, MD 3200i, and

MD3220i storage arrays attached to the head node or Dell EqualLogic

PS5000 and PS6000 series SAN arrays connected using iSCSI on the head

node.

Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 is supported on the following Intel-based

systems, storage, and network devices:

• PowerEdge R710 system as the head node and PowerEdge R410, R610,

M610, M610x, and M910 systems as the compute nodes.

• Embedded Broadcom network devices as both the public interface and the

cluster interconnect.

• Mellanox ConnectX and ConnectX-2 DDR and QDR Infiniband network

devices as the cluster interconnect.

• Dell PowerVault MD1200, MD1220, MD3200, MD3220, MD3200i, and

MD3220i storage arrays attached to the head node or Dell EqualLogic

PS5000 and PS6000 series SAN arrays connected using iSCSI on the

head node.

Setting Up Your Cluster

Configure the head node. The configuration steps differ depending on the

head node installation. The head node of the cluster is either preinstalled

with the operating system or is shipped without installing the operating

system.

• If the node is preinstalled with the operating system, see "Configuring

Your Factory-Installed Head Node" on page 8.

• If the operating system is not preinstalled on the head node, or if the

head node operating system needs to be reinstalled, see "Installing

Windows Server 2008 R2 HPC Edition on a Non-Factory Installed Head

Node" on page 9.

Join the head node to a Microsoft Active Directory domain. For more

information, see "Promoting System to Domain Controller and Installing

DNS" on page 10.

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