Dell manual Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide

3.If you are using hardware-based RAID for the internal SCSI hard-disk drives, con- figure them using the controller's BIOS utility.

4.Perform the low-level configuration of the HBAs.

5.Install and configure the Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server operating system on each node and the latest Windows 2000 Service Pack.

See the Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 Platform Guide for more informa- tion on the latest supported service pack.

6.During the installation, check to install the Cluster Service files when prompted. You will configure the Cluster Service later.

7.Configure the public and private NIC interconnects in each node, and place the interconnects on separate IP subnetworks using static IP addresses.

NOTES: Public refers to the NIC used for client connections. Private refers to the dedicated cluster interconnect.

If you are using Giganet cLAN Host Adapters or a Giganet cLAN Cluster Switch, see the Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for more information.

8.Update the miniport driver for the Fibre Channel HBAs in each node.

9.Install the QLogic Fibre Channel configuration software.

10.Install Dell OpenManage Application Transparent Failover (ATF) on each node and reboot.

11.Install Dell OpenManage Managed Node (Data Agent) on each node.

12.Install Dell OpenManage Data Supervisor or Dell OpenManage Data Administra- tor on node A. From node A, configure the RAID level on the storage system.

13.Using the Windows 2000 Disk Management applet, partition, format, and assign drive letters to the Fibre Channel hard-disk drives in the shared storage system. Repeat drive letter assignments on node B for each volume.

NOTICE: Do not upgrade cluster disks or volumes to dynamic disks. Microsoft requires basic disk configuration for cluster disks.

14.Install and configure the Cluster Service software on each node. Before reboot- ing, you must reinstall the service pack.

NOTE: If you reinstall the Cluster Service software, you must reinstall the Windows 2000 service pack.

15.Verify the functionality of the cluster.

16.Configure the Dell OpenManage Managed Node (Agent) to run in a cluster environment.

17.Install and set up your application programs.

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