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The PowerEdge Cluster FE100 consists of two PowerEdge 6300, 6350, or 4300 sys- tems (the nodes) equipped with two QLogic QLA-2100 or QLA-2100F host bus adapters and two or more network interface controllers (NICs) to provide a dedicated, node-to-node network interconnection and one or more Ethernet or Token-Ring local area network (LAN) segments for client connections. Each node has shared Fibre Channel connections to a Dell PowerVault™ 65xF storage system. Figure 1-1 shows an example layout of the PowerEdge Cluster FE100 components and their interconnections.
The minimum system requirements for the PowerEdge Cluster FE100 are described in the following section, “Minimum System Requirements.”
PowerEdge systems (2)
public LAN
node-to-node interconnect
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The PowerEdge Cluster FE100 requires the following minimum system hardware configuration:
‡Two PowerEdge 6300, 6350, or 4300 systems, each with the following configuration:
—For PowerEdge 6300 or 6350 systems, two or more 400-megahertz (MHz) or faster Intel® Pentium® II microprocessors with at least 512 kilobytes (KB) of level 2 (L2) cache
—For PowerEdge 4300 systems, two 350-MHz or faster Pentium II processors with at least 512 KB of L2 cache
1-2 Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE100 Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
